Denver Omelet

The Denver omelet is a bit like the Spanish omelet, but with different non-egg ingredients.

serves 2

Ingredients

• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup chopped onion
• ½ cup chopped red bell peppers
• ½ cup chopped green bell peppers
• ½ cup diced cooked ham
• 8 slices cooked bacon, drained and crumbled
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• a couple drops of your favorite hot sauce (optional)

Steps

1. Melt butter in a large skillet or on a griddle.
2. Sauté onion, bell pepper, ham and bacon in the butter until the onion starts to become translucent.
3. In a small bowl, whip the eggs lightly. Add salt, pepper, and hot sauce if desired.
4. Slowly stir the eggs into the mixture in the skillet.
5. Lightly brown on one side.
6. Flip over and lightly brown other side.

More recipes with eggs, onion, bell pepper, ham, bacon or butter

Adapted from “Denver Omelet” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.