Four Stars: Super Skillet Breakfasts

Consumers find something satisfying about morning meals that deliver layers of flavors in a sturdy skillet.

By Allison Perlik, Senior Editor -- Restaurants & Institutions, 3/1/2007

skillet breakfast Texas Sunrise
Purchase College (Chartwells Higher Education Division), Purchase, N.Y. Students choose up to four fillings—such as scrambled eggs, vegetarian bacon and Cheddar cheese—to sandwich between white, wheat or rye bread in this creative breakfast. Excess bread is trimmed around the covered skillet before cooking to enclose the neat, circular package.

skillet breakfast Breakfast Strata
Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington, D.C. At this historic restaurant, Executive Chef Robert McGowan’s recipe begins with hefty chunks of ham, diced egg bread and Cheddar cheese tossed in a cast-iron skillet. Beaten eggs enriched with heavy cream, nutmeg and cinnamon are poured over the mixture. The dish then is baked to a bubbling finish.

skillet breakfast Tasso Ham-and-Potato Hash
Cherry Valley Country Club, Skillman, N.J. The skillet, central to Chef Michael Giletto’s uniquely constructed dish, is more about presentation than preparation, set amid potato hash with tasso ham and red peppers. A squash blossom filled with scrambled eggs and Taleggio cheese perches atop a fried green tomato slice inside the dish, garnished with crisp speck.

skillet breakfast Steak Skillet
Shari’s Restaurant & Pie Bakery, multiple locations. Draped over fried potato nuggets, diced bacon, sautéed peppers and onions, and pepper-Jack and Cheddar cheeses, a generous portion of grilled top sirloin adds hearty sustenance to the meal. Scrambled eggs and a dollop of sour cream crown the colorful blend, the top seller among four skillet choices.

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