How to Make Viral Feta Fried Eggs

It’s extraordinarily straightforward for me to get caught in a breakfast rut. Recently I’ve been battling a snooze-button behavior and a less-than-stellar meal prep file that as a rule leads me to succeed in for a tragic, stale protein bar on my means out the door. So after I noticed that meals author (and The Kitchn’s former Deputy Meals Editor!) Grace Elkus had developed a five-minute feta fried egg recipe, I knew I needed to strive it.

Elkus touts feta fried eggs as her go-to “each time I’m ravenous and wish meals in 5 minutes,” and I made a decision to place her claims to the take a look at. Right here’s methods to make your individual model of the savory, spicy breakfast. 

1. Warmth up your tortilla: Elkus recommends utilizing “no matter you might have” as a base to your eggs. The bottom-lift model of this may be to throw a slice of bread within the toaster, however I really like a problem — so I made a decision to go along with the mini-tortilla featured in her video. Figuring out that the eggs and cheese would probably come collectively rapidly, I made a decision to first heat up my tortilla for 20 seconds over the flames of my stovetop burner utilizing a pair of tongs. (Watch out to not set the tortilla on hearth, or strive one in all our different really helpful methods to heat tortillas.)

2. Add an expansion to your tortilla: Elkus notes which you could get inventive right here and coat your bread of selection with something you’re craving. She used avocado, and that sounded tasty so I smashed up half and unfold it alongside the bottom of the warmed tortilla. 

3. Crisp your feta: Warmth a nonstick skillet on low to medium warmth and sprinkle crumbled feta cheese within the form of an “O.” Don’t fill within the circle with cheese — that’s the place the egg goes! Within the spirit of full disclosure, the primary time I attempted the recipe I turned my burner a bit too excessive and located that the feta burned, so I’d suggest sticking to the decrease finish of the warmth scale so to obtain a correct crisp, moderately than undesirable char. 

4. Cook dinner your egg: Instantly after including your feta, crack one egg immediately into the middle of the cheese. Add a sprinkle of black pepper and pink pepper flakes to your required spice degree, cowl, and let cook dinner for 2 to 3 minutes till your feta and egg whites are golden-brown and crispy, however your egg yolk stays runny. If you happen to’re caught, try our step-by-step information on methods to fry an egg). 

5. Assemble your meal: Gently slide your egg and feta combination from the pan to your tortilla or bread. The runny egg “turns into your sauce,” notes Elkus. 

Whereas my feta fried egg take a look at took round six minutes — not together with the primary take a look at batch the place I burned the feta — I’d nonetheless say that this recipe is a reliably fast breakfast that could be a good combination of crispy, creamy textures and well-balanced salty, spicy flavors.

To maximise your time, I’d suggest that you just assemble your base first, be sure that to make use of a nonstick skillet, and hold your burner on low to keep away from burning your feta. This recipe is one thing that I can put together and eat in lower than 10 minutes — which makes it all of the extra probably that I’ll hold making it moderately than return to my stale breakfast bars. Right here’s to sleeping in and consuming properly!