Frog In A Hole

Chris came home talking about "the best breakfast I've ever eaten!" a couple of years ago. Someone had brought these Frog-In-A-Hole* things to work. It sounded disgusting so I just waved him off. Well I'll be darned if these things didn't show back up in his life. By way of this totallyawesomeyummycookbook Arena sent me. Thanks, Arena! Thanks, PW for giving me the step by step...

You see, I don't like eggs. Like...at all. I'll eat them scrambled every once in a while. That's it. So, when Chris was looking through the aforementioned cookbook he nearly fell out of his chair. Seriously. This is what I heard..."FROG IN A HOLE! Oh my gosh this is that thing I was telling you about that I had but couldn't explain how to make it and oh my gosh I want this it was so good and can you make this for me PUHLEASEE?"

Sure, honey.

Chris went back to work on Saturday after his first week of chemotherapy. He's supposed to be eating all kinds of protein so I loaded him up before he went to work. I made these Frog-In-A-Hole things. Before seven in the morning. I thought I was going to be sick I hate eggs remember.  Here's the recipe.

FROG-IN-A-HOLE

What you need:

Sliced bread
Eggs
Butter
Salt
Pepper
Any topping you want. Chris uses syrup.

First, get a piece of bread and cut a hole in the middle using a biscuit cutter. Or you can be like me and use the top of a can of chicken noodle soup (hey I cleaned it off!) because we don't own a biscuit cutter...yet. Here's a picture.

Next, heat a couple of tablespoons of butter in a skillet over medium low heat.

Swirl it all around to coat the bottom of the pan and then add your piece of bread.

You probably didn't need a picture of that but I thought, what the heck. After about a minute add an egg into the hole! Chris' favorite part. It'll look like this.

Ew. I  mean YUM! Throw some salt and pepper on top at this point. After about another minute you should be able to see the egg setting. If your pan is looking dry toss another bit of butter into the pan. This is what mine looked like right before I flipped it.

                                 

See how the egg is white? Next, grab your spatula and flip it! It should look all golden and delicious like this...

Wait a couple of minutes after you flip for the other side to brown up and for your egg to cook as done as you'd like. Chris like's his runny. Too bad. No under cooked egg for him right now! And now for the finished product..

You can eat it plain or whatever. Like I said, Chris puts Maple syrup on his. I wouldn't touch this thing with a ten foot pole myself.  Serve with fruit on the side to a very happy boyfriend.

Enjoy!

*Don't ask me where the name comes from. I have no idea. I've heard that they go by other random names such as, Egg In A Basket,  Bird's Nest Egg, and Private Eyes. Chris has always called it Frog In A Hole.