What is Hollandaise Sauce?

Hollandaise is one of the five "mother sauces" of classic French cuisine. Béarnaise sauce is an example of a hollandaise variation. If you take hollandaise and add shallots and tarragon, it becomes béarnaise. Hollandaise sauce is made by combining egg yolks with a little acid and a lot of butter to form an emulsion . The acid is usually lemon juice, but to make béarnaise, it's usually white wine vinegar.

What is the difference between sausage and chorizo?

Chorizo is a type of pork sausage that's highly seasoned and usually pretty spicy. For more info on chorizo, check out this post: Spicy Potato Soft Tacos with beef or chorizo .

Southwestern Eggs Benedict with Chipotle Hollandaise

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This recipe is a delicious twist on traditional eggs Benedict. English muffins are topped with chorizo, sautéed peppers and onions, over-easy eggs, and an addicting creamy chipotle lime hollandaise sauce. I've opted for fried eggs over poached because I think they have more flavor, but you can poach eggs if you prefer!

Author: Kelly @ Butter and Thyme
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Yield: 2 servings 1x
Category: breakfast
Method: stovetop, blender
Cuisine: Mexican, American, French

Ingredients

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2 tablespoons butter, divided
1 bell pepper, diced
1 onion, diced
4 breakfast sausage or chorizo patties
2 english muffins
4 eggs
1/4 cup Mexican cheese, shredded
1/4 cup salsa verde
Cilantro for garnish (optional)
Chipotle hollandaise (see recipe below)

For the Chipotle Hollandaise

2 egg yolks
Juice of 1 lime
3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter
1 tablespoon chipotle in adobo sauce, minced
2 teaspoons hot sauce (Cholula is my favorite)
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon minced garlic
Salt and pepper to taste

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Instructions

Preheat a medium skillet over medium heat and add 1 tablespoon of butter. Saute peppers and onions until softened, about 20 minutes. Reduce heat to low and keep warm.
In another small skillet, cook the sausage over medium heat until well browned on both sides and cooked through. Reduce heat to low and keep warm.
Make Chipotle Hollandaise: put egg yolks and lime juice in a blender bowl. Melt butter in a liquid measuring cup in the microwave until completely melted and very warm. With the blender running, slowly and steadily pour in the melted butter. Add the remaining ingredients and continue to blend until well combined.
Toast and butter english muffins, and make eggs: in a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter. Fry eggs until the whites are opaque-- about 3-4 minutes. Flip eggs and turn off heat.
Assemble eggs Benedict: place English muffins open faced on two plates. On each English muffin half, top evenly with Mexican cheese, peppers and onions, sausage, salsa verde and eggs. Top with Chipotle Hollandaise sauce. Garnish with cilantro and serve warm.

Notes

If you want to poach your eggs instead of frying them, I've included some helpful tips in the blog post.
If your hollandaise saue breaks or if you want more info on making hollandaise, check out the All About Hollandaise & Troubleshooting section above.

Keywords: breakfast, brunch, eggs benedict, hollandaise, eggs benedict with chipotle hollandaise

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