If you like it then you should have put an egg on it

October 28, 2009 5:48 PM

What foods are commonly (or rather, uncommonly, i.e. not necessarily breakfast foods) served with a fried or poached egg?

Making a list of foods that sometimes come with eggs on them. Any and all would be appreciated. So far:

- Corned Beef Hash
- Bi bim bap
- Pizza
- Hamburger
- Pasta carbonara
- Croque Madame
- Fried rice (sort of)
- Ramen

Any more delicious ideas?

posted by CharlesV42 to food & drink (56 comments total)

pad thai
posted by spinturtle at 5:51 PM on October 28

Caesar salad.
posted by xingcat at 5:54 PM on October 28

asparagus
posted by gyusan at 5:54 PM on October 28

Shakshouka is something that I've had with poached eggs that isn't necessarily a breakfast dish.
posted by SNWidget at 5:55 PM on October 28

Toast.
posted by box at 5:55 PM on October 28

soldiers.
posted by runincircles at 5:56 PM on October 28

polenta and greens.
posted by crush-onastick at 5:58 PM on October 28

I like oatmeal and a poached egg.
posted by elsietheeel at 5:59 PM on October 28

Ham, Eggs and Chips not a breakfast meal.
Cold Ham, not bacon.
Chips, a bit like fat french fries.
posted by selton at 6:02 PM on October 28

Steak
posted by exogenous at 6:03 PM on October 28

"Fried rice (sort of)"

Nasi goreng istimewa. Fried rice special, with fried egg on top, for breakfast. Or any time.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 6:08 PM on October 28

Vietnamese pork chops are often served with rice, noodles, salad and a fried egg. Yum.
posted by Balonious Assault at 6:10 PM on October 28

In Thailand, omelettes are often served over rice.
posted by lunasol at 6:11 PM on October 28

I worked at a restaurant that would serve a pancake with a fried egg in the middle. It wasn't on the menu, and I was probably the only person who ever ordered it, but I thought it was great. You can dip the pancake into the yoke instead of using syrup. Mmmmm...
posted by farishta at 6:12 PM on October 28

Egg drop soup
Australian-style hamburger
posted by twistofrhyme at 6:12 PM on October 28

Wilted spinach. With poached egg, not fried. Yum.
posted by lapsangsouchong at 6:15 PM on October 28

Hamburgers, in Australia (often). And NZ.

My chef makes a dish with Arctic charr topped with a red wine-poached egg.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 6:16 PM on October 28

Steak tartare
posted by paperzach at 6:16 PM on October 28

You saw this, right?
posted by hermitosis at 6:19 PM on October 28

Also, a friend once cooked me a North African dish where you blast some red and green peppers over a flame to blacken them, then remove the skins, de-seed them, and throw them in a pot with some frying onions, some spices (chilli, cumin, and your own further choices--"never less than two, never more than five", apparently), and some tinned tomatoes. Let that bubble away for a while and turn into a nice vegetable casserole-y sort of thing, while you cook some rice from start to finish. When the rice is done, crack some eggs into the pot and let them cook gently at the top of the tomato mixture--just for a couple of minutes, so the whites go white and the yolks begin to solidify. Ideally there's one egg per person, though serving them up can be a bit tricky (because the stew is still fairly liquid but the egg is fairly solid). Also yum. If there are too few, the kids fight over who gets them.
posted by lapsangsouchong at 6:26 PM on October 28

egg, spinach and mashed potato - my parents do this, maybe it's a german thing? it goes together well, oddly enough

also - grilled cheese sandwich with a sunny-side-up egg on it, eaten with knife and fork
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 6:27 PM on October 28

@hermitosis I did, but I guess I was looking more for "dishes that traditionally come with eggs", than "ways I like to eat an egg". Sorry if there is repeat/overlap!
posted by CharlesV42 at 6:28 PM on October 28

My mother likes a baked potato topped with creamed spinach and a poached egg.

Also, she likes pancakes with a fried egg on top.

And fried egg sandwiches.
posted by leahwrenn at 6:28 PM on October 28

In a French restaurant here: fried or poached egg over a salad of frisee and bacon lardons. Fills you up like dinner but doesn't feel as heavy as dinner.

From poor Turkish roommates in London 20 years ago (similar to lapsangsouchong's post): cook rice and tomatoes/tomato sauce together, along with spices of choice. When almost done, crack eggs on top. It's ready when the eggs are cooked.
posted by ImproviseOrDie at 6:37 PM on October 28 [1 favorite]

Poached egg with portabello, spinach, polenta

I've heard they put an egg on top of pizza in Italy.
posted by cestmoi15 at 6:49 PM on October 28

Loco Moco
posted by shinybeast at 6:52 PM on October 28 [1 favorite]

Lorne sausage, potato scone, fried egg - in a roll. Repeat daily until dead.
posted by scruss at 6:58 PM on October 28

How about raw eggs of non-chicken variety? Ikura with quail egg.
posted by at the crossroads at 6:59 PM on October 28

Eggs Benedict
posted by Paragon at 7:05 PM on October 28

Huevos motuleños. The kind I had in Mexico had a big fried egg on top, not covered with another tortilla like in this recipe, but, hey, there are eggs in there, and they're fried or poached.
posted by PatoPata at 7:18 PM on October 28

Also sopa de ajo. A big blob of poached egg floating in a wondrous sea of garlic.
posted by PatoPata at 7:21 PM on October 28

I once had a wonderful brunch dish that had poached eggs on top of fried green tomatoes.

(And your title is hilarious btw).
posted by radioamy at 7:42 PM on October 28

Bowl of white rice + a bit of soy sauce + a sunny side up egg on top. It's Chinese comfort food, or at least that's what a friend of mine (who is Chinese) has led me to believe. Either way, it's delicious.
posted by threetoed at 7:52 PM on October 28

Ful medames is usually served with sliced hard-boiled egg.
posted by holgate at 7:58 PM on October 28

I said steak tartare above, but that's a raw egg, so wrong for this question I guess.

A place near me does a mean crab cake benedict, so crab cake with poached egg. Yum dot org. dot asm.
posted by paperzach at 8:16 PM on October 28

sliced tomatoes and mozzarella in carrozza
posted by francesca too at 8:21 PM on October 28

When I was in Chile, I was served spaghetti with tomato sauce and a fried egg.
posted by i_am_a_fiesta at 8:23 PM on October 28

Wiener schnitzel is sometimes served with a fried egg.
posted by Jode at 8:32 PM on October 28

Lentil salad with a red wine vinegar and parsley dressing. Awesome!
posted by crabintheocean at 8:39 PM on October 28

Fried egg sandwiches, with or without bacon, are one of my quintessential 24hr road foods that taste great no matter where you go or how upscale or skeezy the food outlet is. For some reason they taste especially good around 3AM after four hours on the road.
posted by Mitheral at 9:36 PM on October 28

Toast! Did someone say toast? Then I will say it again! In bold, for emphasis! TOAST!

Toast with a fried egg on top is one of my favorite meals, both all-purpose and comforting. OH MY GOD I THINK I HAVE TO MAKE SOME RIGHT NOW.

Oh, and pasta carbonara is made with an egg, does that count?

(Nice work on the thread title, that's stuck in my head for good now. All the single chickens! All the single chickens. All the single chickens! All the single chickens.)
posted by ErikaB at 9:59 PM on October 28

Acquacotta soup--I found it in a Lidia Bastianich cookbook, it's basically a swiss chard and other green soup with a poached egg in it for each person.

Here's a verison, but it's not exactly the same as the one in the book.

Fun fact: acquacotta means "cooked water". It's the kind of thing you throw a bunch of vegetables you have around in, and have something to feed a lot of people.
posted by Tesseractive at 10:07 PM on October 28

Gyudon.
posted by obiwanwasabi at 1:14 AM on October 29

Ratatouille! Topped with a poached egg and completely delicious.
posted by arha at 1:16 AM on October 29

From the bottom up: Mustard mash, smoked haddock, poached egg. Maybe some spinach on the side. Perfect.
posted by col at 2:57 AM on October 29

Fried egg, white (sticky) rice, fried spam, sauteed cabbage kimchi.
YUM
posted by yeoja at 4:52 AM on October 29

Has anybody mentioned huevos rancheros???
posted by fancyoats at 5:37 AM on October 29

I like to toss a poached egg into a bowl of vegetable barley soup, to give the broth some velvety richness.
posted by saladin at 5:45 AM on October 29

I can't believe no one's mentioned by name the slinger. Some would say it's a breakfast food; others might claim it as a late-night special; still others say it falls into the never-eat-at-any-time category. In any case, a fascination with the slinger (and pork steaks) is probably a large part of why someone in my city (St. Louis) invented Tums.
posted by limeonaire at 5:51 AM on October 29

one of my hispanic friends made enchiladas stacked instead of rolled and with a fried egg on top. red chile sauce
posted by domino at 6:21 AM on October 29

Pad ka prao
posted by doiheartwentyone at 6:51 AM on October 29

My husband thinks I'm nuts because I think fried eggs are a great accompaniment to hot dogs.
posted by mrsshotglass at 7:38 AM on October 29

In a French restaurant here: fried or poached egg over a salad of frisee and bacon lardons.

This is commonly referred to as Salad Lyonnaise and is one of my favorites. The key is to use the rendered bacon fat in the salad dressing.

I like to put a sunny side up egg on a nice big grilled pork chop. Any large cut of meat benefits from an egg on it really (steak, pork, etc).
posted by phineas.gage at 9:42 PM on October 29

Fried eggs and white rice are delicious.
posted by vespertine at 1:43 AM on October 30

I have nothing useful to contribute, but the title made me laugh for absolutely minutes!
posted by almostwitty at 8:02 AM on October 30

- soon dubu (egg cracked into the bubbling hotpot)
- shakshouka, eggs poached in tomato sauce (sprinkle with feta for bonus points)
- I used to eat a raw egg cracked onto very hot white rice for an after-school snack when I was a kid.
posted by peachfuzz at 10:28 AM on October 30