Recipes

Crazy title, right??  Well, this morning I decided to test out a fun way of making fried eggs without using a pan.  It all started when last month I came upon this pin on Pinterest: 23 Things You Can Cook in a Waffle Iron, and was intrigued.  And then I found this recipe for making mashed potato waffles and was blown away by how tasty and easy they were to make!  So today, I just had to cook some fried eggs.  Why not?

To get started, I took out my handy-dandy waffle iron, sprayed it, and let it heat up until sizzling.  It was probably one of the best wedding presents we ever received!!  I'm so thankful that this model is so durable!

  

Next, I took out my ingredients: 2 eggs and a package of frozen naans from the freezer.

 

What are naans, you say?  Well, they are an Indian flatbread that is made in a tandoori (clay) oven, brushed with ghee (clarified butter), and cooked until chewy.  Since I don't have a tandoori oven, making them in the house by scratch just isn't the same.  So I settle for buying them from good ole' Trader Joe's, instead!

If you like fried eggs and you like any sort of toast, bread, etc. - trust me when I tell you how awesome naans taste with eggs. It reminds me of being in my grandma's kitchen to have pan-fried toast with sunny-side up eggs.  MMMMM.  So these naans come in the garlic flavor as depicted, or plain.  Since I'm an adventurous eater, garlic-flavored is all that's served in this house!  I never go by the method of cooking for these beauties - it's never warms them up enough in just 4 minutes - that is, unless, you just bought them and they are somewhat soft.  If they've been in a hard freeze, then I like to just wrap them in foil and place in the oven at 400 degrees and keep checking them.  If making more than 2, I go ahead and place them on a cookie sheet and let them bake uncovered.  Either way, they can take anywhere from 4 minutes to 15 to be cooked - but don't forget to check them, because they CAN burn if you let them go too long.  All you're looking for is for them to be heated through and soft.  You can brush them with butter or ghee itself when they are out of the oven if you'd like.  I actually forgot to this morning because I was so hungry! 

Anyhooo, let's talk about the eggs again.  Once the waffle iron was hot, I literally cracked the eggs and emptied them onto the bottom of the waffle iron, as if it was a hot frying pan and then seasoned them with creole seasoning and pepper.

   

The only comical moment was right as they were done.  I wasn't sure how to get them out without sacrificing the yolks.  In the end, I dumped them right from the iron to the plate, and flipped one over.  I think the top one was cushioned by the bottom one, so it looked prettier than the other.  



The bonus with all of this was that I also used Pinterest to find an easier way of cleaning the waffle iron, and I sure felt stupid not having done this before: How to Steam Clean Your Waffle Iron.  In all, this was a fun and filling breaky!