Sunday 30 October 2011

A bit of Schmaltz - Chicken Fat Fried Egg in a Basket

Some things need little explanation; fried bread with Schmaltz is one of the best things in life. If you haven’t tried it, you should.

As a by-product of some chicken stock we made yesterday I had just enough of that lovely wibbly fat for breakfast. This is quick, easy and perfect for soaking up booze after a heavy night.

I might even go as far as saying it can cure all but the harshest of hangovers*. Start by cutting a circle out of the bread with a ramekin.

Get your fat hot in a frying pan and throw in your slice. Cook on one side till nice and toasty then turn it over; add the egg and fry till cooked.

It doesn’t get much easier than this really.

Ingredients:
Egg
Bread
Chicken Fat

*may not be based in fact or actually cure hangovers…

9 comments:

  1. Holy moly! HOLY MOLY! It looks great.

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  2. We always save the schmaltz that comes from roasting a chicken, it's soooooo very good.

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  3. I was introduced to something similar at Uni, although using remnant bacon fat and butter. We called it "The eye of Egypt". Mysterious and fatty.

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  4. bacon lard is ace, like the eye of Egypt mystery. Don't think I've ever heard it called that before!

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  5. I had to look up schmaltz. And now that I know, i'll try this out. For all that it looks like a gelid eye staring back out of the plate, it also looks (and sounds) damn tasty. I wonder what it would taste like if you fried bacon in the chicken fat...and then threw in the bread and egg. Now I'm hungry.

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  6. There's plenty of room in that pan to fry the bread circle as well. More fried bread! Do you leave the yolk runny? I think you know what the correct answer is.

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  7. Haha I barely cook the white let alone suffer a solid yolk! (I fried the circle afterwards as a little treat)

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