Padrón Peppers with Broken Eggs
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Ingredients
- 300 g padrón peppers
- 6 large eggs
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 257 kcal
- Protein
- 13.8 g
- Carbohydrate
- 4 g
- of which sugars
- 2.2 g
- Fat
- 20.4 g
- of which saturates
- 4.7 g
- Fibre
- 1.3 g
- Salt
- 1.09 g
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Method
- 1
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and fry the padrón peppers and garlic over a high heat for 5 minutes, tossing often, until blistered.
- 2
Push the peppers to one side and crack the eggs into the pan.
- 3
Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes until the whites are set but the yolks still soft.
- 4
Break the yolks slightly so they run into the peppers, sprinkle with the sea salt flakes and serve immediately.

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