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Over easy ham steak with red-eye gravy

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Recipe by Guy Fieri

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter
  • 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces
  • 1 white onion, roughly Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • 1L chicken stock
  • 375ml strong brewed coffee
  • 1/4 tsp brown sugar, optional
  • 4 ham steaks, trimmed
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 eggs

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Method

How to make Over easy ham steak with red-eye gravy

1) To make the red-eye gravy, melt the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter in a medium saucepan over a moderate heat. Add the chicken and brown, skin side down. Turn over the chicken pieces and add the Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped onion. Cook until soft and starting to colour, about 6 to 8 minutes.

2) Cover with chicken stock, and add the coffee and brown sugar, if using. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until thick enough to coat the back of the spoon, about 2 to 4 hours. Strain the gravy into a large bowl and reserve. The chicken can be used for another recipe or discarded.

3) Preheat a large heavy bottomed frying pan over a medium-high heat. Season the ham steaks with black pepper and add to the hot skillet. Cook until golden brown on each side, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to the serving plates.

4) Once steaks have been removed, using the same frying pan reduce the heat to medium and fry the eggs to the desired doneness.

5) Cover the steaks with red-eye gravy and crown each with a fried egg. This dish can be served with potatoes, hash browns or scones, if desired.

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore we cannot make any representation as to the results.