Those omelets in a bag....

[Deb Quen of Colorado]

Ok.. not getting a ton of love for this question over in cooking and since I'd like some more opinions before the party I thought I'd re-post it over here--

Those omelets in a bag?

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I am having 8-10 gals over for a cookie swap and I am providing brunch. I am thinking that the omelets you boil in a ziplock bag sound fun and everyone gets what they want and it's doing something not just sitting around.
I am curious about-
has anyone done this for that many people before? Is 10 too many to cook at once?
what toppings/add ins would you want in your omelet?

deb

 

[MrsPete]

I've done these very successfully. They're great for camping trips because you can prepare the bags at home and just pull them out of the cooler at the campsite. And you've gotta love that they cook without any butter.

My hints:

Buy the good quality ziplock bags. And make sure they're freezer bags, not storage bags.

I like to cook one-egg omlets in this way. Do not attempt more than two eggs. The eggs need surface area to cook, and if you have too much egg in one bag, you'll get a raw spot in the middle.

Ten bags at once is way too much to cook. 2-3 in a large cooking pot is manageable. You need to be able to turn the bags in the boiling water so the egg mixture'll roll around a bit. Also, if you put more than 2-3 bags at once into the water, you'll decrease your temperature, and this recipe counts on the water remaining at a full rolling boil.

If I were going to do this, I'd set out a toppings bar and let everyone make her own bag. So let two people fix their bags, then cook . . . and while theirs are cooking, let the next two people prepare their fixings, etc.

I'd have the basic eggs in a bag when people arrive, and I'd have two types of cheese, ham or bacon, mushrooms, spinach, and some fresh herbs from which to choose.

Honestly, this'll work just fine, but I'd personally lean towards a nice casserole (maybe grits, sausage, and eggs) served with sliced tomatoes and toast.

 

[SAHDad]

I've made them, using three eggs and regular ziplock baggies, but yeah, you have to allow for extra time, since more than one bag cuts decreases the temp, etc. They turned out fine - I would definitely have the fixings ready ahead of time.

Just as a FYI - the more toppings you put in, the longer it takes to cook. Cooking two "garbage" omeletes (some of every topping I had), each with three eggs, can take quite a bit longer. (Found that one out the hard way!)

 

[cristit14]

We've made them too and they turned out pretty good. There were about 8 of us at Disney staying in connecting condos and it was a good way to get breakfast fairly quickly. I don't think we did more than 3 bags in a pot at once, but I can't remember.

 

[Deb Quen of Colorado]

I think that answers my big question... if we can only do 3 at a time I'll skip it and do quiche or a casserole. Just trying to think of something different to try.

 

[Iott Family]

Our girl scouts do this on camp outs regularly. It does take awhile.....if you would like to do something fun and easy with the kids. Scramble a dozen or so eggs up, warm up some flour or corn tortillas and let the girls assemble their own breakfast burritos using cheese, salsa, precooked crumbled sausage/bacon, etc.

Also, use a small biscuit cutter to cut a hole into teh center of bread and put it in a skillet with no stick spray, butter, whatever you use to cook eggs in and break an egg into the cut out center. My kids love these!

Serve up any of this with a fruit salad and it makes a great breakfast!

 

[vicb]

We did this on Easter at my in-laws with 9 people. And yes they turned out good but even with two pots going we couldn't all eat together. My in-laws did it because they thought it was cute and interactive (which I guess it was) but personally I think it would have been nicer to all sit down together to eat since we were all from out of town and don't see each other very often.

As for the taste, they were much better than I expected. I think I agree, go with a brunch casserole you can prep ahead of time and serve everyone together.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Do you have a raclette grill? We make mini omelettes in the melting pans and they come out REALLY good. We have 8 melting dishes on our grill so it works nicely for a group (in fact we did this for my son's birthday party last weekend. The boys made omelettes and also mini crepes on the top part at the same time).

OR

You could have everyone mix up there personal egg, and then put them in muffin tins to bake all at once. It may be tricky remembering which "muffin" belongs to whom though.

I agree that 2-3 bags per pot is all you can cook--though you could get multiple pots going if you want. To me the eggs in a bag is rally for camping type stuff and not really a girls' brunch though.