Description
Creamy Polenta with baked eggs, chorizo and cilantro- a flavorful hearty brunch!
Ingredients
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- 8 oz Mexican chorizo- links or ground)( or make this Turkey Chorizo or use vegan chorizo)
- 3/4 cup dry polenta or corn meal
- 2 1/2 cups chicken stock ( or veggie stock)
- 1 cup grated melting cheese ( mozzarella, queso fresco, cheddar, jack)
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, divided
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- salt and pepper to taste
- 6 eggs
- hot sauce for garnish
* variations- see below
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 400F.
- In a cast iron or oven-proof 10-inch skillet, brown the chorizo and set this aside.
- In the same pan, add the stock and bring to a boil. Turn heat to med-low, and whisk in polenta and smoked paprika, whisking vigorously -to prevent clumping. Once whisked well, cover, turn heat to low and let cook 15 minutes, stirring a few times.
- Add grated cheese, stir to incorporate. Fold in ½ of the chopped cilantro, ½ of the browned chorizo ( or sausage).
- Taste for salt and add if necessary.( If using chicken stock and chorizo, they will naturally be salty, but you may need to adjust- polenta should be flavorful.) Pepper to taste.
- Place the other half of the chorizo on top of the polenta. With a spoon, make small wells in the polenta where the eggs will rest, around the outer edges of the skillet, in a circle. Crack the eggs and place them in the wells. Lightly salt and pepper each egg.
- Bake. Place the skillet in the 400F oven and bake until egg whites are set (and white) and yolks are cooked, but still soft (or cook until your desired doneness).
- I will often broil for just a quick minute. Garnish with hot sauce and remaining cilantro.
Notes
You could add a bed sautéed spinach, sautéed peppers, sautéed onions, sautéed mushrooms to this dish, by placing it atop the polenta and under the eggs.
To get the calories down, leave out the chorizo or use the turkey chorizo or try soy chorizo!
You can also use Spanish Chorizo instead- only use a few slices (2-3 tablespoons)- add to the cooking polenta- cut small. No need to brown- it is already cured.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1.5 eggs
- Calories: 445
- Sugar: 0.6 g
- Sodium: 1596.9 mg
- Fat: 34.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 13.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 4.9 g
- Fiber: 0.3 g
- Protein: 28.1 g
- Cholesterol: 305.4 mg