Another name for these Spicy Baked Eggs could easily be Hangover Breakfast. They combine all the elements that I want in a breakfast when the night before might have been too much fun: gluten, fat and spice! And if a breakfast pizza, loaded with cheese, eggs, bacon, sausage and chilli is not in easy reach (why do so few places make breakfast pizzas?), this is a great alternative.
And even if the evening before does not need to be medicated with comfort food, this is a much less stressful way of serving breakfast for a crowd. Forget about getting the timing of each one’s fried eggs right or the scrambled eggs drying out.
Also known as the North African dish, Shakshouka, the orignial recipe is vegetarian in nature and does not have any cheese or meat, while in the Middle East and Spain you can find it served with spicy sausage. There is also the famous Mexican version, Huevos Rancheros, but the eggs are usually scrambled and not kept whole.
I think adding the ground beef just makes preparation easier and means you have breakfast pretty much all in one dish. Adjust the chilli to your personal preference. Try to get the best bread you can to mop up all that delicious sauce.
Spicy Baked Eggs
Ingredients
- splash of olive oil
- 1 red onion finely sliced
- 1 clove garlic mashed
- 1-2 fresh chillies chopped (seeds removed if prefered) or 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
- 500 g ground beef mince
- 1 teaspoon beef stock fond or powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- Tomato Sauce
- splash of olive oil
- 1 red onion finely sliced
- 1 clove garlic mashed
- 1-2 fresh chillies chopped (seeds removed if prefered) or 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
- 2 x 410g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- good pinch of salt and cracked black pepper
- Other
- 4 - 6 eggs
- 100 g grated mature cheddar cheese
- To Serve
- mature cheddar cheese
- sliced pickled jalapeno
- 1 avocado cubed
- chopped coriander
Instructions
- Heat the oil and add all the ingredients.
- Brown the meat over a high heat.
- Once browned, simmer over a medium high heat while stirring regularly until the beef is cooked and all the liquid has evaporated - about 10 minutes.
- Set aside.
- Tomato Sauce
- Heat the oil and add all the ingredients.
- Bring to a fast boil and reduce the heat to medium high and simmer the sauce, stirring regularly, until it has thickened a bit - about 10 minutes.
- Check the seasoning.
- Assembly
- Preheat the grill of the oven.
- Spoon the ground beef into an oven proof dish.
- Cover the meat with the tomato sauce.
- Make 4 - 6 (depending on the amount of eggs you are using) indents in the mixture and break an egg into each indent.
- Sprinkle with 2 thirds of the grated cheese and place in the middle of the oven.
- Bake for about 10 minutes until the cheese is bubbling and the white of the eggs have set but the yolks still runny.
- Serve with some more grated cheese, chopped coriander, sliced pickled jalapenos and slices of good bread.
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Derik
Jun 16, 2014
I try not to have to have a hangover cure anymore but this looks like it would be the one. Looks like it would be a great one for right now actually… 🙂
hein
Jun 17, 2014
Hello Derik. A few scoops in one of your rotis will be pretty much perfect any time! So happy I have discovered your blog.
J
Jun 17, 2014
what do you preheat the oven to…
hein
Jun 17, 2014
Hello J. You preheat the grill of the oven.
Daniel Etherington
Jun 17, 2014
Looks good, though in our household I could probably live withou the beef and the missus without the egg. Gah.
Nice looking bread you’ve got there too.
hein
Jun 17, 2014
Thanks Daniel. Spicy tomato sauce on toasted sourdough with lots of melted cheese could do the trick!
Selma @ Selma's Table
Jun 17, 2014
Your photos are just SO fabulous – I feel like I am sitting with a plate of this in front of me. Love the addition of ground beef and finishing it off under the grill. I make shakshuka most Saturdays for brunch, (I have a teenager which is pretty much the same as having a hangover really) usually with merguez or chorizo but this would make a nice change!
hein
Jun 17, 2014
You are so funny Selma! And thank you again for the kind words.
Phillip || SouthernFATTY.com
Jun 17, 2014
This looks perfect for brunch. Definitely have to try it out soon. Lovely!
hein
Jun 17, 2014
Thank you Phillip. Enjoy and I look forward to hearing what you thought.
Cynthia
Sep 2, 2014
This looks wonderful!! This just made the breakfast menu for next weekend!
hein
Sep 3, 2014
Oh fantastic Cynthia – hope you enjoy!