No-Hassle Eggs and Bacon
11
Points®
Total time: 30 min • Prep: 12 min • Cook: 18 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Here's one of the most creative ways to serve an egg: within the confines of bell pepper rings. It's a lot simpler to do than it looks and is sure to impress anyone at the brunch table. Baking the bell pepper rings in bacon fat makes this one-pan recipe even more irresistible. You'll love the easy prep and cleanup, while your guests will love the creative and colorful presentation. This recipe by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough was originally published in The Kitchen Shortcut Bible, and edited for WW magazine with permission.
Ingredients
Uncooked center cut bacon
8 slice(s)
Green bell pepper(s)
1 large
Red bell pepper(s)
1 large
Egg(s)
8 large egg(s)
White wine vinegar
2 tsp
Table salt
1 pinch(es)
Black pepper
1 pinch(es)
Instructions
1
Adjust racks to divide oven in half and preheat oven to 400°F. Arrange bacon in a single layer on a large rimmed baking sheet. Bake until brown and crisp, 10-12 minutes.
2
Meanwhile, slice off stem end and bottom of each bell pepper; cut out core and membranes inside each pepper. Evenly slice cored peppers into ½-inch rings.
3
Use kitchen tongs to transfer cooked bacon to a serving platter. Set 4 green pepper rings and 4 red pepper rings (reserve extra rings to use in salads or sandwiches) in bacon fat on hot baking sheet (if pan has cooled, put back in the oven for 1-2 minutes before setting peppers on it). Crack an egg into each ring. Bake until eggs are cooked to your liking, about 4 minutes for runny yolks, and up to 6 minutes for harder set ones.
4
Remove baking sheet from oven, sprinkle about ¼ tsp vinegar over each egg and season with salt and pepper (if using). Transfer eggs in their rings to plates with a metal spatula. Serve with bacon.
5
Serving size: 2 eggs, 2 strips bacon
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