Poached Eggs with Roast Potatoe,capsicum,chorizo & coriander

  Eggs, are so versatile, don't you think. You can poach, fry, scramble them. They can be made savory or sweet.
They are what I call, fast food, the original quick meal & so much better for you.
This is the type of food I love,especially for weekend brunch. On this particular day I made this dish for dinner.
I put this dish on the menu at the last cafe I worked at, before I left professional cooking.I'd label this dish as modern Portuguese, it has all the ingredients the Portuguese love, chorizo, potatoes, coriander & eggs.

Ingredients

• 6 medium potatoes, skin on
• 2 Spanish onions,chopped chunky
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 chorizo, sliced
• 1 bunch coriander, chopped
• 2 capsicum, cut into chunks
• 2 tea paprika
• 2 tea mixed herbs, dried or fresh
• salt & pepper to taste
• 200ml olive oil

1. Cut all the ingredients, separating each item into bowls. 


2. Place the potatoes in a baking dish & sprinkle with 1 tea paprika, 1 tea herbs, salt & pepper,coriander stalks & coat the potatoes with 100ml olive oil. Bake in the oven for 20 min at 180 degrees, shaking the pan once in a while.

3. In a bowl add the rest of the ingredients, as well as the rest of the spices, herbs & oil.

4. Add the ingredients to the potatoes & bake till a further 20min.

5. Once cooked add the coriander leaves.

6. Leave in a warm place while you poach the eggs.

Poached Eggs

• 1 or 2 eggs
• 4 cups water
• 50ml white vinegar

1. In a deep saucepan add the water & vinegar & then bring the water to a boil, once boiling turn down the heat & simmer.

2. Crack your eggs into the water & cook for 1 1/2 min, your eggs will be soft if you want it harder then cook a further 1 min.  

3. Place the potato & chorizo mix on a plate & then top your egg on top.

 

 

Scrambled Eggs with Chorizo

This is the type of food I enjoy cooking when I'm feeling lazy.

I made this for dinner one night when I didn't feel like cooking. It so easy to make, 10 minutes tops.

Portuguese always have chorizo at hand it's a staple for any Portuguese kitchen.

You can make this for breakfast, brunch, or dinner.

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 tab olive oil
• pinch salt & pepper
• 1/2 medium onion, sliced
• 100g chorizo
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tab chopped parsley, reserving some to garnish at the end

Crack the eggs into a bowl adding the milk, parsley, salt & pepper.
Heat a pan on medium heat adding the olive oil, then fry the onions & chorizo for 3 min till slightly brown, then add the garlic, cooking till the onions are soft.
Turn the heat up to high & then pour the egg mixture into the pan & stirring the eggs with a wooden spoon till the egg is cooked.
Sprinkle a bit of parsley on top of the cooked eggs.
I served the eggs with an olive & onion bread
Serves 2 people