I know everyone is baking up a storm in their kitchen for the holiday festivities and I’m running behind! I wanted to post one last Thanksgiving related recipe before moving on to the Christmas holidays. Yes, I’m totally irrelevant. Please don’t mock me.
We had a lot of stuffing leftover from our T-Day feast so I decided to make some breakfast out of it. I know as a food blogger you should make things from scratch or at least semi-homemade. The stuffing this year came straight out of a box and we had a lot of leftovers —figures! But that’s OK. It made for the perfect breakfast item the next day. If you’re looking for new ways to make eggs, you’ll want to check this recipe out. Happy Tuesday!
Ingredients:
- 3 ounces of Spanish chorizo, casings removed and diced
- 1 quarter of a medium onion, chopped
- olive oil
- 2 cups of leftover plain stuffing (I used Trader Joe’s but if you made your own stuffing with meat and veggies in it, you can skip the chorizo and onion part and just start pressing the leftover stuffing against the muffin cups to create a “crust”)
- 6-8 eggs, depending on how much stuffing covered your muffin cups (mine rendered 7 egg cups)
- freshly cracked pepper
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 6-8 baking cups of a standard size muffin pan.
In a medium skillet over medium heat, sauté chorizo and onion in a little bit of olive oil. Cook until onions soften, about 3-5 minutes. Then add stuffing. Stir to combine. Your stuffing should have a bit of red color from the chorizo fat. Remove from heat and let it cool for 5-10 minutes or until it’s safe to handle with your hands.
Spoon stuffing into each baking cups. Using your fingers to pat down the stuffing to cover all surface area in each cup. Make sure there is no excess stuffing in each cup or your eggs will overflow. Crack an egg into each cup.
Bake for 20-22 minutes or until desired doneness. Let it rest for 10-15 minutes before removing them from the muffin pan. Use a butter knife to loosen the edges in a sawing motion. Then use a fork and the butter knife together and gently remove each egg cups from the pan. Sprinkle some freshly cracked pepper on top before serving.
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Really nice idea, here Anne!! I’ve never seen anything like this but would not hesitate for even a second to pop one of these in my mouth! Thanks for the great post!!
I’ve had a lot of good homemade stuffing, but honestly, my favorite is the one from the box! We always have leftover stuffing so this is a perfect way to use it up, especially for overnight guests because you have part of the breakfast already made. These are so pretty, I bet no one would know it was made with leftovers!
I love the idea! These egg cups look totally delicious and comforting.
These savory muffins are such a wonderful idea. Just finished all my leftover Thanksgiving stuffing yesterday but I will definitely save your recipe for Christmas. Thanks for a great post!
Looks just beautiful Anne … Lovely post Sarah
Love the yummy presentation!
I see absolutely nothing wrong with good store-bought shortcuts and I’m all for semi-homemade, Anne! Especially this time of year – it’s impossible (and no fun…for me anyway) to make everything. Your stuffing cups look terrific. Funny thing – I wanted to make Pioneer Woman’s egg cups with potato hash for a brunch not long ago but I was afraid the eggs wouldn’t set and the whole potato base sounded like a lot of work. I like your version and clearly, those eggs came out perfect. Delish, girl!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!
Egg cups are one of my favorite things to make, I try to make them for Easter every year for breakfast. Yours look beautiful!
Super awesome!!
What a great idea!
This is SUCH a great idea!! Going to definitely remember this for next year!
Now this is a totally different and great idea to use up my leftover stuffing!
Could breakfast get any better than this? They look awesome!
I wish you all could have seen the twinkle in Anne’s eyes when she was trying to come up with a way to use up the leftover stuffing, then thought of the egg cup idea. I was watching her every step of the way because I really didn’t know how they would turn out. Elegant and delicious, in my humble opinion. (When she wasn’t looking I added a few dashes of Tabasco on my eggs. Shhhhhh)
I don’t normally eat a big breakfast (just typically a greek yogurt for me), but this I’m going to have to try! What a creative way to use up that little bit of stuffing still hanging out in my fridge 🙂
love this idea! and they came out so perfect. Beautiful photos! I would never skip the chorizo by the way 🙂
Yum! What a great idea for stuffing, Anne!
This is a great idea, and seems like it is really adaptable! It seems like most of us probably have leftovers around still, so let’s use ’em up, right? 🙂
I love this idea. It sounds delicious!
Love these egg cups Anne, they look incredible and so tasty! What a fantastic idea to use up leftover stuffing – that’s pure genius 🙂 I actually really like boxed stuffing and see nothing wrong with shortcuts in the kitchen especially if they yield perfect results like these! Pinning this phenomenal recipe and hope you have a fantastic week sweetie 🙂 xo
I’m so glad you put up one last Thanksgiving-related recipe because these look amazing! What a great use for leftver stuffing!
Great idea! My husband loves stuffing and always makes so much. We’ll have to give this a try next year.
This is genius, Ann. Best – Shanna
Great idea! I got a laugh out of the boxed stuffing, I always use a box of stuffing too!
You did not have leftover stuffing, you had precooked. Love the egg cups, brilliant idea.
Anne, these are never irrelevant! I would eat these any time of the season. I love breakfast and brunch foods and would love a taste of these egg cups.
Love it, great idea!
How scrumptious do these look! And definitely not irrelevant 😀
What a great use of leftovers 🙂
I am totally in love with these! Stuffing is my favorite Thanksgiving food, so enjoying it for breakfast in an easy, delicious dish? Count me in!
wow….such sunny cups…loved this delicious idea of using leftovers…terrific recipe,thanks for sharing 🙂
these look crazy appealing!
My family always makes stuffing out of a box! It’s a habit I can’t get them to shake. Love this idea for using it up the next day.
Nothing wrong with stuffing from a box! Even food bloggers need shortcuts once in a while 🙂 I know I do! Love this idea 🙂
A very original, I like it! I particularly love the idea of the egg on top 🙂
Anne, these look amazing! Beautiful photos 😀 I’ve never used chorizo before, is there a particular brand that you like?
Any brand is fine as long as it is Spanish chorizo. Thanks for stopping by Cindy!
What a delicious breakfast! My brother is the biggest fan of chorizo, so I’m sure he’d love these! 😉
What a greattttt idea! This is just brilliantly done. Really gorgeous pictures, I love it.
One can never have too many recipes for Thanksgiving leftovers! Love these egg cups – mainly because I love stuffing and chorizo! Really good recipe – thanks.
This is seriously the best use of leftover stuffing I’ve seen. They sound delicious! And what fab pictures! Nicely done. =)
Oh wow! thsi si a great use for the leftover stuffings. And with the spanish chorizo? I’m sure its very flavorful
Ah perfect use of leftover stuffing. I love egg cups for breakfast. They always leave me full till late afternoon.
Excellent breakfast item! We have tried something similar but with ham. Thanks for the post!
What an unique idea…. I bet they were delicious!
Clever! I love how you used the leftover. That’s the best part about leftover, right? Reinvent something delicious and make it better!
Boy I must be a very poor food blogger Anne, I rarely make anything from scratch or even semi-homemade, lol…As you can imagine, we too had quite a bit of leftover stuffing. I wish I would have thought to make egg cups with it. What a creative idea! I must remember this for next time because as of now, I couldn’t bear to look at another plate of stuffing in any way, shape or form, lol…Thank you so much for sharing, Anne
Anne, this is such a great way to use up leftover stuffing, and I would never mock you for it! Your photos are beautiful, and I just want to reach in and grab one of those egg cups and eat it for breakfast. 🙂
I was SO sad Thanksgiving wasn’t at our house this year because it meant no stuffing leftovers 😦 I wish I could have made these!
Stuffing is the one main dish that I truly look forward to every singe year around this time!