Skillet Eggs with Spinach

A light, wholesome, filling breakfast for your table! Skillet eggs with spinach make a wonderfully tasty egg dish that'll fuel you for the whole day. It comes together incredibly fast and easy — even a beginner can handle it.

Pearl

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Eggs

Spinach

500

Onion

Vegetable oil

Salt

Ground black pepper

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 38 % 6 g

Fats 50 % 8 g

Carbohydrates 13 % 2 g

103 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 10 min

Step 1:

How do you make skillet eggs with spinach? Gather all the ingredients listed. The number of eggs is just a guide — use more or fewer as you like.
Step 2:

Peel the onion, rinse it under running water, and pat it dry with paper towels. Cut it into thin half-moons, quarter-moons, or even finer.
Step 3:

Wash the eggs thoroughly. Put the spinach in a colander and rinse it under running water. Tear the large leaves into smaller pieces and leave the small ones whole.
Step 4:

Heat a neutral, odorless vegetable oil in a skillet. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until translucent.
Step 5:

Add the spinach to the onion and stir. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pan, and cook the greens until wilted. Young leaves need just about a minute.
Step 6:

Salt the spinach to taste and add any dried spices you like. I used a pinch of ground nutmeg and an herb blend.
Step 7:

Make a few wells in the spinach, as in the photo. The number of wells depends on how many eggs you're using.
Step 8:

Carefully crack one egg into each well.
Step 9:

Cover and leave the pan on the heat until the eggs reach the doneness you like.
Step 10:

Sprinkle the finished eggs with ground pepper to taste. Ready to serve!

I used young, tender spinach leaves in this recipe. If yours are more mature, pour boiling water over them, let them sit for about a minute, then drain in a colander before adding to the pan — or skip the boiling water and just simmer them a little longer in step 5, until soft and tender. Enjoy!
Always wash eggs before using them, since even a seemingly clean shell can carry harmful bacteria. A brush and food-safe wash work best.
How can you tell if an egg is fresh? Crack it into a separate dish. First, there should be no off smell. A fresh egg's white will be clear and clean, and the yolk should hold its shape — shiny, domed, and even.
Everyone's sense of salty, sweet, bitter, spicy, sour, and hot is different, so always season to your own taste. If you're using a seasoning for the first time, remember that some are especially easy to overdo — chili pepper, for one.