Food

Scrambled Eggs Recipes

December 25, 2012

Stir-fried with tomato, topped with shaved truffles, or wrapped up in a burrito, here are a dozen new ways of looking at the versatile scrambled egg.

Perfect Scrambled Eggs — Creamy-soft scrambled eggs require slow cooking over low heat. Drier ones call for a hot skillet, less stirring, and quicker cooking. The version explained here employs the slow-and-low approach, with butter, chives, and heavy cream added just before the eggs are done.Penny De Los Santos

Joe's Special — This San Francisco classic consists of egg, garlic, spinach, and ground beef.Todd Coleman

Eggs and Scallions with Toasted Cassava Flour — Brazilians often toast cassava flour in butter to crisp it and deepen its color and flavor; sometimes they combine the resulting buttery farofa with eggs and onions, too. This dish, called Farofa de Ovo e Cebolinha, is based on one in Leticia Moreinos Schwartz's The Brazilian Kitchen (Kyle Books, 2010).Todd Coleman

Mexican-Style Scrambled Eggs (Huevos a la Mexicana) — This quick breakfast dish is made a la Mexicana with red tomatoes, white onion, and green jalapeño, ingredients that mirror the colors of the Mexican flag.James Oseland

Stir-Fried Tomato and Eggs (Xihongshi Chao Jidan) — Salty-sweet tomatoes and fluffy eggs balance each other perfectly when paired together for a simple stir-fry.Todd Coleman

Chablis Scrambled Eggs with Black Truffles — In this recipe, cracked eggs are infused with grated truffles overnight. Then the eggs are slowly stirred over a double-boiler to produce a velvety scramble.Ingalls Photography

Keppler's Special — This breakfast dish is popular at the Sugar Shack, in Huntington beach.Landon Nordeman

Scrambled Eggs with Bread and Chorizo (Migas con Chorizo) — This Spanish-style egg scramble, made with spicy chorizo and chunks of olive oil-crisped bread, is as satisfying for dinner as it is for breakfast.Ingalls Photography

Scrambled Eggs and Matzo (Matzo Brei) — This dish is a version of one that Barbara Wand, a home cook in Newton, Massachusetts, makes for Passover; she usually serves it with jam or maple syrup.André Baranowski

Gorditas de Huevos — These savory gorditas stuffed with chile-spiced scrambled eggs make a great breakfast meal or afternoon snack.Todd Coleman

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