One Double Sausage and Egg McMuffin with Cheese Sandwich cut in half.
The Best McMuffin’s
I realize some people aren’t fans of McDonalds food. If that’s the case with you, what are you doing here? Oh I get it… you know my recipes are usually better. Okay, that’s cool, you can stay. I mean, get a load of this Double Sausage and Egg McMuffin with Cheese, yo! It’s a lot of fun to make, too. Especially if you’ve got a griddle.
1 bag of a dozen English Muffins.
McMuffin Bread
It’s essential to have the right bread when you’re making a sandwich. You’ve got to have Rye bread, when you’re making a Rueben, Sub Rolls, when you’re making a Philly and you’ve got to have English Muffins, which is a sour dough bread, when you’re making McMuffin’s.
16 oz Farmland Original pork sausage still in the wrapper.
Sausage and Egg
The Sausage and Egg McMuffin is made with 1 breakfast sausage patty, 1 egg and 1 piece of processed American cheese. Personally I prefer Jimmy Dean sausage but Farmland was on sale so, use what you like. I portion the patty’s into a 1/4 pound each.
The egg is cooked in an egg mold to keep it round. It’s cooked sunny side up and with a little trick I show you in the video to keep from flipping the egg over. The yolk is cooked all the way through.
Double Sausage and Egg with Cheese Ingredients:
2 English Muffins 1 lbs Ground Breakfast Sausage 2 Eggs 2 pc Cheese, processed American 1 tbsp Butter
Watch the short video tutorial and I’ll show you exactly how to make these Double Sausage and Egg McMuffin’s with Cheese.
If you’ve only been eating 15 cent grocery store bought Ramen packages, with foam noodles, and you’ve never had Ramen made fresh in a Restaurant or at home with egg noodles, you’ve been missing out. There’s nothing like a fresh bowl of gourmet cooked Ramen made right because it’s packed with carbs, proteins and all kinds of vitamins and nutrients; especially if it’s made with Bone Broth. Real Ramen recipes have this and they’re delicious.
Cubed cut pork belly portions braising in a large pot of ingredients.
Cooking Pork Belly
The most important thing about cooking pork is making sure it’s cooked all the way through. But, you don’t need to worry about that when you’re braising because the slow and low process goes above and beyond the safety measure temperatures and breaks down the enzymes in the meat to the point of absolute tenderness. In this recipe, I encourage you to poach the pork belly pieces for no less than 20 minutes. This will delicately cook the meat all of the way through before braising in my secret sauce.
Homemade Ramen Noodles with Braised Pork Belly, Baby Bok Choy, Spinach, Beef Broth and Scallions.
Making this Noodle Soup
It’s always a good idea to use the freshest ingredients when making this dish, however, some substitutions can be made and I’ve made a few. I do teach you how to make Beef Bone Broth from scratch and it’s great in this recipe if you want to spend 3 hours making it. If not, Knorr’s Bouillon is a fantastic alternative and I use their Beef, Chicken and Tomato recipes often(not affiliated, I just like it).
It’s also nice to have fresh noodles on hand and you can either Make them yourself, the way I show you “How to make Pasta“, purchase the oriental style Yaka Soba noodles, which I use in this recipe, or just use a plain cheap package of Ramen noodles. All will work just fine for this recipe.
Vegetables are always a fine addition to practically any soup and this dish is no exception. You can add what ever you like but my recomendations for this recipe 3 simple greens; fresh spinach, baby bok choy and scallions. Celery, carrot, cilantro, bean sprouts, red onion and corn are also other great alternatives and additions.
As far as proteins go, boiled or poached eggs are very common in Ramen bowls, chicken, instead of pork belly if you prefer or even beef brisket is great.
Braised Pork Belly with Noodles Ingredients:
1 lbs Frozen Yaki Soba Noodles (my favorite) 3 cups Beef Broth, to cook the noodles in and use as soup 2 to 3 lbs Pork Belly, cut into cubes
Vegetables 8 oz Spinach 10 Baby Bok Choy 2 Green Onions, chopped
Hong Shao RouBraising Ingredients 2 Fresh Ginger, sliced (size of a quarter) 1/4 tsp Anise 1 tsp Pickling Spice, ingredients below 1 pinch Chili Flakes 1/4 cup Soy Sauce 1/4 cup White Wine 1/4 cup Brown Sugar Top off pork belly with water in pot (2 to 3 cups)
Bring to a boil then simmer and cook, with a lid, for 1 1/2 hours.
Serve with 8 oz of cooked noodles, 5 to 6 cubes of Braised Pork Belly, 2 to 3 ladles of beef broth, 3 oz of Hong Shao Rou sauce, Garnish with Spinach, Baby Bok Choy and Green onion.
3 Lobster tails stuffed and baked in a dish as Lobster Thermidor.
The Best Lobster Thermidor
If you’re a fan of lobster meat, you’re going to love this Lobster Thermidor recipe. The very definition is Lobster meat, cooked in a cream sauce, returned to it’s shell, sprinkled with cheese and baked to perfection. Well, in not so many words, my recipe is very similar, only better. My Saffron sauce is what I use in this recipe and it’s to die for. It’s a cream sauce with the cheese already cooked into it, much like an Alfredo, with the addition of Bread Crumbs over the top for a light crisp.
3 Lobster tails with the meat removed on a cutting board with a pair of sheers.
How to Prepare Lobster Tails
Removing the membrane, on the underside of the lobster tail, with the fins, is the best way, in my opinion, to stuff the tails with meat. Once the meat is removed, you can rinse and clean the shells and devein the tails. Instead of chopping the meat into pieces, afterwards, I prefer to cut them in half, first. This makes it easier to add a nice sear on the tail meat. I little color and texture go a long way, flavoring this dish. I also like to marinate the meat before searing.
If you’re looking for a recipe to stuff an entire lobster, check out my Stuffed Lobster recipe. It’s preparing with a creamy sauce including shrimp, scallops and crab meat stuffed into the cavity along with the addition of Lobster Claw and Tail meat.
I came up with this Saffron Sauce a while back for my Sea Scallops and when I first tasted it I knew, this sauce was liquid gold. It can pair with just about any oceanic recipe including mollusks, crustaceans and fish or squid, it’s that good. So, pairing it with this Lobster to make it Thermidor was a no brainer and the results are fabulous.
After I sear the marinated Lobster tail meat, I remove it from the pan and chop it into smaller bite size pieces. Then I make the sauce in the same pan. Once all of the ingredients are added, I add the tail meat back to the pan so it can finish cooking in the Saffron Sauce. Once the meat is cooked all the way through, I remove it from the pan, once again, and I continue to cook the sauce until it reduces and thickens like a gravy. Then remove it from the heat.
