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Name: Southwest Breakfast Potato Benedict
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 2 cups 500 g Mashed Potatoes; 1 cup 172 g Black Beans (cooked/canned); 2 cups 240 g Oaxaca Cheese (grated) (May substitute Oaxaca cheese for grated pepper jack or mozzarella); 4 each (176 g Eggs); 1 cup 254 g Prepared Pico de Gallo; ½ cup 82 g Frozen Yellow Corn; ½ cup 8 g Cilantro (chopped); 1 cup 236 ml Sour Cream; ¼ cup 59 ml Hot Sauce

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Southwest Breakfast Potato Benedict

Oaxaca cheese crusted black bean mashed potato cakes over a hot sauce crema, topped with soft scrambled eggs garnished with fresh chopped cilantro serve with a tangy corn salsa.

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Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 1

Course: Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine: American, Southwest

Keyword: cheese, eggs, potatoes, vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 520kcal

Equipment

stovetop

Ingredients

2 cups 500 g Mashed Potatoes
1 cup 172 g Black Beans (cooked/canned)
2 cups 240 g Oaxaca Cheese (grated) (May substitute Oaxaca cheese for grated pepper jack or mozzarella)
4 each 176 g Eggs
1 cup 254 g Prepared Pico de Gallo
½ cup 82 g Frozen Yellow Corn
½ cup 8 g Cilantro (chopped)
1 cup 236 ml Sour Cream
¼ cup 59 ml Hot Sauce

Instructions

Gather all ingredients and equipment.
Drain and rinse cooked black beans using a strainer. Shake off excess water. In a medium size bowl, add mashed potatoes, black beans, and mix until black beans are evenly distributed in mashed potatoes. Then form into ¼ cup patties. In a nonstick frying pan or skillet, on medium high heat, scoop ¼ cup of grated cheese and melt, then place mashed potato cake on top melted cheese. When cheese has formed into a crust or turn golden brown remove and set aside encrusted mashed potato cake, cheese crust side up.
In a frying pan, on medium high heat, scramble eggs. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, add prepared Pico de Gallo and thawed corn and mix until combined. Set aside.(Optional) Roast corn in a dry cast iron skillet on high heat to char corn for extra roasted flavor.
In a small bowl, pour sour cream and hot sauce and mix until combined, and set aside.
To assemble, per plate, lay hot sauce crema on plate, lay 2 mashed potato cakes on top, scoop scramble eggs and garnish with chopped cilantro and lay corn salsa beside mashed potato cakes.

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