The Flying Biscuit Café Piedmont Omelet Recipe
The Piedmont Omelet at The Flying Biscuit Café is a hearty, Southern-inspired dish featuring three fluffy eggs filled with savory chicken sage sausage, crispy nitrate-free applewood bacon, sautéed onions and sharp cheddar cheese, all served alongside their signature creamy dreamy grits and a fluffy flying biscuit with cranberry apple butter. Make our The Flying Biscuit Café Piedmont Omelet Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Piedmont Omelet will taste just like The Flying Biscuit Café.
Yield: 1 Omelet
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Chicken Sausage
- 2 slices Applewood Bacon
- 1/4 cup Onion finely chopped
- 4 large Eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper
- 1/2 cup Sharp Cheddar Cheese shredded
- 2 teaspoons fresh Basil finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons fresh Cilantro finely chopped
Instructions
- Place a skillet over medium heat, Add chicken sausage and cook, crumbling it as it cooks, until browned, about 5 - 6 minutes. Remove the sausage from the pan and set aside.
- In same skillet, cook applewood bacon until crispy.
- Once done, crumble bacon and set aside with the sausage.
- In same skillet, add chopped onion. Cook over medium heat until softened, about 2 - 3 minutes.
- In a bowl, whisk the eggs with salt and black pepper until smooth.
- Lightly coat a small non-stick skillet with cooking spray or a small amount of butter.
- Place over medium-low heat and heat until hot.
- Pour egg mixture into the skillet. Allow it to cook without stirring, tilting the skillet occasionally to let any uncooked eggs flow to the edges.
- Once the eggs are mostly set, sprinkle crumbled chicken sausage, crumbled bacon, sautéed onions and shredded cheddar cheese evenly over one half of the omelet.
- Carefully fold the omelet in half and cook for another 1-2 minutes until the cheese has melted and the omelet is fully cooked.
- Slide the omelet onto a plate.
- Garnish with fresh basil and a sprinkle of fresh cilantro).
- Serve hot with a side of creamy grits and a fluffy biscuit for a complete meal.