Best 7 Over Easy Ham Steak With Red Eye Gravy Recipes

HAM WITH RED EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir ham scraps until browned, about 5 minutes. Remove to a plate, reserving the grease in the pan.
• Place ham slices in the pan and cook over medium heat until browned, about 5 minutes on each side. Season both sides with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Remove ham and reserve on a plate.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and sprinkle flour over the pan drippings. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high and pour in coffee into the pan. Cook and stir until combined and thickened. Season to taste. Return ham to the pan to warm through.

HAM STEAK WITH RED-EYE GRAVY RECIPE

Steps:

• Pat dry the ham with paper towels and season on both sides with pepper. Cook the bacon in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat until crisp (about 5 minutes). Remove the bacon from the pan (leaving the bacon grease in the pan). Reserve the bacon for another use. Add the ham steak to the skillet with the bacon fat and cook until browned on the first side, (about 5 minutes). Flip and cook on the other side until lightly browned. Transfer the ham to a plate and tent loosely with aluminum foil.
• Add onion to the now-empty skillet and cook until just beginning to brown, about 1 minute. Stir in the flour and cook for 15 seconds. Whisk in the chicken broth and maple syrup, while scraping up any brown bits stuck to the bottom of the pan. Bring to a simmer and cook until the mixture is reduced to about ¾ cup and is slightly thickened, 5-7 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. Whisk in the butter and espresso powder. Season with pepper to taste. Discard any juices on the ham platter. Carve the ham steak into 4 equal portions. Pour the red-eye gravy over the ham. Serve.

GRITS, COUNTRY HAM AND RED-EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• For the grits, bring the water and milk to a boil in a pan, whisk in the grits, and then reduce the heat and cook for an hour. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• For the poached eggs, bring a pan of water to a gentle simmer and add salt and vinegar. Using a spoon, swirl the water in a circle and crack the eggs into the center of the water. Simmer for about 2 minutes. Set aside.
• For the gravy, to a pre-heated skillet, add a slice of ham and warm it through. Then remove the ham to a plate. Into the same skillet add the coffee and pork stock and reduce.
• To a bowl or plate add a serving of grits, the ham, a poached egg and sprinkle with chives. Drizzle the red-eye gravy over the grits and serve.

SOUTHERN HAM STEAK WITH RED-EYE GRAVY RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Brown the ham steak, including package juices, in a hot dry skillet over high heat 420°F (216°) on both sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Turn the ham steak when it releases easily from the pan. Add the butter and allow it to melt. Remove the ham steak to a warm platter and keep warm. Slowly stir in the coffee. In a small bowl, combine flour and water; mix well. Stir in the flour mixture and brown sugar until well blended. Return the ham steak to the skillet and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.

COUNTRY HAM AND RED EYE GRAVY (LOVELESS)

Steps:

• In a cast iron skillet, add ham pieces and warm over medium low heat.
• Stirring when the ham starts to release its juices.
• Be sure that the the ham renders off enough fat to use 3 tbl.
• Remove ham and add brown sugar. Scraping up all the charred bits off the bottom of the skillet.
• Turn up heat to medium. Add strong coffee, bring to a boil until gravy thickens.
• Place country ham pieces atop bottom of biscuit, spoon gravy over, top biscuit. And enjoy!

COUNTRY FRIED HAM WITH RED-EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Soak ham in milk overnight.
• The next morning, wipe ham with paper towels.
• Put just enough ham fat into skillet to keep ham from sticking.
• Have skillet hot, not too hot.
• Slowly brown ham evenly on both sides.
• When done, remove to hot platter.
• For the gravy, add the coffee to ham drippings in skillet, sprinkle with a bit of pepper and let come to a boil.
• Stir well and serve piping hot with biscuits.

RED EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Dissolve ham stock and coffee granules in water in a large mixing bowl to create a stock.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat; add flour. Cook butter and flour, stirring constantly, until brown, to create a roux, about 5 minutes. Add gravy stock mixture 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly, until it resembles the consistency of a gravy, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with black pepper. Remove from heat. Serve warm with meal of choice.