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Southern Style Breakfast Bowl
Quick Reference
Product | Receiving | Storage- Open/Thaw | Thaw Time | Storage Hold Time | Cook Time | Minimum Internal Cooking Temp | Quality Serving | Hold Time |
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Tortillas | Freezer | Cooler | 24 hours | Unopened-90 Days (Freezer) Cooler-2 days once thawed | 1 = Button 1 2 = Button 2 | |||
Sausage | Freezer | Freezer | 7 minutes | 155°F | 150°F – 160°F | 60 minutes | ||
Bacon | Freezer | Cooler | 24 hours | 7 minutes | 145°F | 4 Hours- Room Temp MPHC- 30 minutes | ||
Eggs | Cooler | Cooler | 2-3 minutes | 150°F – 160°F | 4-Quart Container- 48 hours | |||
Hash Rounds | Freezer | Freezer | 2 min 15 secs. | 150°F – 160°F | 10 minutes | |||
Sausage Gravy | 150°F – 160°F | 6 hours |
Tools Needed
- 3-ounce ladle
- 1/3 size pan 6” deep pan
- #8 Disher
- 6-ounce ladle
- 1/9 size pan
- ¼ size, 4-inch-deep microwavable pan
Worksafe

- Bacon must reach internal temp of 145°F and maintain for 17seconds
Crumbled Sausage
- Using a wire whisk, finely chop sausage patties in a 1/6 size pan
- The chopped sausage pieces should be no larger than a pea
- Portion chopped sausage into MPHC pan
- Press 1-hour hold time
- Discard any remaining sausage when the 1- hour timer sounds
Crumbled Bacon
- Crumbled Bacon is held at room temperature in a 1/6 size 4“deep pan on the make up table
- Crumbled bacon held at room temp must be marked with label to discard at end of day
Holding Hashbrowns
- Place a ¼ size, 4’’ deep microwavable pan under thermoglo
- Hold 5 regular cartons of hashbrowns in pan
- Mark pan with 10-minute hold time
Preparing Southern Style Breakfast Bowls

Prepared to order
- Preparing Grit Bowl- Portion 2 scoops of grits into bowl
- Preparing Hashbrown Bowl- Place carton of hashbrowns in bowl
- Portion half a ladle of sausage gravy using the 6 oz. ladle (3 ounces)
- Using #8 disher portion eggs over gravy
- Use 2 oz. spoodle to portion a level scoop of crumbled sausage
- Use teaspoon to portion 2 level scoops of crumbled bacon
- Place lid on bowl
Preparing Bowl with Breakfast Chicken Fillet Substitution
Prepared to order
- Guests can choose to select a Breakfast Chicken Fillet in place of sausage and bacon.
- Prepare the bowl without sausage or bacon when using this substitution.
- Use the yellow cutting board and a biscuit splitter to cut one Breakfast Chicken Fillet into ½-inch squares.
- Portion the cut chicken evenly over the eggs and gravy in the bowl.
- Place lid on bowl.