Michael Symon's Bacon Pancakes with Baked Tomatoes

Ingredients

Cooking Directions

For the pancakes:

Sift together the dry ingredients. whisk together the eggs, buttermilk, and butter. add the dry mixture to the wet and stir o combine. Add chopped bacon and mix in.

Add some of the reserved bacon fat to a skillet over medium low heat and ladle some of the pancake batter into the pan. Flip the pancakes when they begin to bubble around the edges. Cook for another 2 minutes and remove to a platter. Cover to keep warm.

Combine the maple syrup and the hot sauce in a small sauce pan over medium love heat and serve with the pancakes.

For the baked tomatoes:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees f

Place tomatoes on a baking sheet and season with salt and pepper.

Combine the breadcrumbs, garlic, parsley, and half the olive oil in a large bowl and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper.

Top each tomato with a mound of the breadcrumb mixture. Drizzle the remaining olive oil over the to and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

For the poached eggs:

Bring the water to a simmer in a wide, low-sided pan and add the vinegar. Gently add eggs in two batches. Cook for about 3 minutes until just set. Remove with a slotted spoon and blot on a towel. Serve with baked tomatoes and bacon pancakes.

Recipe courtesy The Chew.