Chorizo, pepper and potato hash with fried eggs

This is one of those recipes that I feel can be eaten for pretty much any meal, breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner! This chorizo, pepper, potato hash is also super versatile in that you can swap in and out different vegetables, or just leave them out if you don’t fancy them. I always like to have veggies with a meal though and I feel like onions, peppers and tomatoes are a perfect combination with the spicy chorizo. If you want to go a little bit extra, then adding some cheese along with the eggs to this at the end is an awesome extra level of indulgence.

Serves: 2

Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 120g chorizo (outer case peeled off then diced in approx. 1cm cube

• 400g diced potatoes, cooked (I used a pack of pre-prepared ones which required 25 minutes in the oven at 200c with occasional turning)

• 1 onion, diced

• 2 cloves garlic peeled and chopped

• 1 bell pepper, chopped

• Handful of cherry tomatoes, large ones halved

• Small handful of parsley, chopped

• 4 eggs

• Olive oil

Method

Cook the diced potatoes, in my case I roasted them in the oven for 25 minutes and about 15 minutes before the end of cooking, started the rest of the steps.

Add 1 tsp of olive oil to a large frying pan and fry the chorizo on medium heat for several minutes until you can see the chorizo is starting to crisp up and release its deep orange fats in to the pan.

Remove the chorizo to a plate and then fry the onion for a minute or two on low to medium heat. Add the chopped peppers and fry for a few minutes further then add the garlic and keep frying until everything is cooked through and softened.

Add the chorizo back in to the pan along with the cherry tomatoes. Add in the diced potatoes and toss.

Create little pockets in the pan where you would like to place your eggs and then crack the eggs in to those dents.

Cover the pan with a lid and let the eggs steam/fry in the pan until the eggs are cooked but yolks are still runny. This will take about 5 minutes. Careful not to have the heat on too high to avoid burning. If you want to add in cheese as well, this would be the time to do it, I quite like a little grated cheddar or torn up pieces of mozzarella.

Once the eggs are cooked season with a little extra salt and pepper and sprinkle with chopped parsley.

Enjoy!