Perfectly Poached Egg on Oatmeal with Hot Pepper Jelly

Weekday breakfasts….try as I might, it just seems plain wrong to hop out of bed and start cooking when I don’t even have an appetite yet.  Intermittent fasting is more routine for me during the week. For the weekend however, a poached egg atop some oatmeal and enhanced with a bit of hot pepper jelly is a healthy taste treat that I make time for.

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Using Hot Pepper Jelly to Sweeten Oatmeal

I sell artisan fruit preserves and I’m always looking for unique ways to use jams and jellies beyond toast. A while back I made a concoction of oatmeal with Raspberry Habanero Jelly and a poached egg on top, and it was wonderful!  It was sweet and savory with a lot of creamy full-bodied texture (aka mouthfeel).

What Kind of Oatmeal Works Best?

I have tried this breakfast with steel cut oats, with regular Quaker Oats, and with instant oatmeal.  The hot pepper jelly is a delightful alternative to brown sugar or maple syrup, and really adds to the overall combination. 

The recipe below shows you how I put my new “breakfast of champions” together quickly and easily, with a how-to on poaching eggs also.

The other way I love oatmeal is with berries and brown sugar. It’s not as unique as using hot pepper jelly and poached eggs, but it is luxurious and homey at the same time.

I love berries and oatmeal in the high Summer season, but if you want a creative breakfast later in the season and into the Fall, try these Mexican baked eggs in a chile verde sauce.

How to Make a Perfectly Poached Egg

There are several good photo tutorials on poached eggs (see Smitten Kitchen for one), but the recipe below is the process that consistently works well for me. 

By the way, the nice thing about poaching eggs is that you can poach a lot of them if you are feeding a crowd, put them aside to drain, heat them slightly when ready to use, and not lose any of the flavor or texture.

Perfectly Poached Egg on Oatmeal (with jelly)

How to make a perfectly poached egg to top off some of your favorite oatmeal. Add some hot pepper jelly to really make it special!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Servings 1

Calories 187

Author Dorothy Stainbrook

Equipment

• Medium sized pot
• Slotted spoon
• small bowl

Ingredients

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MAKING YOUR OATMEAL

• 6 Ounces oatmeal Bowl of oatmeal made by your favorite method (keep warm)

POACHING THE EGGS

• 1-2 Tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 egg
• ½ Teaspoon salt pepper if desired

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

• 1 Tablespoon hot pepper jelly

Instructions

 

• Make a bowl of oatmeal using your favorite method (can be instant or steel cut oats or any kind you like). The nutrition analysis here is for steel cut oats. Keep it warm on a back burner while poaching egg.
  6 Ounces oatmeal
• Add a splash (1-2 tablespoons) of white distilled vinegar to a medium size pot of water and turn up to medium-high heat
  1-2 Tablespoons white vinegar
• Keep an eye on the water because one of the most important steps of getting a perfect poached egg is to have the water at the right temperature when you add the egg. It should NOT be boiling.

  It should be at the stage where you can see bubbles starting to form on the bottom of the pot, but they are not breaking the surface. If the water is boiling when you add the egg, the white part will fly all over the pot and not come together in a pretty, succinct little egg.
  1 egg
• Break your egg(s) into a small bowl or cup
• When you see the small bubbles starting to form in the pot, turn it to medium to maintain that temperature.

  Using a spoon, start to swirl the water in the pot in a clockwise direction to form a sort of a swirling eddy. This "eddy" will help to keep the white part of the egg close to the yolk as it forces the white to wrap around the center yolk until everything solidifies a bit.
• Gently pour the egg from the cup into the center of the swirling water. Don't hold the egg up high and pour it in; get it as close to the water as possible and ease it in.

  Sit back and watch. It takes about 3 minutes
• Remove the egg with a slotted spoon and leave it to drain on a paper towel until ready to use.
• To serve: Place egg on top of warm oatmeal, slit yolk open with a knife and swirl in hot pepper jelly to taste.

  Add more jelly if you like your breakfast sweeter and then enjoy some wonderful, nutritious comfort food on a cold morning.
  1/2 Teaspoon salt, 1 Tablespoon hot pepper jelly

Nutrition

Calories: 187kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 10gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 164mgSodium: 1232mgPotassium: 180mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 238IUCalcium: 42mgIron: 2mg

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