Why it works: Egg and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,765 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓
Eggs and Bacon
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the bacon
Place slices of bacon in a clean dish and toast them in a cheese toaster, turning until browned on both sides.
Fry the eggs
Heat a clean frying pan and add the dripping until hot.
Crack 2 or 3 eggs into the hot fat without turning them.
While frying, spoon some of the hot fat over the eggs.
When the yolk begins to look white, remove the eggs with a slotted spoon and drain the fat.
Serve
Trim the eggs neatly and serve with the bacon on a hot dish, garnished with parsley.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Egg + parsleytop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together18,765 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Set into a firm white while the yolk stays soft, forming the main structure of the dish.
- Bacon
- Browns in the toaster, adding savory flavor and crisp texture.
- Dripping
- Conducts heat evenly around the eggs and helps the whites cook and set.
The step that matters
Spooning hot fat over the eggs. Hot fat spooned over the top cooks the surface white without flipping, so the yolk can stay runny. Fat that is not hot enough makes the whites spread and cook slowly, while overheating makes the edges brown and tough.
“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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