Simple quick and easy breakfast or brunch recipe (truthfully I eat eggs for dinner too!)
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2
Author: www.iamartsy.ca
Ingredients
2tbspbutter
2mediumpotatoespeeled, and diced into 1 inch cubes
1mediumzucchinicut into quarters lengthwise, then sliced into 1 cm thick wedges
1bell pepperdiced
1tspsaltor to taste
1/2tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/2tspred chili pepper or paprikaoptional
1/2tspgarlic powder
1tspdried onion flakes or powder
2-4eggsdepending on if you want 1 or 2 per person
2tbspvinegar
sprinkleParmesan cheese
Instructions
For the Hash
Wash the diced potatoes to get most of the starch out, this helps prevent the potatoes from sticking to the bottom of your pan.
Heat up a heavy bottomed skillet to medium high and add in the butter.
Add the potatoes and cook for a few minutes until almost cooked through, stirring occasionally. the amount of time depends on the type and size of potato pieces so you can use a fork to poke through them to test for done-ness.
Add in the zucchini, bell pepper and any other veggies stir and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Season with salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder, and paprika or chili powder then stir well and remove from heat.
Poaching Eggs
Heat up some water 9 (at least 4-5 inches deep) until it comes to a rolling boil and then reduce the heat until it's still simmering but not boiling.
Add in 2 tbsp vinegar
Crack one egg at a time into a separate bowl
Swirl a fork to create a little whirlpool in the water and drop the egg into the center of the vortex. A lot of the whites that start to spread around will come together with the spinning water and prevent from spreading because of the vinegar as well.
Cook the egg for 4 minutes for fort runny yolks or longer for desired done-ness.
Remove egg from water with a slotted spoon and lay out on a plate lined with a paper towel. You can pull off any stringy bits.
Notes
To serve you can plate up some hash, top with your egg(s) and then sprinkle over some Parmesan and fresh black pepper. I like having my hash with mayonnaise or ketchup.