The Eggy Cheesy Man

Inside-Out Omelette

An Inside-Out Omelet is a dish Jeff invented after talkin’ food with a friend.

From Jeff:

It came up that we shared a love of cheese-in-the-crisp…you know, that blob of cheese that slides off your grilled cheese sandwich and blackens in the butter on the skillet. That delectable morsel sometimes found on the edge of a jalapeño-cheddar bagel, or stuck on the paper wrapper of a cheeseburger? Yeah, that stuff.

Normally I would sauté my omelet fillings and transfer them to a bowl. Cook the whipped egg thin, toss the fillings back in, add cheese and fold. Now how’s that cheese going to get crispy, stuck inside there?

Well try this: Leave those cookin’ veggies in the skillet (broccoli, mushrooms, onion, whatever), pile the cheese on and around ’em and let it sizzle baby. 

Just the veg and cheese to start.

The eggs go last (you must cover the skillet to get it to cook right). Then fold…crispy cheese and veggies brilliantly displayed on the outside with a clean egg center. It’s faster, too, because you’ve removed that bowl part.

Important tips:

1. Use a non-stick pan.

2. Use about a tablespoon of butter AND a tablespoon of olive oil to sauté the veggies.

3. Give the veggies and cheese a scrape and lift before you put the egg on top. It will make the fold much easier. Salt and pepper the egg. Maybe even top with avocado if you have one.

The drip.

The flip.

Finis.

4. Always listen to good music when cooking.

From Arrissia: We chose Beastie Boy’s “Egg Man” for obvious reasons.

When they say a dozen, you know what they're talking about.

Hey Ladies!

Paul’s Boutique famously the group’s best and most underrated album, or at least it was at the time. In 1989, on the heels of the band’s breakout hit License to Ill, most of their fans just did not know what to make of the hip-hop trio adding to their wiseass raps by playing their own instruments. 

The Dust Brothers’ signature multi-layered samples ripped everything from Curtis Mayfield to The Beatles. Even Miles Davis was a fan of the album. It was no less than brilliant and continues to be hailed as one of the most influential hip-hop albums ever.

(RIP MCA.)

Maybe the egg is underrated in the same way that Paul's Boutique was, written off as a one-time-of-the-day wonder. But it’s a versatile protein that shouldn’t just shack up with bacon and sausage. We’re up for a frittata, omelet or quiche anytime of day.

What we don’t like is egg on our face, or as the Beasties would call it: “an egg moustache.” Not even in Mo-vember.