Fans of Alton Brown know he's unafraid to experiment in the kitchen. On his Brown would take viewer questions as cues to explore the science behind cooking. So, it's no surprise that his egg salad recipe takes the classic dish and adds .
First off, is for . Of course, scrambled eggs and hard-boiled eggs are breakfast staples, so why not introduce a dish that's essentially hard-boiled scrambled eggs to your morning routine? . This is not Brown's only innovative take on breakfast food, either.
His cookbook " " contains recipes for morning treats like Buttermilk Lassi and Nitrous Pancakes. And if it's breakfast time, what pairs better with eggs than bacon? But while Brown's recipe calls for cooking four slices of bacon, it's only a side dish to the main egg salad course. You're cooking bacon to render its fat for inclusion into the otherwise traditional egg salad dressing of mayonnaise, lemon juice, and herbs and spices.
Why bacon fat is a great addition to recipes Bacon fat contains the same rich and smoky flavor profile as its source, so it's an easy way to pump up the taste of recipes by swapping it in place of oils or other liquid ingredients. In the case of Alton Brown's Breakfast Egg Salad, bacon fat replaces the mustard found in conventional egg salad preparations, though it still calls for mustard powder. Brown's recipe also includes a healthy amount of hot sauce, so this take brings much bolder flavors to egg salad overall.
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