Are you on Pinterest? If you aren't then you have a choice to make - check it out and become addicted, or avoid it at all costs and enjoy more productive free time. For those of you who don't know, Pinterest is a social media site where you create "boards" and "pin" interesting or useful links for safe-keeping. It's especially great for organizing online recipes, craft ideas, travel tips, etc. Well, being an egg-fanatic, I have an entire board dedicated to various egg recipes or ideas and this idea was a simple and easy one that I have been wanting to try. It just so happened that I had an extra bell pepper and potato laying around and my husband LOVES peppers, so I thought today was the day!
What I used:
- 2 eggs
- 1 potato
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 small onion
- Pepperjack cheese
- Cajun seasoning
- Salt & pepper
- Butter
I wanted to knock the potatoes out first since they would take a little longer. I peeled one potato (peelings straight into the compost!) and cut it up into very small pieces to make sure it cooked more quickly. Then, I chopped up a small onion and mixed it in.
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| Potatoes and onions. |
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| One and a half tablespoons of butter. |
After throwing the potatoes and onions in the pan and stirring them up with the butter, I added a very healthy dose of Cajun seasoning as well as salt & pepper. The hubs and I like our food with a kick! If you prefer something less spicy, you can get away with simple seasoning salt and a little black pepper. If you want it spicier, then a few dashes of cayenne.
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| Seasoned potatoes on medium heat... |
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| ...end up looking delicious like this! |
While the potatoes are cooking in the pan, get your bell pepper washed and cut into rings.
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| I had an orange pepper on-hand, but any color would work. |
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| Unfortunately, I had to cut out a soft spot, so one of my rings turned into more of a "C" shape. |
I put the potatoes in the oven to keep them warm while I moved on to the fun, eggy part.
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| Half a tablespoon of butter, then raise the heat and set the peppers in. |
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| Once the peppers have started to cook, put the heat on low to medium-low & crack the eggs inside the pepper rings. |
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| Cover the pan and keep checking on the eggs until the whites are *mostly* set - you still want them slightly snotty. |
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| Add some slices or shreds of cheese - I used pepperjack - and cover the eggs back up for another 30 seconds or so. |
YUMMY. Now, I need to come a little bit clean about something... I did not personally taste this endeavor. To be perfectly honest, I'm not so in love with the taste of bell peppers that I want a mouthful of them. However, the "egg in a pepper ring" creates such a pretty presentation that I enjoyed making it. Plus, the husband looooves peppers. In fact, and I'm actually a little dismayed by this, he told me that this was his favorite way he has ever eaten eggs. SERIOUSLY?! After all the omelets and quiches and sandwiches and however many other egg dishes I have served him, this super simple method is what rocks his world? Though to be fair, I think he says that every time I serve him something new.... ;)
The good news is this: The "egg in pepper rings" is extremely simple and easy, it has a lovely presentation, and according to my husband it "tastes so #*@%ing good."
So give it a shot (if you like peppers) and impress someone with this clever idea!
Love & Eggs,
Laura
These eggs brought to you by Dory and Sophie.
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