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A Spanish breakfast with fried eggs and chorizo, grilled halloumi cheese with green peppers, and bowls of zhoug sauce and orange juice, all served with toasted bread.

Fried Eggs with Grilled Halloumi, Chorizo and Zhoug


  • Author: Aniceto Sousa

Description

Travel around the world just by changing up your breakfast table. 


Ingredients

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For zhoug sauce:

  • ½ cup parsley
  • 1 cup cilantro
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 wax peppers
  • 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar

For eggs:

  • 1 package (1 lb) fresh Spanish chorizo
  • 4 eggs
  • Salt, pepper, and smoke paprika
  • 4 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 package (250 grams) of halloumi cheese, sliced into 4 equal slices

Instructions

For zhoug sauce:

  1. Combine all ingredients in blender. Puree until smooth, set aside.

For eggs:

  1. Slice chorizo into ½-inch slices on the bias.
  2. Heat sauté pan with 2 tablespoons canola oil over medium heat. Fry chorizo until crisp on both sides, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove and keep warm.
  3. Fry eggs sunny-side up in leftover chorizo renderings and oil to preferred doneness, seasoning with salt, pepper, and sprinkle of smoked paprika.
  4. In separate nonstick sauté pan, heat 2 tablespoons canola oil to high heat. Pat slices of halloumi with paper towel to dry and add to oil to sear cheese until crisp on one side, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn and heat second side until cheese is completely heated through and crisp. Remove to paper towels.

For plating:

  1. Smear spoonful of sauce across platter top with eggs, halloumi, and chorizo. Serve with bread.