Best 7 Scallops With Country Ham And Red Eye Gravy Recipes

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.

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.

COUNTRY HAM WITH REDEYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet (preferably cast-iron) over medium-high. Cook ham, adding 1/2 Tbsp. butter if ham is lean to help the browning process, until browned and fat has rendered, 2-3 minutes per side. Transfer ham to a platter.
• Pour coffee into the same skillet and cook over medium-high heat, scraping skillet with a wooden spoon to deglaze and loosen any browned bits. Add broth and sugar; simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened and reduced to about 1/4 cup, 3-4 minutes. Add 1 Tbsp. butter and whisk until emulsified, about 1 minute more. Pour gravy into a small bowl or serving vessel and serve drizzled over or alongside ham.

COUNTRY HAM AND RED EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add the fat from the ham and render.
• When the fat is rendered, add the ham steaks and pan-fry until golden brown on both sides.
• Remove the ham from the pan and set aside on a plate and keep warm.
• To the pan, add the coffee and water and stir with a wooden spoon, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the butter and the bouillon cube and stir to incorporate.
• Serve the gravy over the ham steaks on grits.

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.

GEORGIA COUNTRY HAM AND REDEYE GRAVY

Steps:

• Melt butter in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add ham; cook until browned, about 3 minutes per side. Remove ham from skillet, reserving fat. Pour coffee into the pan, scraping the browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Bring to a boil. Serve gravy over the ham.

RED EYE GRAVY

Steps:

• In a large cast iron skillet over medium heat, cook ham until lightly browned, 3-4 minutes on each side. Remove and save for another use. Add coffee to pan drippings, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Simmer until reduced by about half.