SPICY BAKED EGGS & CRUNCHY CROUTONS

A badboy brunch dish. It's not vegan but it's got bare veggies in it. Gooey egg yolks that you can dip your crispy, crunchy bready bits into, topping a saucy plethora of sweet and spicy diced veg. If health is wealth, you'll be a millionaire after chowing down on this fat pie dish full of dank.

20-25 Minutes

Ingredients

(To Serve 4)

A Red Onion
A White Onion
3 Cloves Garlic
A Red Pepper
A Yellow Pepper
A Small Stick of Celery
A Courgette
Half a Red Chilli
2 Teaspoons Oregano
Half Teaspoon Chilli Flakes
Salt & Pepper
Teaspoon Smoked Paprika
Lemon Juice
4-5 Eggs
Tin of Chopped Tomatoes
Loaf of Ciabatta
3-4 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Handful of Crumbled Feta (To Serve)
Handful Chopped Coriander (To Serve)

Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C. Peel and slice the onions into thin slivers. Finely dice your garlic. Prepare all your other veggies by dicing them into little cuboids. Your chilli can just be diced. It's best to have these all ready to go as most of the veggies go in at the same time.
Heat a splash of olive oil in a wok or large frying pan over a medium heat. Fry your onions until softened before chucking in your garlic and chilli. Then season with oregano, chilli flakes, salt, pepper and smoked paprika. Shimmy about and let that all cook for about a minute before adding in your peppers, celery and courgette cuboids. Fry these off for about 3 minutes.
Chuck in a tin of tomatoes. Add a splash of water to the tin to get the rest of the tomato flavour out. If the tomatoes are whole just smash them up a bit with a wooden spoon. Let this simmer whilst we do our croutons.
These crunchy bread bits are very simple. Slice your ciabatta loaf into inch sized cubes and chuck them on an oven tray. Season with salt and pepper and add a glug of olive oil. About 3 tablespoons should do it. Shake these all about to make sure they're all covered in a bit of oil. Whack them into the oven. They need 10 minutes or so and may be finished before the eggs are done, so bare that in mind as we don't want to burn them.
Use a shallow dish to pour your veggie mixture into. I used a pie dish which worked well. Squeeze in the juice of lemon and mix that through the sauciness. Crack an egg into a small bowl and pour onto the top of the tomatoey veg. I think this way just makes things a bit easier. Repeat this until you have your desired amount of eggs. Pop them into the oven to bake. They should take 10-15 minutes. You'll know they're done when all the egg white is no longer see through.
Finely chop some coriander. Get your eggs out, top with some crumbled feta, the coriander and your crunchy croutons. Serve in a bowl and just enjoy the sheer flavoursomeness of the dish. Remember to have for brunch otherwise it's illegal.