Easy Omelets

**JadedQueen** · 06-28-2011 02:39 AM

I have recently been cooking/baking up a storm. I don't know what's really gotten into me but I've been seeking out new recipes and with a little trial and error, modifications, etc.... the results have been some really delicious food.

Anyway... I saw something online and decided to try it.... it worked out extremely well so I thought I would share it with everyone.

First off... I don't eat eggs... I don't like them, never had. So with that being said, it's difficult for me to really know if I am getting the eggs just right (when it comes to over easy etc..) I tried making my boyfriend an omelet a few times but yeah, those things to me are tricky... or at least they were until now!

This is the easiest omelet you'll ever make and it's a good, simple idea if you are hosting a brunch. So... here goes...

Ingredients:
**Items that you want inside your omelet (sausage, bacon, ham, peppers, onions, mushrooms etc...) make sure they are chopped.
*** Eggs (2-3 eggs per omelet)
***Ziploc bag the best ones to use are the zipper ones

*put a pot of water on the stove to boil
*Scramble your eggs in a bowl (just like you would if you were making an omelet)
*Put your ingredients into the ziploc bag (all except for cheese, if you want cheese on the omelet put it on top after it's done because it doesn't cook well using this method)
*Pour your eggs in the ziploc bag.
*seal your bag making sure to get all of the air out that you can (I found holding the bag against the edge of the counter just above the contents in the bag and then folding the bag over onto the counter gets all of the air out) make sure your bag is zipped if you are using the kind that doesn't have the zip that you slide across make sure you have it completely sealed
*once water starts to boil... drop your bags into the water and set your timer for:
2 eggs-15 min.
3 eggs-17 min.
when the timmer goes off pull the bags out of the boiling water with tongs, unzip and put your cooked omelet onto a plate and top with cheese if desired.

This recipe is good to do with kids that are just learning how to cook as well as a brunch situation where there are several people because you can set up a "omelet bar" and let people make their own.

**Mes T** · 06-28-2011 02:47 AM

Whoa! Never heard of that method, sounds interesting for sure. What does it look like when it comes out of the bag?

**Beautiful Disaster** · 06-28-2011 06:33 AM

VERY interesting. I'm not a big egg fan, but I'm PMS'ing so this sounds amazing. Lol!

**JadedQueen** · 06-29-2011 03:15 AM

It kinda looks like an omelet roll.... they turn out thicker than how flat a normal omelet turns out. I personally don't eat eggs but I have made this for my boyfriend, his dad and his son and they all really like them. The added bonus is I don't have to worry if it's cooked all the way through like I used to when "attempting" to make an omelet. If you do happen to try them, please let me know what you think of them.

Oh yeah... the first time I made them it was pretty much trial and error as with any recipe and I was so concerned that the bags seemed to be floating to the top so I had a pair of tongs and I would try to flip the bag over but it would flip back the way it started on me.... I have the bigger ziploc bags and so what I did the second time I made this was.... I sealed the bags and then I kinda rolled the bags and when I dropped them into the water I tried to make sure the top of the bag went into the water top of the bag side down and it seemed like it worked as far as weighing down the bags so they didn't float to the top. The main thing is make sure you have good ziploc bags and make sure it's sealed good and make sure you don't put cheese in/on the omelet until after it's done cooking. I usually just put the omelet on a plate and put grated cheese on top.

Anyway... good luck and if you try it let me know how it turned out and if you liked it.