Best San Francisco Little Joes Recipes

A REAL SAN FRANCISCO TREAT: JOE'S SPECIAL

Steps:

• In a heavy skillet over medium heat, cook onions and garlic in olive oil until tender and translucent.
• Add crumbled ground sirloin and cook until the beef is almost browned.
• Stir in sliced mushrooms. Add sherry, if desired, and cook about one minute. Mix in spinach and seasonings and stir well.
• Mix in green chilies, if desired. Add the beaten eggs stirring constantly to completely blend eggs into the mixture.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the Parmesan cheese and serve immediately. Serve with French bread.

JOE'S SPECIAL

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook, stirring to break up the meat, until it is evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the meat to a large bowl, draining and discarding the fat.
• Return the pan to the heat and add another tablespoon of oil. Add the onion and garlic and saute until golden and translucent, about 4 minutes. Transfer to the bowl with the beef, leaving as much oil in the pan as possible.
• Add the mushrooms to the pan, along with the remaining tablespoon of oil, if needed. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Return the beef and onion to the pan with the mushrooms. Add the spinach, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, and nutmeg. Cook stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the eggs. Cook, stirring constantly, until the eggs are just set and soft-scrambled. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

SAN FRANCISCO NEW JOE'S SPECIAL

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat the oil and saute the onion until it is limp.
• Add meat and seasonings and stir to break up meat while it cooks. Drain off excess fat.
• Stir in spinach and cook until it wilts.
• Stir in the beaten eggs, stirring and cooking until eggs are set.

JOE'S EXTRA SPECIAL

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil over a high flame then add the ground beef.
• Cook until is beef almost browned, then add the garlic, mushrooms and onions. Cook until they are soft.
• Add the wine and heat to boiling, then the chard and stir.
• After the chard has wilted, add the eggs, salt and pepper. Grate a little nutmeg over the lot.
• Stir until the eggs are no longer runny and then remove pan from the heat.
• Stir in the romano cheese and serve.

JOE'S SPECIAL

Steps:

• Crack the eggs into a small bowl and add the Tabasco, salt, basil, and pepper. Whisk just enough to combine; you should still see large bubbles. Set aside.
• Warm the oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat until the butter melts. Add the onion and sauté until soft but not beginning to brown, about 4 minutes. Add the ground beef and continue cooking until uniformly brown, breaking the meat into small pieces as it cooks. Cover with the spinach, place a lid over the mixture, and cook for about 3 minutes, just until the spinach wilts. (If using frozen spinach, cook, covered, for 1 minute, just to take off its raw edge.)
• Stir the spinach into the meat, cooking briefly to eliminate excess liquid if the mixture seems watery. Pour the egg mixture over all, stirring with a spatula from the bottom until the eggs begin to set. Remove from the heat and stir a few more times, as the eggs cook through from the residual heat. Serve immediately.

ORIGINAL JOE'S SPECIAL

Steps:

• Heat skillet, sautee chopped onions until softened, add garlic.
• Meanwhile, in another skillet, heat and add olive oil, add mushrooms and sautee a few minutes. Season with some salt and pepper, add red wine. Simmer with lid slightly open.
• Add ground meat to the onions, season with salt, pepper, Italian Seasonings, garlic powder, and brown the meat.
• When meat is almost cooked through, add spinach and the entire skillet of mushrooms and juices, add worchestershire. Cook through. Turn heat to low and add eggs, stir and cook until set. Adjust seasonings to taste.

JOE'S SPECIAL (GROUND BEEF, SPINACH & EGGS)

Steps:

• Beat the eggs and set aside for step 7.
• Heat the oil and butter in a large heavy skillet over medium heat.
• When the butter has melted, add the ground beef and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and crumbly.
• Add the onion and garlic and cook until the onion is tender but not browned.
• Stir in the spinach, basil, oregano and nutmeg.
• If using fresh spinach, cook until the spinach wilts.
• Add the beaten eggs to the beef/spinach mixture and cook until the eggs are set, about 3 minutes.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.