American · Breakfast

One Pot Breakfast

Bacon, potatoes, onion and eggs cooked in a single pan in 20 minutes, finished with cheese and chives.

30 min total Serves 4 servings Easy
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One Pot Breakfast

Photograph credit: Breakfast of Champs by Nikkorz · CC BY 2.0 · Flickr

Storing and Planning Ahead

Best eaten at once. The potato mix keeps for 2 days in the fridge.

One Pot Breakfast: The Method

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  1. Cook the bacon in a large lidded pan over medium heat for 6 minutes until crisp. Lift out, leaving 2 tbsp of fat in the pan.

  2. Add the potatoes, salt and paprika, cover and cook for 8 minutes, stirring once.

  3. Uncover, add the onion and pepper and cook for 6 minutes until the potatoes are golden.

  4. Make 4 wells in the mixture and crack an egg into each. Cover and cook for 4 minutes until the whites are set.

  5. Scatter with the bacon, cheddar and chives and serve from the pan.

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Tips for Success

  • Use the bacon fat to cook the potatoes.
  • Cover the pan to set the egg whites.
  • Cut the potatoes evenly.

Some Background

It is the first sign of an autumn weekend: bacon fat in the pan and the smell of onions turning gold. A one pot breakfast puts the whole fry-up in a single vessel, with the bacon fat doing the work of the cooking oil and flavouring everything that follows.

Start with the bacon, chopped into short pieces, and let it crisp over medium heat until the fat has run. Lift the pieces out, leaving about two tablespoons of fat, and cook the potatoes in it. Small cubes cooked in a covered pan for 8 minutes, then uncovered for another 6, brown without burning and stay fluffy inside.

Put the eggs in last, in hollows. Push the potato mix aside to make four wells and crack an egg into each one. Cover the pot for 3 to 4 minutes, so the steam sets the whites while the yolks stay runny. Season the eggs at the end, not before.

Scatter the bacon back over the top with grated cheese and chives, and serve straight from the pot with hot sauce, toast and fresh fruit alongside.

Serving Ideas

Buttered toast · Hot sauce · Fresh fruit · Coffee

One Pot Breakfast Nutrition

Per serving, an approximate calculation from the ingredient list. Treat it as a rough guide: part of the energy comes from foods, or weights per item, with no recorded source. How the figures are worked out.

360Calories
22gProtein
32gCarbs
16gFat
5gFibre
4gSugar
1220mgSodium

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