Remember that huge trayful of eggs? We’re not finished with them yet! We had quite a number of meals of fried eggs (once with fried Spam in a sandwich) and then luxurious scrambled eggs drizzled with truffle oil, all on toast. We actually went through those eggs quite quickly due to their diminutive size – I’d gladly take another trayful but the chickens are growing and so are the sizes of their eggs. No more bargain egg trays for the rest of the year.
I came across this recipe for fried eggs and spaghetti on Mark Bittman’s blog in my initial search for egg recipes and made it one night for dinner, tweaking it by keeping the garlic and adding another breakfast classic, bacon. Why not? Bacon and eggs, go together like a horse and carriage… or something like that. It’s kind of like a carbonara but with more of an eggy chew, I reckon. Anyway, this meal comes together in about 10 minutes – once again good for late weekday nights.
Bacon and Fried Egg Spaghetti
serves 2.
4 rashers bacon (any kind you want), finely chopped
4 small eggs (or 3 large)
2 cloves garlic, minced
a good pinch of dried chili flakes
salt and freshly ground black pepper
olive oil
a small handful of flat leaf parsley, minced
200-250g spaghetti
Set a pot of water to boil for the spaghetti.
Heat a saute pan over medium heat and add about two tablespoons of olive oil. Fry the bacon until it’s almost done to your liking and add in the garlic and chili flakes. Continue stirring as it cooks. When the garlic just starts getting a bit of colour, turn off the heat.
In a separate frying pan, heat enough olive oil to fry an egg or two. Fry the eggs one or two at a time, taking care to keep the yolk fluid – so sunny side up or over easy are both good. Add them to the bacon pan when done and continue with the rest of the eggs. Salt and pepper the mixture.
Salt the now boiling water and get your spaghetti cooking. When it’s done, add it to the pan with the bacon and eggs, along with the parsley. Stir the whole lot together, breaking the fried eggs up in the process, allowing the yolks to coat the spaghetti strands. Add a little of the pasta cooking water to help with the stirring and some extra virgin olive oil for extra flavour. Serve.
Thu, 15 Oct, 2009 at 10:55
Oh that is just brilliant.
Thu, 15 Oct, 2009 at 12:18
Add a bit of parmesan and you’ve got all my favourite foods in one! Sounds delish.
Thu, 15 Oct, 2009 at 17:11
I think one of those dishes you love almost in spite of yourself! I imagine it tastes delicious!
Thu, 15 Oct, 2009 at 20:22
This is one of my all-time favorite quick meals. A little Maggi seasoning does wonders if there’s no bacon around!
Fri, 16 Oct, 2009 at 02:08
Your pictures would sell anyone on this budget-friendly meal. I will have to try it soon. Great blog!
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Fri, 16 Oct, 2009 at 11:27
Easy and quick meal… and it sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Sat, 17 Oct, 2009 at 15:46
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Sun, 18 Oct, 2009 at 18:06
Looks delish and so simple!
Mon, 19 Oct, 2009 at 10:45
Chris: Bacon and eggs – can’t go wrong with them.
alexthepink: Yeah, we were out of cheese. 😛 I’m terrible at keeping cheese in our fridge.
LexEat: I can’t say I was expecting much but the whole is certainly greater than the sum of its parts in this case!
Gastronomer: Maggi seasoning! I have a bottle of that in my cupboard! I definitely need more ideas on what to do with it!
behnding: Thank you very much for your kind words!
Karine: Very easy indeed!
kavey: Very simple! It takes almost no time at all.
Mon, 19 Oct, 2009 at 18:03
Nice! I have a total crush on Mark Bittman (just don’t watch that awful show with him, Gwyneth, and Mario Batali) – I love how simple yet flavorful all of his recipes are! I’ll totally have to give this one a try. Thanks for the review!
Sat, 24 Oct, 2009 at 12:45
Rachel: I watched the preview video for that show and was mildly mortified by how boring they all seemed. But Bittman and Batali both do have fantastic recipes!
Mon, 26 Oct, 2009 at 09:45
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Mon, 26 Oct, 2009 at 14:36
What can i say… YUMMY!
Thu, 5 Nov, 2009 at 05:55
weeeewww…fenomenal..delicious and tasty…
i’ve tried this this morning and…i think this gonna be one of my favourite…
thank you verymuch for sharing
Thu, 5 Nov, 2009 at 18:36
emiry: Hope you like it!
fresh pasta recipe: And thank you for dropping by!
Wed, 11 Nov, 2009 at 10:32
my dad makes this with leftover spaghetti noodles. hes sautees up some garlic and onions, fries the bacon until done, not crispy, the throws everything in the skillet with the noodles, lets it heat up, then cracks 5-8 eggs and stirs/flips it around till the egg is cooked and evenly dispersed. “poor people food” he called it.
i love it plain, but he and my brother always ate it with ketchup.
Thu, 8 Jul, 2010 at 10:28
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Mon, 1 Nov, 2010 at 08:45
Sprinkle parmesan on the top and you are done 🙂 Yummy.
Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 at 11:54
It was 4 am and I couldn’t sleep, but was hungry., and I’ve never cooked (solo) before so I figured I’d do something fairly easy, so I looked up this recipe and improvised with what I had in the house (bacon, eggs, and noodles) and whipped this up right quick. I had some Tiger Sauce just sitting around and I figured I’d try and give it a kick to keep me going through the morning since it was about 5 by the time I finished.
Thanks for the recipe! Helped me see that cooking and experimenting really can be fun.
Sun, 9 Feb, 2014 at 12:35
This site has got all that I was looking for, thanks, I will bookmark this.Cheers!!