What can I make with eggs and potatoes?
Eggs and Potatoes turn into dinner faster than almost anything else in the fridge. These recipes use eggs and potatoes, and the method notes below cover the three techniques that cover almost every situation.
12 recipes with eggs and potatoes
Tempura
Ethereally light battered and fried shrimp and vegetables.
Japanese30m4Breakfast Hash
Skillet-crisped potatoes with peppers, onion, and eggs.
American40m4Spanish Omelette
A thick and rich omelette made with potatoes, onions, and sometimes ham or chorizo, all wrapped up in a delicate egg mixture.
Spanish60m4Bacalhau à Brás
A traditional Portuguese dish made with codfish, potatoes, onions, and scrambled eggs.
Portuguese75m4
Chorizo & soft-boiled egg salad
step 1 Cook the potatoes in a large pan of boiling salted water for 12 mins, adding the eggs after 6 mins, and the beans for the final 2 mins.
Spanish4
Polish chocolate & walnut cake
Heat the oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3½.
Polish4
Liegeoise Salad
Scrub the potatoes well but don't peel them.
4
Tuna Nicoise
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
France4
Belgian Waterzooi Chicken
Put the chicken, water and one garlic clove in a large saucepan.
4
Pastel de Papas (Chilean Potato Pie)
Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil.
4
Mee goreng mamak
Heat oil in a pan at medium heat.
Malaysian4
Spiced tortilla
step 1 Heat the oil in a large frying pan.
Spanish4
eggs and potatoes: the three methods worth knowing
- 1Soft scramble: low heat, constant stirring, off the heat while still glossy.
- 2Jammy boiled: 7 minutes in already-boiling water, then straight into ice water for 2 minutes so the shell slips off.
- 3Fried with crisp edges: hot pan, generous fat, spoon the fat over the white until set.
- 4In every method, salt at the end for a cleaner set and a softer texture.
What goes well with eggs and potatoes
Eggs and Potatoes is at its best with butter, cheese, spinach, scallion, toast and black pepper. Any two or three of those, plus eggs and potatoes, is already a dinner rather than an ingredient list.
Storing eggs and potatoes
Store eggs and potatoes sealed and cool, and use the oldest stock first. If it is close to turning, cook it rather than throwing it out - roasting, soup, and a quick sauce all forgive slightly past-peak ingredients.
Substituting eggs and potatoes
If you are out of eggs and potatoes, look for something that behaves the same way in the pan rather than something that tastes the same. Match the moisture level, the cooking time, and the richness, and adjust the liquid slightly if your substitute releases more water. When in doubt, describe what you actually have in the chat and Mr. Chef will rewrite the recipe around it.
Eggs and Potatoes recipes: common questions
- What can I make with eggs and potatoes and not much else?
- Plenty. With eggs and potatoes plus an onion, garlic, oil, and salt you already have the base of a skillet dinner, a soup, or a simple sauce. Add a starch - rice, pasta, bread, or potatoes - and it becomes a full meal. The recipes above are ordered so the ones needing the fewest extra items come first.
- What is the quickest eggs and potatoes recipe?
- Look for the entries above marked 20 minutes or less. As a rule, anything cut small and cooked in a hot pan beats anything roasted whole, and one-pan recipes save more time in cleanup than in cooking.
- Can I substitute eggs and potatoes?
- In most recipes yes, as long as the replacement plays a similar role - similar moisture, similar cooking time, similar richness. Swapping across roles (a watery vegetable for a starchy one, for instance) usually needs a change in liquid or cooking time too.
- How do I use up leftover eggs and potatoes?
- Fried rice, a frittata, a grain bowl, a soup, or a quesadilla will absorb almost any leftover eggs and potatoes without a recipe. If you want something specific, tell Mr. Chef exactly what is in the fridge and it will build a recipe around it.