Chorizo fried eggs on toasted soda bread

Name: Chorizo fried eggs on toasted soda bread
Cuisine: European, Spanish, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil; 200g chorizo, cut into 5mm rounds; 1 tbsp chopped thyme leaves, plus some sprigs to garnish; 4 large eggs; 4 slices of good soda bread; 30g butter (at room temperature); 100g manchego cheese, finely grated; 1 tsp flaked sea salt

4 steps

Quick and tasty, this really hits the spot. It makes an excellent brunch dish, but I enjoy it at any time of day. Everything is cooked in one pan so the eggs pick up lots of lovely flavour from the spicy chorizo.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:00:14 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories607.6 kcal (30%)

Total Fat42 g (60%)

Carbs34.3 g (13%)

Sugars0.2 g (0%)

Protein22.3 g (45%)

Sodium1373.5 mg (69%)

Fiber1.5 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

2 Tbsprapeseed oil

or olive

200gchorizo

cut into 5mm rounds

1 Tbspthyme leaves

chopped, plus some sprigs to garnish

4eggs

large

4 slicessoda bread

good

30gbutter

at room temperature

100gmanchego cheese

finely grated

1 tspflaked sea salt

Instructions

Step 1

1 Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the chorizo and the thyme leaves and cook for about 2 minutes. Remove the chorizo with a slotted spoon, transfer it to a plate and cover with foil to keep it warm.

Step 2

2 Put the frying pan with the chorizo-flavoured oil over a medium-high heat. Crack each egg into a cup and add it to the pan. Fry the eggs until the whites are cooked and the edges are crispy.

Step 3

3 Meanwhile, lightly toast the soda bread on one side under a hot grill. Mash the butter and cheese together with a fork, then spread the mixture over the untoasted side of the bread.

Step 4

Put the toasts under the grill for a minute to melt the cheese. Remove them and quickly top each piece with some chorizo and a fried egg. Garnish with sprigs of thyme, season with salt and serve at once.