One Good Egg, One Good Idea
I love the question that Olga over at Mango & Tomato asks: "What to do with one egg?"
We've all been there. Groggy-eyed, you spot the egg carton in the fridge, grab for it, and, the minute you pick it up, realize by its lightness that there's only one lonely egg left. Olga poached her single egg and made a great-looking sweet-potato-and-broccoli hash to supplement it. What would you do make for breakfast with a single egg?
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22 Comments:
My go-to quick meal is one egg, fried over-hard with some soy sauce drizzled on top between 2 pieces of toast .
...i also grew up thinking the only way to make an omelette was with some scallions mixed in served with rice and soy sauce.
erichichi at 8:31AM on 08/21/08
Ooh, baked in a little cup with chopped tomato and bits of brie. And maybe a bit of cream on top!
mikaque at 8:59AM on 08/21/08
with some cheese and tomato rolled up in a mini tortilla.
I second the scallion comment by erichichi. I blame it on grandma.
fritesandfries at 9:33AM on 08/21/08
I feel famous now ;)
Thanks,
Olga
PS: tonight I'm planning on making mini fritatas in a muffin tin.
orchidgirl at 9:34AM on 08/21/08
For lunch I sometimes make a bit of polenta and top it with an egg fried in olive oil and sprinkled with a bit of cheese.
Lippy at 10:27AM on 08/21/08
I've had scrambled egg, greens, and tomato for dinner lately.
Greens: the bitter stuff. Tatsoi, kale, collards, chard, spinach, water spinach. Cooked down in a big skillet with some garlic, and onion if I have it on hand.
Scrambled egg: Scrambled soft and creamy. one will do the job. Two are easier to scramble.
Tomato: in season, fresh, and chopped.
Bitter, garlicky greens, scrambled egg, and acid tomato are perfect. Toast optional.
nita at 10:43AM on 08/21/08
One egg, scrambled in a pan, cooked with a drop of sesame oil. Chop it up wirh the spatula and serve over last nights' reheated rice with a bit of soy sauce and sriracha.
One egg, cooked over medium. Two large slices of italian bread, lightly buttered and toasted in the pan. Cover egg with a slice of cheese and flip once to melt. Serve on toast with roasted red peppers.
Kerosena at 10:57AM on 08/21/08
i'm a simple girl. i made a fried egg sandwich on deli rye each day for a whole week this month. salt, pepper, and a little pat of butter for the pan was all i used.
gastronomeg at 11:09AM on 08/21/08
white rice, mixed with: sesame oil, a tiny bit of butter, soy sauce. a few sprinkles of sesame oil. topped with lonely egg with runny yellow yolk. even better with kimchi on the side.
Moosie82 at 11:58AM on 08/21/08
egg in a basket, with butter and jelly on the cut out. simple but mmmmmmmm.
notlikeyourmom at 12:12PM on 08/21/08
over easy on top of brown rice w/ shoyu and a little chili sauce
producestories at 1:26PM on 08/21/08
Fried egg sandwhich. Fry up that puppy, put shredded cheddar cheese on top to melt, toast some sourdough, add some mayo and voila! Tastiness.
swaaaan at 4:00PM on 08/21/08
i'm totally with olga: you gotta poach the hell outta that bad boy.
but if i had two eggs?
thursdaynightsmackdown at 4:46PM on 08/21/08
I've been on a kick lately of using the cheapo packs of ramen noodles, add a bit of extra water, frozen veggies, and finish it off by dropping an egg or two in to poach. Add Sriracha and it's a great, quick meal.
cooksultant at 6:51PM on 08/21/08
Toasted English muffin, French butter, lightly fried egg over easy, barely cooked (warmed) prosciutto.
beano at 7:08PM on 08/21/08
I too would do eggy in a basket.
wunami at 8:34PM on 08/21/08
what i had for breakfast today: over easy with fresh summer savory fried alongside it in the pan, on hippie whole-grain toast with goat feta. i was totally planning on adding some of this amazing pasilla chile powder i got in san francisco (yes, i bring spices home as souvenirs), but i was so hungry that i forgot.
the moral of this story is that fancying up a simple breakfast is the easiest way to have a good day, and frying herbs in butter is the best idea ever.
boltchloer at 11:13PM on 08/21/08
i was always curious about what a raw egg would taste like
;D
tiffanybite at 12:35AM on 08/22/08
If I had just one egg, I would do a sunny-side up with cracked black pepper, and devour it over some avocado spread on whole wheat toast. It's a few minutes of heaven in your mouth in the morning.
Yu Ming Lui at 1:07AM on 08/22/08
eggie in a basket - cut a hole in a piece of toast with a cup, put it in the skillet with butter, crack the egg in the middle, cook on both sides till over medium and voila! deliscious filling breakfast.
e in al at 10:43AM on 08/22/08
"stacked" egg florentine: one egg in the bottom of a greased ramekin, chopped cooked spinach on top, cheese on top of the spinach (I prefer mozzarella but goat cheese or monterey jack are great too), a thick slice of tomato on top of that. Bake at 350 for 15 min., let cool 2-3 min., overturn onto a plate and sprinkle with s&p. Easy, healthy, delicious and great way to use up leftover spinach.
buffy at 1:57PM on 08/22/08
I used one egg this morning to make egg salad that I stuffed in a warmed pita for breakfast
stormygirl at 1:48PM on 08/27/08