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Egg in a Freaking Hole. If you don’t like and/or don’t regularly partake in this breakfast classic you should be shot in the face until dead.
It’s not exactly mind blowing, but for some reason there is something so enticingly absurd about the idea of frying an egg into a piece of toast. I have made this dish countless times in my life, and it has never ever ever lost it’s stupid little novelty value for me. Making this is an easy way to remind yourself that life is ridiculous and stupid little things can make you happy – and provide you with sustenance.
Getting this right – or rather making it to your liking is all about getting the right heat. In general you want to keep the heat at medium low-ish. Personally I break that rule a few times to get some kick ass blacky browny burny stuff in there and so I “accidently” cook the outside of the egg too quick, leaving some soft gooey gross good stuff to spill out all over the place and burn my ace off when I eat it.
I guess my point is …. my instructions below are a little more complicated than this has to be …. you can leave the pan on medium/low heat the whole time and just take slightly longer …. my way gets things toasty and crunchy and stinky and messy. that’s how I like things.
Anyhoo – simple and easy as this is – it does take practice to get it just the way you want it. But it’s easy, cheap, quick, and stupid …. and when you get it right, it’s freaking awesome.
1 egg
1 piece of bread (i like sourdough for the job)
“some” butter – no more no less
Kosher Salt and Fresh Ground Pepper (if you’re just going to sprinkle bullshit table salt and gross pepper over it ,do yourself a favor and just scrape a brick over your breakfast instead …. that’s at least a creative way of destroying your meal)
1. Get a nonstick pan up to high heat. While it’s heating – use a small cup or something to cut out a hole in the bread. 2-ish inches is good. Then crack your egg into a small cup.
2. Rub a stick of butter around in the pan til you’ve got a nice bubbly coating in there. Chuck in the bread. Let it get really toasty on one side.
3. Now, flip the bread over and reduce the heat to medium low. Shove that stick of butter through the hole and melt a bit onto the pan. Now carefully pour that egg in there. Sprinkle of salt and pepper. Let it sit for maybe two minutes ….. ish.
4. When you flip it, you’ll need to be quick. So, be quick and flip it. Salt and Pepper again. I don’t know how done you like your eggs. If you want it runny, just let the other side sear real quick and pull it off after like 30 seconds. If you like a hard yoke, let it sit for another minute or more.
Anyway …. when the egg in a hole is done, transfer to appropriate eating vessel and quickly chuck the “hole” that you cut out of the bread in the pan to sop up the last of the butter, salt, and pepper.
NOW EAT DAMNIT!!! If you like hard eggs you can eat this thing with your hands. If you like runny eggs you can also eat it with your hands but you’ll get covered in scalding stuff. So if you’re into that kind of thing, this is the breakfast for you. Or you can use a fork like a freaking pansy.
I smother mine in HP sauce. Feel free to smother yours with whatever you want. Then when you’re done you can use the hole to sop up the left over goopy stuff.
Obviously variations in type of bread and different spices can liven this up. Using olive bread is an awesome twist. Try sprinkling a tiny bit of cardamom in with the salt and pepper, that’s cool too.
Egg in a God Damned Hole! One of the simplest, stupidest, most ridiculous little joys of cooking for yourself. Go do it.
ok bye.
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