Breakfast Grilled Cheese

 I’m thrilled to tell you that I have partnered with Wisconsin Cheese to tell you all about the 2017 Grilled Cheese Recipe Showdown! Today I’m sharing one of our favorite breakfasts with you, the Breakfast Grilled Cheese.

The Breakfast Grilled Cheese starts with a slice of buttered sourdough bread sprinkled generously with Wisconsin colby, monterey jack, and cotija cheeses. Next, add a layer of fluffy scrambled eggs and spicy hot breakfast sausage. Finish with another layer of the cheeses, a small handful of arugula or baby spinach, and a little more cheese. Top the sandwich off with another slice of buttered sourdough. Cook until melted and gooey inside, while crisp and lightly browned on the outside. I dare you to resist this one.

This grilled cheese is somewhat spicy, a wee bit hot, and wonderfully filling. However, the combinations for this sandwich are virtually unlimited. Not a fan of sausage? Use bacon instead. Want to really kick up the heat, drizzle your favorite hot sauce onto the scrambled eggs and toss gently to coat each bite. Green vegetables aren’t your thing? Just skip the greens. (or better yet, send them my way!)

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound hot breakfast sausage mild or country-style breakfast sausage works fine too
• 6 eggs
• 1 1/2 tablespoons water
• 4 tablespoons butter divided
• 1/2 teaspoon Crazy Salt homemade or store-bought
• 4 ounces Wisconsin colby cheese shredded
• 4 ounces Wisconsin monterey jack cheese shredded
• 2 ounces Wisconsin cotija cheese shredded or crumbled
• 1 loaf sliced sourdough bread
• large handful arugula or baby spinach

Instructions

1. In a large nonstick skillet, cook and crumble the sausage over medium high heat. Transfer the cooked sausage to a paper towel lined mixing bowl. Break the eggs into a bowl. Add the water to the eggs and whisk to combine. In a large skillet over medium high heat, melt the butter and swirl to coat. Pour the egg mixture into the middle of the pan (you want the butter to move to the edges of the eggs in the pan) and cook without stirring for a minute or two. Sprinkle with crazy salt.
2. Once the eggs begin to set, gently stir or fold the eggs as needed until the liquid is almost completely gone. Remove from the heat while the eggs are still slightly wet. (They will continue to cook while in the pan.) Add the cooked sausage and stir gently to combine and break up the eggs. Transfer the eggs and sausage mixture to the bowl that was holding the sausage.
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