When you’re feeding a large group of people, it’s sometimes difficult to accommodate each individual’s taste preferences. A great way to do this is to make customizable dishes, such as French bread pizzas or burrito bowls.
Thankfully, there are numerous customizable dishes available, including omelets. We chose to make these when we had guests a couple of weeks ago. Omelets are great because they are affordable, easy to prepare, and easily customized.
To prepare omelets, you need lots of eggs (2-3 per omelet you will make). You also need fillings. You can have as few or as many of these as you’d like. Here are some options:
- Cheeses (cheddar, mozzarella, parmesan, feta, cream cheese, etc.)
- Meats (bacon, ham, sausage, crab, steak, etc.)
- Veggies (bell pepper, mushroom, onion, avocado, tomato, spinach, artichoke hearts, roasted potatoes, leeks, etc.)
- Herbs and spices (chives, parsley, basil, garlic, chili powder, cilantro, red pepper flakes, salt, black pepper, paprika, etc.)
To easily cook multiple omelets, it is helpful to have a couple of omelet or sauté pans so you can make more than one at a time. For each omelet, follow these simple instructions:
Beat 2-3 eggs and any desired dried herbs or spices in a small bowl. Heat a small omelet or sauté pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add a little butter or oil. Tilt the pan to coat the bottom. Pour in the egg (the edges should set immediately). Gently push the cooked portions from the edges of the pan with a spatula and tilt the pan slightly so the uncooked egg can slip down to the hot surface of the pan. When no liquid egg remains, place fillings on one side of the omelet and fold the other side over on top of the filling. Slide the omelet onto a plate.
If someone wants veggies in his or her omelet, you may want to sauté these for a few minutes and then set them aside before preparing the omelet. We do this so the veggies are tender instead of crispy. This isn’t necessary, but is a matter of personal preference. Likewise, if desired, you can top omelets with things like sour cream, salsa, shredded cheese, sliced avocado, etc. If you’re in a hurry or don’t want to worry about making perfectly shaped omelets, you can make scrambles instead. They taste the same! You can serve a number of things alongside omelets, including hash browns, biscuits, fruit, or breakfast meats.
Would omelets work for your next gathering? What fillings do you like in your omelets?
Shared at the following:
Encouraging Hearts and Home, Over the Moon, Farm Fresh Tuesdays, and Busy Monday.
We love making personalized omelets for breakfast; only problem is that we have just one pan and it often takes us almost all morning to get through it all. LOL. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Encouraging Hearts and Home. Pinned.
That is one drawback to omelets! We sometimes just scramble everything together because we can do this in pans or on a big griddle.
We do omelettes in a bag for large tailgate crowd – everyone gets their own and cooks with little need to “babysit”.
Pot to boil
Guest out name on Ziplock with Sharpie
They fill bag with what want – some things fresh cut like tomato, pepper and some already sautéed like mushrooms
They drop to us and let us know if 2 or 3 eggs. We have bowl where fork stir the eggs then pour in ziplock
Squish the contents of ziplock around and push most of air out an seal. We out a clothespin on to help in moving / getting out.
Drop bag in the boiling water for 12-15 minutes – we do 6-8 bags at a time
Remove bag to aluminum pan and the guest can get an add salsa, sour cream…..
Omelette drops right out of bag. Some do on plate and some put in a tortilla
Wow, I never would have thought of using a method like this! It definitely makes sense for a large crowd. Thanks for sharing!