Portuguese Sausage Frittata
Whenever we go back to Hawaii the kids love the food – especially breakfast. There’s something comforting about Portuguese Sausage and eggs that makes you full and happy.
Since we often have breakfast for dinner around here I put together a hearty meal – an egg frittata studded with savory portuguese sausage. A quick, easy dinner perfect for the middle of the week!
ingredients:
1 portuguese sausage
6 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
salt
pepper
1/2 cup shredded cheese
Cut the portuguese sausage into small pieces – slices cut into quarters works well for me. In a fry pan, cook the sausage until it’s caramelized a bit, then set aside to drain.
Wipe out the same pan and set it back on medium-high heat. Put the portuguese sausage back in the pan. (Now, you can skip this back and forth, I just don’t like too much grease.)
In a bowl whiisk together the eggs, milk, garlic powder and season with salt and pepper.
Pour the egg mixture into the hot pan over the sausage. Let the egg mixture cook until the edges of the egg start to firm up. The middle will still be runny.
Add cheese to the top of the egg mixture. Turn on your oven broiler and place the pan in the hot broiler (make sure it’s an oven proof fry pan!) Let the eggs cook under the broiler until the center of the frittata is cooked through, about 5-7 minutes.
Take it out of the oven and the frittata will slide right onto a serving plate. Cut into slice and serve!
This is a quick and easy dinner, but nice for a weekend brunch too!
Greetings, Jenn~
I hope this reply finds you doing well! Thanks for the frittata recipe; it seems easy enough to prepare, and looks delicious! About the portuguese sausage: do you recommend any particular brand(s)? Is it similar to Chinese or Filipino longanisa sausage? Although we have asian & international grocery stores in Vegas, we don’t have Marukai or Mitsuwa (*crycry*). I’m hoping I’ll be able to find it…
PAX,
Lola
@Lola
Hm, sometimes you’ll find it in the Hawaiian foods section, if not there then the FROZEN foods sections has them!
My son’s halau has a portuguese sausage fundraiser twice a year. The first one will be in May. The recipe is our Kumu’s family recipe. The sausage is prepared and then stuffed at a meat company in Fullerton for us. It is as a ‘donation’ that they kokua (help) w/our fundraiser by stuffing the sausages for us so that it meets USDA standards and food safety standards. The sausage is ono-licious. Our families & friends from home (Hawaii)buy them by the dozens because it is simply the best and so much like ‘home’ to them. If you’re interested in the up and coming fundraiser, let me know! you can email me. We are local to the South Bay in Torrance. My son dances for Kekaiulu Hula Studio. The fundraiser is used to help pay for the cost of costumes, dance implements and competitions. Price: 3 links for 5.00 or 12 for 20.00 .Each link is 6 inches long.
Mahalo!
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Love love breakfast in Hawaii! Where else can you get eggs, rice and spam/Port Sausage for like 3.50? Speaking of rice- how come there is no rice with this! =)
PS- next time you go to Hawaii, if you stop by KCC farmers market they have a guy who does gourmet portuguese sausages. Kim Chee, Pineapple, Maui Onion, etc.
Well, what can I say, turned out delicious just like every other recipe I’ve tried from your site. I don’t look anywhere else to look for recipes apart from here. Well done.