Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways
The Hot & Spicy Breakfast Club!
Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways
I LOVE breakfast and I LOVE Mexican food, so when I saw that Heather from Girlichef was the guest host for Helen’s (Fuss Free Flavours) Monthly Breakfast Club, and that her theme was MEXICAN, I knew in a flash I was IN – well, I AM a Cinco de Mayo baby, as my birthday is on the 5th May, so I am a FIESTA kinda gal and pretty hot and spicy (in my dreams!) too. I SAW a version of this idea somewhere on Facebook, well, the photo anyway, not the recipe – in the photo the eggs were just fried in the pepper rings, like a veggie egg ring…….anyway, the idea must have stuck in my mind, as one morning I decided to make my own spicy version, using peppers as egg rings and as part of the dish of course. I made these last week, as a trial and then served them for brunch yesterday, for my Meal Plan on Monday. There was a wee problem however; I LOVE scrambled eggs, and my husband prefers fried eggs (sunny side up)……problem solved however, as with this recipe you can have your eggs JUST the way you like them – you can even have TWO types of eggs on one plate, so a sunny side up one as well as scrambled eggs too……it’s SO versatile and such a SUNNY and COLOURFUL recipe, these Mexican Breakfast Eggs really make you smile when they are set down before you!
Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways
This breakfast or brunch dish is vegetarian and makes use of the rest of the pepper flesh that is not needed after the pepper rings have been cut, as well as using tomatoes and onions – so LOTS of your five-a-day…….all that is needed then, to SPICE it up, is some lovely smoked paprika and then the warming flavours of cumin, for that authentic Mexican taste. I finished the recipe off with a hefty dollop of sour cream, a sprinkling of paprika and some freshly chopped coriander (cilantro) and it really was a STUNNING dish! Notice how yellow my eggs are in the photos – that’s all thanks to my LOVELY hens, they are totally free-range and so happy, that they lay happy eggs!
Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways
These eggs would also make a lovely supper dish as well as a vibrant and festive breakfast dish for Christmas or New Year. I have suggested you use TWO colours of peppers, red and green, but if you really want to push the boat out, use some yellow peppers too for a breakfast platter, where everyone can help themselves. Serve the sour cream on the side and allow the diners to help themselves to paprika and chopped coriander (cilantro).
Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways
Other ideas for serving these? Well, for a meat version, how about adding some slices of Chorizo sausage? Or, some crisply fried bacon of course, or maybe some mushrooms too……or when the asparagus season is in, some asparagus tips would also be wonderful. I am sure that children will like this, especially the scrambled egg version – just adjust the heat and spice accordingly. I hope that these fit the Mexican Breakfast theme, I am rather pleased with this new recipe of mine, and I hope you enjoy them too if you make them, do let me know if you do! That’s it for today…….have a great Tuesday, I’ll be back tomorrow with my Sausage Plait (Picnic Pie) recipe for Tea Time Treats – the theme being Picnic Pies…….see you later, Karen.
As I am quite proud of this recipe, I am entering it into Scottish Mum’s Funky Foodies challenge for August and for a chance to win a MEDAL!
Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways
Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways
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| Serves | 2 |
| Prep time | 5 minutes |
| Cook time | 15 minutes |
| Total time | 20 minutes |
| Allergy | Egg |
| Dietary | Vegetarian |
| Meal type | Breakfast, Lunch, Snack |
| Misc | Serve Hot |
| Occasion | Casual Party, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving |
| Region | Mexican |
| By author | Karen S Burns-Booth |
Ingredients
- 1 small, but fat green pepper
- 1 small, but fat red pepper
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 small onions (peeled and diced)
- 2 cloves garlic (peeled and finely diced)
- 1 medium tomato (diced)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mild chilli powder (I used smoked paprika)
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- 4 medium eggs
- a knob of butter
- 2 to 4 tablespoons sour cream
- fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves (finely chopped for garnish)
Note
A bright and cheerful breakfast or brunch dish that uses lots of vegetables and a little spice to enhance your fried and scrambled eggs! These Mexican inspired eggs are cooked and served in red and green pepper rings that then sit on top of a lightly spiced bed of vegetables with sour cream to complete the dish. Suitable for children as the paprika or chilli powder that is used is mild.
Directions
| Step 1 | Cut the top and the bottom of the red and grin peppers, and core them - removing all the seeds and membranes. Cut both peppers in to two rings, so you have 2 green pepper rings and 2 red pepper rings, about 1/2" high. Finely dice the remaining pepper flesh. Set the 4 pepper rings to one side. |
| Step 2 | Heat up half the vegetable oil in a large frying pan and add the diced onions, diced red and green pepper flesh, diced garlic and the chopped tomato. Cook over a low to medium heat for 5 to 8 minutes, or util the vegetables are soft but still retain their shape. Add a little water, and then add the cumin and paprika, mix well, cook for a further minute and then put the mixture into a dish and keep warm after seasoning to taste with salt and pepper. |
| Step 3 | Put the remaining vegetable oil on the frying pan and add the pepper rings, cook for 4 to 6 minutes. Meanwhile, crack two of the eggs and whisk them together; melt the butter in a small saucepan and add the eggs, scramble them for 2 to 3 minutes and take off the heat but leave in the pan. Crack the two remaining eggs into 2 of the pepper rings, and cook over a medium heat sunny side up until the eggs are cooked to your liking. |
| Step 4 | Spoon the spiced onion mixture onto warmed serving plates, and then carefully place the whole sunny side up eggs in their pepper rings on top on one of the plates. Then add the other two pepper rings to the other plate and spoon the scrambled eggs into the middle of the cooked pepper rings. You can at this stage choose to have one scrambled egg and one sunny side up egg each. |
| Step 5 | Serve immediately, and add a spoon of sour cream on top of the sunny side eggs whilst sprinkling paprika over both types of eggs and finishing off by scattering chopped coriander (cilantro) over both plates of eggs. Serve with tortilla wraps if you like. |
Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways
Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways
Beth says
My husband would be very happy indeed if he got this for breakfast!
Karen says
Thanks Beth, my husband was ecstatic! 🙂 Karen
Heather @girlichef says
Oh my gosh, this is SUCH a fun breakfast idea, Karen. I love all the flavors and the bright presentation. I like my eggs pretty much any way…just depends on my mood. Same with everybody in the house, but fortunately for them, I love cooking eggs, so I don’t mind whipping them like a short-order cook (must be all those years I worked the breakfast shift which was always my favorite)! Wonderful submission for Mexican themed Breakfast Club…thanks so much for sharing them. 🙂
Karen says
Thanks Heather, I was very pleased with this recipe and the taste was VERY Mexican and quite spicy!
Laura@howtocookgoodfood says
I could eat this at any time of the day as Mexican flavours are simply delicious. What lovely breakfast ideas. I had a friend make a Mexican breakfast for a few friends recently. She served her eggs with tacos and they were fantastic!
Karen says
Me too Laura, we LOVE Mexican inspired food and this is such a lovely recipe for breakfast or lunch! Your friend’s recipe sound pretty lush too!
rita cooks italian says
These eggs look beautiful and I am sure that their taste is great. I love the combination of cumin and fresh coriander, this is a very spicy way to start the day!
Karen says
Thanks Rita, I was very pleased with how they tasted as well as how they looked!
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
This looks so GOOD that I want it for my dinner!
Karen says
Thanks Angie, it was a VERY tasty brunch!
Jude A Trifle Rushed says
What a superb recipe, one I’ll definately be trying soon, and as you say they’d make a great supper dish too, and a wonderful focus for a brunch. Yum! Yum!
Karen says
Thanks Jude – I am sure that you will all love it, and I bet the boys would love it for a weekend brunch too, when you are all together again! 🙂 Karen
Anne says
Oh oh can’t decide between them, both look like a super breakfast dish! How lovely to have your own fresh eggs too, even more delicious I am sure!
(Also a May baby – day after you!)
Karen says
LOL! I am definitely a scrambled egg gal Anne, and hubs is a fried egg man! (OH a 6th May baby – we must have lots on common!)
Coombemill - Fiona says
That would beat English breakfast for me any day, the photos look so alive with colour.
Karen says
Thanks so much Fiona, it is a lovely vibrant way to greet the day as well as tasting amazing too!
Recipe Junkie says
This just looks fabulous. What a great breakfast!
Karen says
Thanks! It is a VERY different breakfast, but one that we enjoy for a change of pace now and then!