A hearty Denver omelet recipe made with eggs, ham, green pepper, mushrooms, tomato, and onion. Serve for breakfast or brunch with hash browns or fruit on the side.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Total Time40 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: eggs, omelet
Servings: 4
Author: Laura Warnke
Ingredients
1/2small onion
1/2medium green bell pepper
8ounceshamdiced
6ouncesmushroomssliced
2large tomatoesdiced
4Tablespoonsbutterdivided
8large eggs
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
4Tablespoonswaterdivided
Salt to taste
8ouncesshredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
Dice the onion and green pepper into small 1/4" chunks. Set aside on a plate.
Also dice the ham, mushrooms, and tomatoes into small 1/4" chunks. Set aside in separate dishes.
Place 1 Tablespoon of butter into a 12" skillet and add the green pepper, onion and salt. Cook over medium to medium-high heat for 3 minutes until tender-crisp, stirring constantly. Back the heat off to medium-low, add the chopped ham and cook until the ham is heated through. Place in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap until ready to make the omelet.
Let the pan cool slightly and add 1 additional Tablespoon of butter and cook the mushrooms for a few minutes until heated through. Remove and place in another bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
Keep heat to medium. Add 2 additional Tablespoons of butter to the skillet. Let the pan come up to temperature so that it sizzles just a bit when you flick a few drops of water in it. Do not let the pan get too hot!
Crack 2 of the eggs into a small glass mixing bowl. Add in salt and pepper to taste with about 1 Tablespoon of water and whisk together.
Pour the 2 beaten eggs into the skillet. Cook without stirring until the eggs begin to set around the edges.
Using a spatula, lift one edge of the egg to let the runny uncooked egg run under the omelet. Make sure to keep the omelet from sticking by gently swirling the pan.
Before the omelette is fully set up and still slightly wet, spoon 1/4 of the ham mixture onto half of the egg. Also place 1/4 of each of the tomato, mushroom, and cheee on top of the ham.
Flip the omelette in half and sprinkle a bit of additional shredded cheese on top if desired. Heat for 30 seconds or just until the cheese starts to melt. Slide onto a heated plate.
Repeat steps 7-10 for the remaining omelets. Add additional butter as needed for each one to keep the eggs from sticking.
Notes
This omelet recipe makes 4 omelets each using 2 eggs.