10 Dinners With an Egg on Top

Eggs are an incredibly source of protein but people often feel limited on how to cook with them. One of my favorite meals is an egg on ramen so I will have to try your variation!

I make peacado on bagel instead of avocado – it feels more guilt-free to blend up lots of petit pois with a bit of chilli and butter after reading so many articles about the sustainability of avocados. I then saute three cloves of thinly sliced garlic in oil, before chucking a couple of eggs on top with a good grind of chilli salt. Once they’re all crispy and verging on charred, I slide it on top of the pea covered bagels. It packs in SO much flavour, is very filling and nearly everything is from my fridge or freezer without worrying about using ingredients for other meals in the week. Plus, it can be cooked from start to finish in about 10 minutes. Winner.

I love to add a fried egg to Pan con Tomate (Spanish Tomato Bread).

Toast a thick slab of good bread, run a tomato over a box grater and slater the tomato purée over the toast. Drizzle with a bold olive oil, crack some salt onto it, and add your egg to the top. Some people like to a rub garlic clove over the toasted bread before the
tomato.

Serve with coffee / juice to make it breakfast, or wine / beer / bubbly water to
make it lunch. Either way, it’s sunshine on a plate.

Just finished a bowl of congee with a fried egg and slice of bacon on top. Yum!

Egg and Greens: zucchini noodles. broccoli, baby spinach, frozen peas, bok choy sauteed in some olive oil. With a sprinkling of salt flakes , dash of garlic, maybe a little pinch of chilli flakes, topped with a Poached Egg.

Breakfast burger has a fried egg on top-love that.
Poaching 12 eggs at one time in a muffin tin in the oven-love that brunch hack.
When I was pregnant, steamed jasmine rice with a fried egg was my comfort food.
Avocado toast with a fried egg-yum
Desert Island food-I could survive on eggs very easily.

Queen Deb’s crispy rice and egg bowl is literally my family’s favorite meal. It’s more complex than egg on avocado toast, but it is heaven in a bowl for anyone who is interested: https://smittenkitchen.com/2019/01/crispy-rice-and-egg-bowl-with-ginger-scallion-vinaigrette/

Also, thanks Joanna for meal planning next week for me!

I love all the different names for punching a whole out of a piece of toast, cooking an egg in the middle and butter-browning the toast hole. We called it egg in a frame.

Poached eggs over slightly salty browned potato cubes, or whatever leftover potatoes you have. At my local diner I love to order poached eggs over the home fries then break the yolks…Mmmmmmmm….so, so good!

Kimchi fried rice with a sunny side up egg. Classic Korean comfort food.

My go to, I-have-no-energy-to-cook meal with an egg on top is Half Baked Harvest’s Garlic Butter Ramen! It’s so so delicious and easy! I always make it with whatever greens (baby spinach or power greens mix, etc.) that I have in the fridge instead of the zucchini, and it’s always shocking how many handfuls of greens I can sneak in.
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/15-minute-garlic-butter-ramen-noodles/

Do your boys really eat sauteed mushrooms? My easy meal with an egg: leftover white rice, crispy edged fried egg, any leftover cooked veg from the fridge, a healthy dash of Everything Bagel Seasoning. + chili crunch (or tabasco, or sambal oelek…) Works as breakfast, lunch, dinner or late night snack.

Two of our favorites (via NYT):
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013014-ginger-fried-rice?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018570-chinese-stir-fried-tomatoes-and-eggs?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

I saute some Spanish cured chorizo with some chopped onion, throw in a can of chickpeas and whatever other seasonings float your boat and top it with some shredded cheddar and an egg. Dinner for the family looks like that. Working from home lunch or catering to adults usually also gets farro underneath and sauteed whatever veggie you find in the fridge – zucchini is a winner.

I learned about angel hair pasta with garlic fried eggs here, and it is my go to meal when I’m cooking for one. In fact it’s what I’m having for dinner tomorrow night – delish!

These recipes are great! sometime i just need to read how someone else puts basic foods together to get out of my dinner ruts (like mushrooms on bread. yes, obviously)

Trader Joe’s Japanese fried rice (in the frozen section) with scrambled egg mixed in is our family’s favorite 10 minute “put an egg on it” dinner

Leftover chana masala, rajma (North Indian-style red beans) or a thick dal with a fried egg, chopped tomato, onion and cilantro on top. Some tomato achaar (pickle) on the side if you fancy. With some toasted/grilled sourdough bread, naan or roti to dip into it. Delish!

EASIEST quick dinner or lunch, bonus for hangover cure: microwave rice, good store bought kimchi, any extra fresh, roasted or sautéed veggies from fridge, egg on top, soy sauce drizzle. Always hits the spot.

Love this so much, and also — I don’t have an ad blocker, and right after, “we came up with a weeknight plan:” … there was an ad for Helman’s mayonnaise. I was definitely thrown for a moment, especially after the Seinfeld/30 Rock images. And not a little concerned but, you know, good for her, not for me? Ha! Just put a hard boiled egg on a rice bowl for lunch today—perfection.

I’m so into simple, whole ingredient meals these days! Keep ’em comin’.

We Bangladeshis love our “deem biran” or fried egg (more an omelet I guess). Beat an egg with salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix in chopped cilantro and chopped onions. You can add in any other veggies you like (I like to add tomatoes and peas). Many Bengalis add in chopped green chilis but I don’t because I’m a punk. Pour into a hot oiled pan, cook on one side, flip over and let it cook on the other. Egg should be brown and crispy on parts. Serve with hot white rice or a delicious flaky paratha (not naan, naan is too thick).

Joanna – you’re here to tell me your kids ate all of these things?? the mushrooms? the sausages and corn AND tomatoes in a single bowl? i just can’t even…

Classic Salade Lyonnaise, or salad with bacon and a poached egg on top. There’s a good and basic Mark Bittman recipe out there somewhere, with frisee, lardons, (or bacon or pancetta) mustard vinaigrette. The whole deal takes less than half an hour and it’s YUM.

For those who like eggs, here is another one, a terrific 5 star easy-peasy recipe. https://alexandracooks.com/2022/07/02/crispy-potato-egg-cheese-taco-the-most-delicious-thing-ive-eaten-all-year/

I agree with Kim; the dinners all sound delicious. Props to you for your creativity, Jo! xoxoxo