Joe’s Special

By bakers_delight85

Ingredients

• 6 large eggs
• Splash or two of Tabasco or other hot pepper sauce
• 1 tsp. salt or more to taste
• 1/2 tsp. dried basil or oregano
• 1/2 tsp. freshly cracked black pepper or more to taste
• 1 Tbsp. olive oil
• 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 1/2 pound freshly ground beef , sweet or hot Italian sausage, coarse grind
• 3/4 to 1 pound fresh spinach, preferably the crinkly savoy variety, trimmed of stems and chopped, or one 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

Preparation

Step 1

Crack the eggs into a small bowl and add the Tabasco, salt, basil, and pepper. Whisk just enough to combine; you should still see large bubbles. Set aside.
Warm the oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat until the butter melts. Add the onion and sauté until soft but not beginning to brown, about 4 minutes. Add the meat and continue cooking until uniformly brown, breaking the meat into small pieces as it cooks. Cover with the spinach, place a lid over the mixture, and cook for about 3 minutes, just until the spinach wilts. (If using frozen spinach, cook, covered, for 1 minute, just to take off its raw edge.)
Stir the spinach into the meat, cooking briefly to eliminate excess liquid if the mixture seems watery. Pour the egg mixture over all, stirring with a spatula from the bottom until the eggs begin to set. Remove from the heat and stir a few more times, as the eggs cook through from the residual heat. Serve immediately. Serves 4