Joe's Special Recipe | Epicurious.com
"The people who count such things say that scrambles now outrank all other egg preparations in America's affections. This San Francisco creation ? claimed by almost every Joe who's owned a restaurant in the Bay area ? helps to explain the popularity. With the addition of ingredients as basic but as unlikely as ground beef and spinach, the namesake cook (probably Italian-American) turned straightforward scrambled eggs into a distinctive treasure of tastes. For a full sense of place, serve the eggs with good sourdough toast...."
INGREDIENTS
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6 large eggs
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Splash or two of Tabasco or other hot pepper sauce
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1 teaspoon salt or more to taste
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1/2 teaspoon dried basil or oregano
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1/2 teaspoon freshly milled black pepper or more to taste
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1 tablespoon olive oil
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1 tablespoon unsalted butter
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1 medium yellow onion, diced
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1/2 pound lean freshly ground beef, preferably chili grind (a bit coarser than hamburger grind)
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3/4 to 1 pound fresh spinach, preferably the crinkly savoy variety, trimmed of stems and chopped, or one 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
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