Mexican Potato Omelet

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Ready in: 25 mins

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Ingredients

2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 cup frozen hash-brown potatoes or diced cooked potatoes
1 4-1/2-ounce can chopped mild green chiles
4 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce, such as Tabasco
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Freshly ground pepper to taste
1/2 cup grated pepper Jack or Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup chopped scallions
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro or parsley

Cooking Instructions

1. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add potatoes and cook until golden brown, shaking the pan and tossing the potatoes from time to time, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in chiles and transfer to a plate. Wipe out the pan.

2. Blend eggs, hot sauce, salt and pepper with a fork in a medium bowl. Stir in cheese, scallions, cilantro (or parsley) and the potato mixture.

3. Set a rack about 4 inches from the heat source; preheat the broiler.

4. Brush the pan with the remaining 1 teaspoon oil; heat over medium heat. Pour in the egg mixture and tilt to distribute evenly. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until the bottom is light golden, lifting the edges to allow uncooked egg to flow underneath, 3 to 4 minutes. Place the pan under the broiler and cook until the top is set, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes. Slide the omelet onto a platter and cut into wedges.

Nutritional Information per Serving

calories 342 carbohydrates 11 fat 24 saturated fat 9 mono unsaturated fat 7 protein 21 cholesterol 453 fiber 2 potassium 359

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This recipe has been added to the following public cookbooks:
billys notable cooking, YUM YUM, Warren's Cookbook, Cliff's Concoctions, NANCY'S COOKBOOK

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★ ★ ★ ★ ☆	Dsdhid 10/14/07 08:18 AM	mexican potato omelet For those who find the recipe too hot read the recipe again. It calls for 1/2 cup peper jack(cheese) not peper!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★	ALexus2128 06/11/07 12:00 AM	Great Dish! You can add spinach and mushrooms, make it your own!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★	DRVDS 06/02/07 12:00 AM	Great Recipe Turned out really good! Common sense tells you 1/2 cup blk pepper isn't corrrect!
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆	Prakash Sinha 05/18/07 12:00 AM	Turned out good actually!! I loved it and seems like these guys @ AOL fixed the ingredient list as well. To me it seems like a nice feature that folks @ AOL can introduce. Recommend Ingredients and Steps to cook. It gets voted and finally become part of recipe. Much to the lines of LinLusk.
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	ShipNslip 05/11/07 12:00 AM	To Spicey To Much Pepper. Half a cup makes it to hot tasting. Not a good recipe. Burnt my Mother's mouth.