Bacon Breakfast Bowl {In Under 10 Minutes}

There's something about bacon and eggs for breakfast that feels proper, as though it's a real breakfast that'll keep you going for the day. And it is an awesome breakfast, and it does keep you going for hours. But it gets a bad rap, mainly thanks to the traditional fried English breakfast which in days gone by would be dripping in grease and could be found mainly in Greasy Spoon cafes. This bacon breakfast bowl keeps the awesome and ditches the grease. Perfect :)

Bacon Breakfast Bowl

In this house, anything with crispy bacon in it gets eaten. There's something about bacon that feels naughty and if my kids think they're getting away with something, you can guarantee they'll be all over it. Which is why, over the years, I've made a couple of adjustments to this ands how I used to serve it, and not a single one of them's ever noticed :)
These days, this bacon breakfast bowl's super healthy. I use bacon medallions instead of streaky bacon, not because I'm particularly worried about the fat but because the streaky bacon released too much grease and made the breakfast oily and soggy. And no one likes a soggy breakfast! Bacon medallions give all the flavor without the grease.

Fresh cherry tomatoes and mushrooms fill this breakfast out and the poached eggs...well, the yolks provide a sort of self-sauce for all of it and combine it together so well, it just works!

For the extra hungry you can add a slice of Whole grain toast and mop up the remains of the yolky deliciousness or have it alone. Either way, it'll do the job.

And as if all this wasn't enough, this breakfast takes so little time to put together, it's not a reserved for weekends only way to start the day! Yes, i'm usually so pushed for time in the mornings a cooked breakfast's just not gonna happen, but even I can manage to sometimes get this breakfast together!

Can You Make This Ahead?

I haven't made this ahead, but don't see why you couldn't chop your bacon and mushrooms ready to throw into the frying pan when you get up in the morning. The cherry tomatoes go in whole, and everything cooks while the waters boiling for the poached eggs.
I have a friend who makes poached eggs ahead and just reheats them as she needs them.

But in this house we LOVE the yolk runny and I'd worry they'd be too hard. I keep meaning to try it out, it might save even more precious morning time. I'll keep you posted :)

How To Make Your Bacon Bowl

This couldn't be easier breakfast needs just 4 ingredients, a pan of boiling water and a pan to fry in. This ingredients list makes enough for 6 people, with one poached egg each. Just adjust the quantities if you want a bigger breakfast.
Ingredients

• 6 Fresh eggs - fresh eggs are way easier to poach
• 8 Bacon medallions - cut up into small pieces
• 3 Cups cherry tomatoes - whole
• 4 Cups Mushrooms - sliced

Process

• Put a pan of water on to boil for the poached eggs. Once it's simmering, drop your eggs in and poach. For perfect poached eggs, read this!
• Heat your frying pan, with the bacon pieces in it
• Once the bacon starts to brown (3-4 minutes), add the mushrooms and tomatoes and cook together until the tomatoes and mushrooms are soft
• Once your eggs are poached to your liking, use a slotted spoon to take them out of the water and put on a plate, to one side. The eggs continue cooking in the water even after you've taken them off the heat, so they need to be out of the water
• Back to your frying pan: At this point, the skin on the tomatoes will be very easy to peel off if it's not wanted. Use a small pair of tongs to pinch the tomato skin and it will come off effortlessly
• Season with salt and pepper
• Dish into bowls, adding a poached egg on top to each
• Enjoy!

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