Name: Potato cake with chilli eggs
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 2 hungry students
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 550g potatoes; 1 onion; 2 tbsp olive oil; 4 eggs; 1 red chilli deseeded and finely chopped or pinch dried chilli; 2 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander optional; crusty bread to serve

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Potato cake with chilli eggs

Potato cake with chilli eggs

Lesley Waters

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Serves 2 hungry students

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 30 mins

Ready in 40 minutes

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Simple, student dish with potato, eggs and a pinch of chilli to give it a bit of a kick - ready in 40 mins

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Ingredients

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550g potatoes
1 onion
2 tbsp olive oil
4 eggs
1 red chilli

deseeded and finely chopped or pinch dried chilli
2 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander

optional
crusty bread

to serve

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal508
fat25g
saturates5g
carbs52g
sugars0g
fibre4g
protein22g
salt0.48g

low

Method

step 1

Peel and coarsely grate the potatoes, then squeeze out as much liquid as you possibly can with your hands. Set aside on kitchen paper, dabbing off any leftover juices. Grate the onion and do the same.
step 2

Heat the olive oil in a large, non-stick frying pan, tip in the onions and cook over a medium heat for 5 mins, stirring until soft and lightly golden. Stir in the potatoes and mix. Fry the mixture in an even layer for about 15 mins until cooked and golden underneath. Meanwhile, heat the grill to high.
step 3

Slide the pan under the grill and cook for 5 mins or until golden on top. Using a spoon, make four dips in the surface of the cake. Crack the eggs into the dips, season and scatter over the chilli. Cover with a lid or baking sheet, place back on the hob and cook for 4-5 mins, depending on how you like your eggs cooked. Serve straight from the pan, with a sprinkling of coriander if you have it, and lots of crusty bread.

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For a mixed-vegetable rösti, try using grated carrot, parsnip and potato.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2005

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