No. 25: Classic Cookie’s herbed-potato-and-sausage casserole

The secret? The potatoes are fried in bacon grease

To whet your appetite for The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue, we’re counting down our favorite Top 50 dishes each weekday until October 7.

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And, yes, a bowl of oatmeal or cream of wheat is probably a teensy bit healthier than this sexy combination of fried potatoes (cooked in bubbling bacon grease), sausage and cheese topped with a poached egg. But this casserole trumps oatmeal in terms of flavor, especially sided with a buttered English muffin. No wonder this is one of Classic Cookie’s signature breakfast dishes.

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