Spanish fried egg

Why didn't we think of this before?

Decadent and creamy eggs fried in butter are paired with garlic and spicy sriracha hot sauce. Great vegetarian breakfast or brunch.

Food blogging introduced us to Spanish fried eggs. All credit goes to In Praise of Sardines, where this method of huevos fritos captured our attention. We’ve haven’t fried an egg any other way since. What’s a Spanish fried egg? It’s an egg fried very quickly in very, very hot olive oil. Some use olive oil AND butter but just olive oil does fine. What you get in a Spanish fried egg is a crispy, delicate white that crunches then practically melts in your mouth.

These Spanish Garlic Eggs, known as Huevos con Ajos, are packed with flavors, easy to make and promise to be the best fried eggs ever.

These crispy fried egg tacos are all over TikTok right now. Made with corn tortilla, eggs, and a variety of toppings, it's a breakfast recipe you'll want to make on repeat.

Here's a step-by-step guide to success in making one egg. Best of all, the dish is a snap to make... and shines at breakfast, as a luncheon dish, or as a first course in a rustic dinner party.

This hearty one-dish meal takes leftover bread from stale to sublime. Spanish migas is made by frying bread crumbs (and larger pieces of bread) in pork fat to create a rich, satisfying hash. For our version we started by kneading water seasoned with salt and smoked paprika into the bread, adding extra water as needed for the bread to soften appropriately. We then fried a mixture of soft chorizo, thick-cut bacon, and crushed garlic cloves until the bacon fat had rendered, the bacon had…

Traditional Huevos Rancheros is a well-known Mexican dish that is perfect to add to any brunch menu. The heart of this dish includes lightly fried eggs sitting atop a savory tomato base. The best part is that this combination works so well together that you can even eat them for dinner.

Eggs can be baked on a bed of almost anything -- cooked spinach and sliced tomatoes come to mind immediately -- but the trick in every case is to avoid overcooking. The consistency of baked eggs should be like that of fried eggs, with a barely cooked white and a soft, runny yolk.

Here's our take on the Spanish fried egg. Though not traditional, the results are damn good.