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I'll be the first to say that I'm a fan of McDonald's breakfast sandwiches. Just like I'm a sucker for a gas station chuckwagon, but that's a different story. So it gives me great pleasure to recreate one of these fast food morning delights by Frankensteining it into something even better.
The McGriddle is classic: pancakes, eggs, sausage, maybe some cheese. Great breakfast fair when you're in a hurry. For my version, I've subbed and added elements like venison chorizo sausage, double microwave egg, and triple layers of wild rice pancakes as an ode to the Big Mac, finished with spicy hollandaise to make it messy and round it all out.
Yup, I did say microwave egg. If you've ever had a McMuffin, you know that the egg on that breakfast sandwich is a perfectly round over medium-hard egg. Your microwave will recreate that; trust me, don't knock it until you try it. I also like to use a quality store-bought buttermilk pancake mix for this recipe. Sure, you could whip up a batter yourself, and by all means, do so if you'd like, but I'm all for the simplicity of just adding cooked wild rice and liquid. Plus, this recipe calls for quite a bit of scratch cooking already.
The guajillo pepper and garlic paste makes the chorizo and gives the sausage its vibrant color. I double-batched the recipe because it's always nice to have some in the freezer for other applications. However, you could easily use a regular breakfast sausage instead. There's also no reason you couldn't douse the whole thing in maple syrup, but the hollandaise brings an extra level of decadence. Let's just say you won't be biting into this behind the wheel.
Venison Chorizo
Guajillo pepper and garlic paste
Hollandaise Sauce
For the McGriddles
Tip: To avoid rushing yourself, keep the oven on around 250ºF and keep each sandwich element warm as you make them—or go big and try to do everything at once.
I'll be the first to say that I'm a fan of McDonald's breakfast sandwiches. Just like I'm a sucker for a gas station chuckwagon, but that's a different story. So it gives me great pleasure to recreate one of these fast food morning delights by Frankensteining it into something even better.
The McGriddle is classic: pancakes, eggs, sausage, maybe some cheese. Great breakfast fair when you're in a hurry. For my version, I've subbed and added elements like venison chorizo sausage, double microwave egg, and triple layers of wild rice pancakes as an ode to the Big Mac, finished with spicy hollandaise to make it messy and round it all out.
Yup, I did say microwave egg. If you've ever had a McMuffin, you know that the egg on that breakfast sandwich is a perfectly round over medium-hard egg. Your microwave will recreate that; trust me, don't knock it until you try it. I also like to use a quality store-bought buttermilk pancake mix for this recipe. Sure, you could whip up a batter yourself, and by all means, do so if you'd like, but I'm all for the simplicity of just adding cooked wild rice and liquid. Plus, this recipe calls for quite a bit of scratch cooking already.
The guajillo pepper and garlic paste makes the chorizo and gives the sausage its vibrant color. I double-batched the recipe because it's always nice to have some in the freezer for other applications. However, you could easily use a regular breakfast sausage instead. There's also no reason you couldn't douse the whole thing in maple syrup, but the hollandaise brings an extra level of decadence. Let's just say you won't be biting into this behind the wheel.
Venison Chorizo
Guajillo pepper and garlic paste
Hollandaise Sauce
For the McGriddles
Tip: To avoid rushing yourself, keep the oven on around 250ºF and keep each sandwich element warm as you make them—or go big and try to do everything at once.