Farmer’s breakfast
Fried potatoes, bacon and onions set with beaten egg — leftover cooking with tradition.
- Time
- 30 min
- Effort:
- easy
- Season
- all year
- classic
- meat
- quick
- budget
- everyday
Ingredients for 4 portions
800 gpotatoes · cooked the day before
150 gstreaky bacon
2onions
6eggs
50 mlmilk
½ bunchchives
4gherkins
2 tbspbutter
to tastesalt
to tastepepper
The ingredients land on the shopping list as soon as the dish is in the week.
Possible allergens
Derived from the ingredients as they are typically composed.
- Eggs
- Milk (incl. lactose)
- Mustard
Please check allergens and intolerances yourself — on the packaging, at the bakery, at the butcher's. Recipes change, and a list like this cannot take responsibility for that.
Nutrition per portion
Estimates computed from the ingredient list — with 4 portions per recipe.
| Energy | 468 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 22.3 g |
| Fat | 22.9 g |
| Carbohydrates | 40.9 g |
| of which sugar | 6.9 g |
| Fibre | 3.7 g |
| Salt | 2.4 g |
Not counted because listed without a quantity: salt, pepper.
Computed with raw ingredients as bought. Cooking losses, peel, trimmings and what stays on the plate are not accounted for. Own dishes and ingredients “to taste” have no values.
Source: Max Rubner-Institut (2025), Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS) version 4.0, CC BY 4.0. The mapping of ingredients to BLS foods and the piece weights are the operator's own.
Estimates, not lab values — not a basis for medically prescribed meal plans.
Method
- 1
Peel and slice the potatoes, dice the bacon, slice the onions into rings.
- 2
Render the bacon in butter, add the onions, then the potatoes, and fry everything crisp for 10 minutes.
- 3
Beat the eggs with milk, salt and pepper, pour over the potatoes and let set over a low heat.
- 4
Scatter with chives and serve with gherkins.