When it comes to breakfast nobody does it better than the South! And this Low Country Breakfast is one of my favorite examples of Southern Breakfast Cuisine.
Creating dishes with local ingredients has always been my favorite way to cook deliciousness in my kitchen and our local shrimp have often found their way into my recipes and my dinner plate. The original recipe I sampled at the King and Prince Resort on Saint Simons Island used local Georgia Shrimp and local artisan andouille sausage.
What ingredients do I need to make a Low Country Breakfast?
For my adaption of this delicious Southern Breakfast, I used our local Florida Pink Shrimp and Adells Andouille Sausage I found in our local Publix Market.
When I begin to cook I always gather my ingredients before beginning. This is called a Mise en Place which loosely translates into everything in its place.
Getting everything ready before you start cooking makes the process go more quickly and smoothly and also ensures you have everything you need before you start.
Do You Have to Use Andouille Sausage to make a Low Country Breakfast?
No, you do not. Fee free to use your favorite sausage in this dish. Mexican Chorizo would also be a good choice, but if you prefer another type of sausage, use that to create a breakfast that you will truly love. Cooking is all about making substitutions. Use what you enjoy eating to change up recipes and use what you have on hand.
The first step in creating this delicious dish is sauteing the potatoes in your skillet over medium heat until they are almost done. Then add the andouille sausage and continue to sautee until the sausage starts to get some good color from the pan.
When the sausage is browned add the seasonings, peppers and onions and continue to saute for 3-5 minutes over medium heat.
Add the corn to the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Do I have to use corn to make this Breakfast dish?
No, you do not. Feel free to leave the corn completely or replace it with other vegetables.
Other good additions would be:
- Mushrooms
- Okra
- Collards or other greens
- Tomatoes
Once all those ingredients are cooked its time to add the shrimp. Shrimp don’t take too long to cook and overcooking shrimp will make them tough and reduce the natural sweetness of the shrimp. So cook keep an eye on those shrimp!
When the shrimp are done, remove the skillet from the heat and loosely cover the pan while you cook the eggs.
Serve up the finished skillet ingredients and top them with your favorite style of eggs. I love Sunny Side Up eggs but feel free to make them however you like.
You could even roll all the ingredients into a big flour tortilla and make an ah-mazingly delicious breakfast burrito.
But after creating this deliciousness I want a little Yolkporn action on my plate and since we eat with our eyes, I’ve already created a visual feast!
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Low Country Shrimp and Eggs
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 8 large shrimp (21-25) peeled and deveined
- 1 link Andouille Sausage cut into chunky thick slices
- 1 cup potatoes chunks
- ½ cup corn fresh or frozen
- 1 teaspoon cajun seasoning *add more to taste
- sea salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- hot sauce **optional
Instructions
- Saute the potatoes in a skillet over medium heat until they are almost done.
- Add the andouille sausage and continue to cook until the sausage starts to get some good color from the pan.
- When the sausage is browned add the seasonings, peppers and onions and continue to cook for 3-5 minutes over medium heat.
- Add the corn to the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the shrimp to the pan and finish cooking the dish. **Shrimp don’t take too long to cook and overcooking shrimp will make them tough and reduce the natural sweetness of the shrimp. So cook keep an eye on those shrimp!
- When the shrimp are done, remove the skillet from the heat and loosely cover the pan while you cook the eggs.
- Cook the eggs sunny side up or however you prefer.
- Plate the skillet ingredients and top with the eggs. Serve and enjoy!
Catalina
I would like to wake up tomorrow with this delicious breakfast dish!
Kita Bryant
This would be such a delicious way to start the day. I love a nice big breakfast to start the day.
Kathy
This looks like a great breakfast. I need to make it for breakfast one of these days. I’m always looking for something different to make, and I’m sure my family would enjoy this.
Jessica Formicola
We had this for breakfast today and it was just what I needed! Comforting and SO delicious!
Paula schuck
Oh my that looks delicious! I recently had that conversation with someone while in Louisiana- where would I ever get that sausage here in Ontario Canada? I could probably find chorizo easily though. The eggs on top make this playing spectacular!
Lynndee
Yum! I would love to have that for breakfast today. Too bad I don’t have all the needed ingredients. Going to save your recipe.
Liz
Oh man, I have to try this! That photo looks unreal.
Bohemian Babushka
OMGoodness. Babushka lives in “The South” and ate this for the first time in a restaurant not too long ago. It was delicioso! Gracias for sharing the recipe, now BB doesn’t have to leave the house to enjoy this.
Rog Willis
It’s been a while since I’ve had Andouille Sausage! Shrimp for breakfast? Count me in! This looks so good!
heather
This looks like the perfect breakfast! I love low country boils so will have to make this for brunch this weekend.
TaraMetBlog
This looks and sounds delish! My husband would love this.
Jen
This looks and sounds so good! I could eat breakfast food for every meal. Thanks for the recipe idea.
Rena
As a neighbor to the Low country I’ve never had a breakfast that looks this delicious! Can’t wait to try it.
Amber Myers
What a great breakfast! I’d probably make it for lunch since I never make breakfast. I am not a morning person so I’m not with it until like noon.
Robin Rue
That sounds like a breakfast of champions! I can’t wait to make this for my family.