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Potato and Poached Egg Hash Recipe

A hash of pre‑cooked potatoes, bacon, onions, and tomatoes topped with poached eggs.

From the NHS (UK) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Potato and Poached Egg Hash Recipe

serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

Make the hash

  1. Heat the vegetable oil in a large non-stick frying pan and add the bacon, cooking it for 1 to 2 minutes.

  2. Tip in the potatoes and cook over a medium heat for 12 to 15 minutes, turning occasionally, until browned.

  3. Add the spring onions and tomatoes, and cook over a low heat for another 4 to 5 minutes, while poaching the eggs.

Poach and serve

  1. Poach the eggs in simmering water for 3 to 4 minutes, until the whites are set and the yolks still runny.

  2. Share the potato hash between 4 warm serving plates and place a poached egg on top. Season with black pepper, then serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

473Calories
16 gProtein
23 gFat
54 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the NHS (UK).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Potato + tomatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,798 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Browned in the pan to give the hash its crisp, golden surface and hearty body.
Eggs
Set whites and runny yolks form a rich sauce that coats the hash.
Bacon
Renders fat into the pan, adding savoury flavour that carries through the hash.
Tomatoes
Add moisture and a slight acidity that brightens the rich, fatty components.

The step that matters

Poaching the eggs in simmering water. Water that is too vigorous breaks the whites apart, while water that is too cool lets them spread. Gentle simmering sets the whites around the yolk, keeping the egg intact and the yolk runny.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, tomato, egg, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, tomato, egg, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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