Name: Eggs Poached on a Bed Of Onions and Chicory
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons caster sugar; Salt; Chilli powder; 3 large chicory; 150ml (¼ pint) vegetable stock; 50g (2oz) butter; 1 fresh red or green chilli; 4 large eggs (size 1); Generous handful of flat leaf parsley, chopped roughly; 4 onions, sliced in thin rings

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Almost Vegetarian Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1999

About

Onions are sweet, and chicory has a subtle bitterness, and this combined with a mild bite of chilli tastes excellent in this simple dish. Serve with good crusty bread to mop up the delicious juices.

Ingredients

3 large chicory
1 fresh red or green chilli
50g (

Europe
United Kingdom
Main course
Gluten-free
Spicy
Vegetarian

Method

Cut off the base of the chicory and cut it across in 1cm (½-inch) pieces. Cut the chilli open under running water, discard the seeds and stem and then slice the flesh across thinly. Melt the butter in a large, deep frying pan over a medium heat

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