Typically I wake up early to workout, but yesterday I tried something different, I woke up early to cook! It was relaxing getting up an hour before my normal Tuesday (the only day each week when I don’t teach a class) wake up time to make breakfast. A friend gave me the inspiration for this recipe, a way to slowly make a dent in the countless apples I took home from apple picking this weekend.
For morning cooking, I recommend prepping as much as you can the night before. For this recipe, it meant chopping the onions at night (or rather, having MM chop them because I cry after about 5 seconds) and putting all the ingredients and pans in a pile for easy access.
Ingredients:
- 2 potatoes
- 2 apples
- 1 yellow onion
- 2 pieces of grilled chicken
- 2-4 eggs
- Salt, pepper, cayenne pepper
- Olive oil and/or avocado oil
What to do:
First, chop up the potatoes, apples and onion but keep them separated.
In a frying pan take a splash of avocado oil (just a few drops) and sauté the chopped onions until caramelized or translucent, about 5-7 minutes.
Next, toss in the chopped potatoes and a few drops of olive oil and cook for about 10 minutes or until the potatoes start to brown and are getting close to crispy. Next, toss in the apples. I like to give some time between the potatoes going in and apples since I like my potatoes crispy and they require more time on the stove. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, cayenne (if you like a little spiciness) and any other spices you might want.
Next, add the sliced chicken. Chicken in this recipe is totally optional, I just happened to have two large pieces chilling my fridge so why not include them for some extra AM protein!
Once your potatoes are crisp to your liking, make little indents in your hash (not touching the bottom, just slightly indented) and drop in your eggs. I used 2 eggs so MM and I could each have one this morning. With the chicken in this recipe it’s already protein-packed but if you leave out the chicken, perhaps you’ll want two eggs each.
Cover the frying pan and let cook for about 3-5 minutes or until the egg whites become translucent. This picture below is here to show you that sometimes you need to be creative in the kitchen. My supplies are limited but that doesn’t stop me. I didn’t have a cover so I used a baking sheet, whatever works!
A bowl of the finished product! I could work on my presentation skills but it at least it’s tasty!
This cooks up a large portion, we ate half and saved the rest for tomorrow.
My one concern with spending time in the kitchen before work, I now smell like onions. Enjoy new coworkers!
