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The exact origins of the Frito Pie are shrouded in mystery, appearing sometime in the 1950's to the delight of a grateful nation. Equally unclear is when someone realized you could make a Frito Pie for breakfast, but that person deserves a gold medal! Breakfast Frito Pie keeps the classically crunchy corn chip crust but replaces the chili with a bed of fluffy eggs and savory seasoned sausage! The top remains as cheesy and melty as ever, but now there's creamy, buttery, and tangy Hollandaise sauce infusing everything with its rich goodness. Breakfast Frito Pie takes a modern marvel and magics it into a morning meal! No complaints here!
The exact origins of the Frito Pie are shrouded in mystery, appearing sometime in the 1950's to the delight of a grateful nation. Equally unclear is when someone realized you could make a Frito Pie for breakfast, but that person deserves a gold medal! Breakfast Frito Pie keeps the classically crunchy corn chip crust but replaces the chili with a bed of fluffy eggs and savory seasoned sausage! The top remains as cheesy and melty as ever, but now there's creamy, buttery, and tangy Hollandaise sauce infusing everything with its rich goodness. Breakfast Frito Pie takes a modern marvel and magics it into a morning meal! No complaints here!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork sausage meat
- 1 cup yellow onion diced
- 8 eggs
- 1/2 cup bacon crumbles
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 4 cups Fritos™ corn chips
- 1 (1.25-ounce) packet Hollandaise sauce mix plus ingredients required on package directions
- 2 cups mozzarella and cheddar cheese blend shredded
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, add the sausage and the onion.
- Crumble the sausage and cook until the onion is translucent and softened and the sausage is cooked through, about 5-7 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to medium.
- Crack the eggs into a medium mixing bowl, whisking them well.
- Pour the beaten eggs into the saucepan with the sausage, stirring everything together.
- Add the bacon, the salt, and the pepper to the pan, stirring everything together.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until the eggs are completely cooked, about 4 minutes.
- Transfer the saucepan from the heat.
- Prepare the Hollandaise sauce according to the package directions.
- Add the corn chips to the prepared baking dish, spreading them out evenly.
- Spoon the egg and sausage mixture over the corn chips, spreading it out evenly.
- Pour the Hollandaise sauce over the egg mixture layer.
- Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top of the Hollandaise sauce.
- Bake the pie until the cheese on top is completely melted, about 12-15 minutes.
- Serve.
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