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Nigella Lawson's take on Huevos Rancheros -- not exactly south of the border style, but it would make a marvelous lunch or light supper if you (like me) have no ambition for cooking in the morning:
What I was hoping to find, but haven't been able to, is a video I saw several years ago. The chef (I think it was by a real chef, although I don't think it was a FoodTV chef) scrambled his eggs with a ton of butter, adding some at the beginning and more during the cooking process, and taking the pan off the heat at times, then putting it back on. Also, I think he made this in a saucepan rather than a skillet. I tried making it at home several times and the results were exquisite: but sometimes I don't have that much (or any) butter, and sometimes I'd rather fry in oil to keep the cholesterol count down. I can keep searching and post it in the comments if I can track it down, but in the meantime, here are a couple other takes on scrambled eggs:
Okay, technically this one's not scrambled eggs. It's so interesting, though, I thought I'd include it anyway. It's from the Mideast, and the eggs are more poached than scrambled, and you can serve it over rice (or with rice: that point was unclear) or with pita or French or Italian bread -- you get the idea. The top comments immediately following the vid were, I thought, quite interesting.
Caveats: Slow to load. You have to watch a short commercial first. And halfway through they want you to subscribe to their thread (ignore it & it will go away). But still, it's SUCH an interesting recipe, and only includes ingredients we all can find at the local supermarket -- nothing exotic except the recipe itself:
OOOOO! Scrambled eggs, Indian-style. Unlike Nigella, she actually suggests this for a light supper when you just want to make something quick and tasty, and not spend a lot of time in the kitchen. I'm not a fan of ketchup, but it occurs to me that a few tablespoons of tomato sauce or a bit of tomato paste mixed with water would have the same effect:
Lagniappe: Gordon Ramsey makes kedgeree
Kedgeree is, IIRC, a British bastardization of Indian cooking. His version, while only tangentially related to eggs at all, does look wonderful. HarperCollins wants you to buy his cookbook, so while you can see him making it, there are no quantities given: but I trust my firefly friends to know how to go to the bookstore and copy the ingredients list into a notebook, LOL.
