Gale’s Baggie Eggs

One of the missions of my Thought Patterns blog is to share ideas.  Here is one that will result in some great breakfasts for you.

On a recent visit with my sister, her husband offered to make omelettes for breakfast.  He has cooked for us before, so we knew breakfast would be good.  What surprised us was the cooking method.

The omelettes are boiled in zip lock bags.

I don’t know where he got this idea, but it is one that should be shared.  Gale is a recently retired DNR Officer and, thus, an outdoorsman.  He is also the father of some grown children.  Maybe Gale’s Baggie Egg method made for easy cooking and cleanup while camping or it simplified the process of feeding and cleaning up after a busy family.

Whatever the motivation or inspiration … it results in very tasty, non-greasy, easy-cleanup omelettes.

This is an easy method for preparing each omelette to individual taste (plain, cheese, meat, vegetables).

Here is how you prepare Gale’s Baggie Eggs.

While bringing  a pot of water to a boil, you prepare individual omelette mixtures.

For each person’s omelette:

• crack eggs in a bowl, use fork or whisk to blend and whip
• add butter, cheese, meat, vegetables, and seasoning … to taste
• pour mixture into zip lock bag
• zip baggie shut, leaving some air in the bag (about 50/50 … air/egg)

Repeat for each omelette.

Once all baggies are ready and the pot is boiling, place the baggies in the water.

 Be careful of the steam.

Using tongs or some other tool, assist the bags in remaining upright until the heat expands the air inside the bags, which should help them remain upright unassisted.

Remove the baggies from the boiling water after 12 to 13 minutes. 

Have your toast or muffins ready and slide each omelette from its baggie to your diner’s plate.

We have made Gale’s Baggie Eggs several times since that morning, and the eggs are fluffy, the cheese is melted and the omelette is hot all the way through.  Plus … everybody gets a hot omelette at the same time. 

Oh … and from the guy who usually gets KP duty … cleanup is easier.

Enjoy Gale’s Baggie Eggs!

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