Feb 1, 2012

Black Eyed Peas with Poached Egg

I made this over the weekend and it was a huge hit. Its really simple, and very satisfying.

Here is what you need:
2 cups dried black eyed peas (soaked for 4 hours or overnight)
1 onion - chopped
3 tbs butter (or olive oil, whatever you have)
eggs (I use one egg per person)
cayenne pepper (or Paprika)

Cook the beans for about 45 minutes (or until done - be sure to check a few beans) You can cook these ahead of time and throw them in the fridge until you are ready for them.

Brown Butter in a pan
Add Onion and a pinch of Salt
Saute onion in the butter until transparent (and smells delich)
throw in the beans and let it all cook a bit - maybe 5 minutes.
Feel free to add whatever you want here - rosemary, lemon - whatever you have and want to use for extra flavor. I like it with just Salt And Pepper

While this is cooking, we need to poach the eggs.
In a pot of almost boiling water, add a tsp of vinegar (white usually, but whatever you have is good).
Put each egg (don't cook more than 2 at a time)in a small bowl. Lower the bowl into the hot water and let the egg slide into the water. it will start to solidify and resemble a 'poached egg.'
Let the egg cook for 3-5 minutes (depending on how hard or soft you want)
Remove the egg with a slotted spoon.

Put the beans into a bowl, add the egg on top of the beans and sprinkle with paprika.

So good.

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