Quick Broiled Vegetables and Eggs Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2-3 strips raw bacon
- 5-6 stalks asparagus
- 1/2 yellow onion
- 2 eggs
- 1 thick slice crusty bread
- Slice or two any cheese (fontina, cheddar, parmesan, goat, whatever you'd like)
- 1 teaspoon dijon or any nice mustard
- Salt, pepper, herbs to taste
- The juice of half a lemon, lime, or orange
- Oil, the higher the smoke point the better (grapeseed, canola, clarified butter, extra virgin olive oil, in that order)
How to make Quick Broiled Vegetables and Eggs
This recipe takes about 8 minutes and is perfect as a midnight snack. Or lunch. Or breakfast. All of the ingredients are simply recommendations and can be substituted or left out. Adapted from The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper
- Preheat the broiler
- Chop the bacon, asparagus, and onion into 1" wide pieces
- Film an oven-proof pan with the oil and heat under the broiler for two minutes
- Toss the vegetables together with the salt, pepper, mustard, and herbs of your choice (thyme, tarragon, parsley are all fine choices)
- Using a pot holder, remove the pan from the oven, evenly spread the vegetables and bacon and return to the oven to broil for 5 minutes, turn once to prevent sticking. Put a piece of bread next to the pan to toast.
- While it broils, crack the eggs into a bowl and season with salt and pepper
- After 5 minutes, remove the pan, clear a space and tip in the eggs. Top with a slice of cheese and return to the broiler.
- Broil for about a minute or until you think the risk of salmonella is gone. The whites should be crispy, but the yolks runny.
- Take everything out of the oven and either carefully plate it, or just put it on a trivet.
- Squeeze the citrus juice over the whole thing and enjoy with the toast!
- Add a little bit of soy, sesame-chili oil, and sesame seeds to the veggies before broiling
- Add a few cherry tomatoes (whole) or a even a small tomato to the pan about halfway through. The skin gets all crinkly and the tomatoes just barely pop. (see photo)
- Add corn, chopped scallions, anything that gets nice and caramelized.
“Treat your broiler like an indoor grill.”