A tapas favorite made into a meal! Homemade Patatas Bravas with eggs cooked directly into the bravas sauce. These make an amazing breakfast, dinner or late night snack!
Is it breakfast? Is it dinner? Is it a late night snack after a few beers?
It’s any and all, my friends.
Anyone else know the joy of living with a shift worker? Mr. Veggie is on a rotation that includes regular weeks of working night shifts. And in that week, we overlap for a few hours when I come home from work, before he goes in.
My dinner time = his breakfast time.
So what to cook?
Hearty breakfast and brunch foods can easily double as dinner, so I am working to build my bank of “breakfast for dinner” recipes. And it’s a great way to force myself to try new breakfast foods. I am not a morning person, so anything too ambitious would usually get overlooked (I can’t even handle a waffle recipe with more than one bowl involved).
But in the evenings, I am prepared to make a little more effort.
Patatas bravas needs no introduction for anyone who frequents tapas bars. Especially a vegetarian. Sometimes it’s the only thing on a Spanish influenced menu that we can eat. But don’t feel sorry for us. Oh no. We get to eat multiple portions of patatas bravas.
(As a side note, vegetarians do well in the Brindisa chain of tapas restaurants in London. They have veggie croquettes, and deep fried goats cheese, among other things.)
Some serve their patatas bravas with just the tomato sauce. This is delicious, for sure. Fried potatoes in a smoky tomato sauce topping. You can’t get any better than that… or can you?
Actually, yes. When you find a tapas bar that serves it with the spicy tomato sauce and then goes and pours some aioli over the top. That is the jackpot.
So, here’s the plan. Cubes of deep fried potatoes, topped with a smokey tomato sauce with eggs poached right into the sauce (instant breakfast transformation). And then, when you think it can’t get any better, a healthy dose of aioli on top.
But- we aren’t going to make an aioli from scratch today. I mean, you could if you wanted to. But I’ve included a shortcut method in this recipe.
Mayonnaise + garlic + some good quality extra virgin olive oil. Makes it taste a little bit more sophisticated than just garlic mayonnaise, and with a more runny, soft and luxurious texture.
You do need a reasonably good mayonnaise to start with though. If you’re in the UK, you’ll be fine with your supermarket brand. Americans, your mayo can taste a little more vinegary so it may not work as well unless you get a more upmarket blend.
So. Whether you want breakfast, dinner, or a snack… you are going to be in luck with this dish. I hope you enjoy!
A tapas favorite made into a meal! Homemade Patatas Bravas with eggs cooked directly into the bravas sauce. These make an amazing breakfast, dinner or late night snack! This recipe calls for a deep fryer. If you don't have one, I would suggest part boiling the potato cubes at the beginning, leaving them to dry out, and then pan frying them right at the end to make them crispy. Or try with an air fryer! This could also serve 4 as a snack, just add two additional eggs. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases. Please note that the nutritional information is an estimate based on software calculations and will not be completely accurate - please use this as a guideline only.Breakfast Patatas Bravas with Eggs
Ingredients
For the bravas sauce
For the quick aioli
Instructions
Notes
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2
Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 530Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 192mgSodium: 346mgCarbohydrates: 69gFiber: 9gSugar: 10gProtein: 16g
This would be a late night snack at the moment for me right now ; ) This looks so amazing, we live a crazy schedule in our house so breakfast gets eaten for dinner a lot, plus we LOVE tapas, this really sounds better than any patatas bravas I’ve ever had. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by Crystal! It’s funny because cooking meals outside their usual schedule was unnerving for me at first (I don’t know why?!), but once you drop all the rules, meal time is much more fun anyway! Knowing that you do breakfast for dinner too, I am heading straight to your blog to check out your breakfast section! Mr. is back on nights next week so we’ll be doing another week of it!
This looks great!