IHOP Colorado Omelette
Recreate IHOP's famous Colorado Omelette at home! Packed with ham, bacon, sausage, and roast beef. Perfect for breakfast or dinner!
Servings 2
Calories 368kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 cup onions diced
- 1/4 cup bell pepper diced
- 1/4 cup tomatoes diced
- 1/4 cup ham diced
- 3/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup bacon diced and fried
- 1/3 cup breakfast sausage cooked and diced
- 1/3 cup shredded roast beef or diced deli roast beef
- 4 eggs beaten
- 1/8 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a saucepan on medium-low heat melt butter and add chopped onions and bell peppers.
- Stir until onions and pepper are soft but not browned.
- Add diced ham and stir until the ham is limp and heated through. Immediately remove from heat and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl add eggs, water, and salt. Beat and stir them together very well. Set the bowl aside.
- Heat a 12-inch frying pan on medium-low heat, add a little oil (1 teaspoon.) or spray with a nonstick vegetable spray. A nonstick pan works great.
- Place the egg mixture in the pan and sprinkle with onions, bell pepper, ham, tomato if you wish, sausage, bacon, and 1/2 of the roast beef, and 1/2 cup of the shredded cheese.
- Place a lid on until the omelet starts to set. Immediately remove the lid and fold omelet from the sides to the middle. If this is difficult, fold in half.
- Sprinkle with the rest of cheese and roast beef. Serve with a side order of Picante Sauce or Sour Cream with a little diced green onion.
Recipe Tips
Two preparation steps must be completed before the eggs go into the pan. Skipping either one will result in undercooked meat or a rushed, uneven omelette.
- Pre-cooking the bacon and sausage: Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, then drain and crumble. Cook the breakfast sausage in the same or a separate pan, breaking it apart as it cooks, until no pink remains. Both can be done the night before and refrigerated. They are added to the omelette at room temperature or slightly warm; cold meat straight from the refrigerator will pull heat from the eggs and slow the cooking.
- The lid-covering technique: IHOP cooks its omelettes by covering the pan with a lid rather than flipping the eggs. This traps steam inside the pan and sets the top of the omelette gently without browning or drying it. Once the eggs are just set (no wet, jiggly areas remaining at the center), the lid comes off immediately and the omelette is folded. Leaving the lid on too long will overcook the eggs.
Nutrition
Calories: 368kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 1046mg | Potassium: 257mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1340IU | Vitamin C: 29.9mg | Calcium: 319mg | Iron: 0.8mg
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