Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, melted and cooled
  • Nonstick spray
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound bulk breakfast sausage, formed into 4 small patties
  • 4 whole eggs
  • Smoked salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 slices pepper jack cheese
  • Chopped fresh cilantro, for garnish
  • Hot sauce, for garnish
  • Special equipment: waffle iron

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F and prepare a cookie sheet with a cooling rack on top.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
  • Add in the beaten eggs, buttermilk, vanilla extract and butter.
  • Stir until well combined.
  • Spray the waffle iron with nonstick spray.
  • Pour about 1 cup batter into the preheated waffle iron and cook the waffle according to the waffle maker's instructions.
  • As each waffle is cooked, place it onto the prepared rack in the oven to keep warm.
  • In a medium saute pan over medium heat, add the olive oil and the sausage patties.
  • Cook until browned and cooked through, about 8 minutes, turning occasionally.
  • Place the sausage on a plate and keep in the oven while you cook the eggs.
  • In the same pan as the sausage drippings, crack the 4 remaining eggs and cook for 2 minutes over low heat.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Cover with a lid and cook until the whites set, an additional 2 minutes.
  • (If the oil is absorbed, drizzle more into the pan.)
  • Remove the waffles and sausages from the oven.
  • On warmed plates, place 1 waffle and top with a sausage patty, 1 sunny side up egg and 1 slice pepper jack cheese.
  • Garnish with chopped cilantro and hot sauce.
  • Fold over and eat like a taco.