idaho sunrise (baked eggs and bacon in potato bowls)
Ok, what is up with eggs?!!? They seem to be in everything lately! From topping pizzas, to burgers (shout out to Blanc, for KC locals!), to garnishing soups…apparently the incredible, edible egg is now tres chic. Intriguing, but I’m all for it! :)
One creative idea for baking eggs that seemed new and notable (at least to me) is this great recipe I stumbled across online. I admit…I was initially drawn to it because I though it looked pretty cute. (I love anything with “bowls”!) But I was eventually won over by how incredibly simple and delicious these little guys turned out to be! Plus, the ingredients are super-economical. Yay.
Definitely a fun twist on the typical eggs, bacon and hash browns. Plus, a great way to use up leftover baked potatoes! Way to go, Idaho….
Idaho Sunrise (Baked Eggs & Bacon in Potato Bowls)
(Adapted from The Village Cook)
Ingredients:
- 1 large baked potato (russett or sweet)
- 1 Tbsp. butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 strips bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 2 Tbsp. shredded cheddar or gouda cheese
- 1 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method:
Lay the baked potato on its side, and use a knife to carefully cut off the top third of the potato. With a spoon, hollow out the middle of the potato to make a “bowl”, leaving the potato as thick or thin as you’d like. (Just remember, the more room you leave, the more room for eggs, bacon and cheese!)
Place 1/2 tablespoon of butter in the middle of each bowl. Then gently break an egg into each bowl, careful not to break the yolk. Top with bacon, cheese, parsley, and then season with salt and pepper.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes, or until the egg whites are set. Serve immediately.
Ali’s Tip:
Feel free to experiment with seasonings on these! Especially if you tried this with sweet potatoes, I imagine some more savory (or spicy!) seasonings would be great!
Sprinkle a little Cajun spices to the potato before you put butter and eggs in
Recipe calls for 1 potato. Are the other ingredients for 1 serving too?
This was delicious but took 45 minutes in oven. I’ll crank up the heat next time for faster dinner! Sooooooo good!
I would never have thought of this but they look so yummy and pretty!
this looks so pretty and yummy! i would love to try it!
was looking fora “printer” button but couldn’t find it, would love to print to a hardcopy.
Ali: Love the recipe and title… Idaho Sunrise. It should call for Idaho Russet potatoes in the recipe if “Idaho” is in the title as over 40 states grow potatoes but only those grown in Idaho can be called Idaho potatoes. Our climate is too cold, don’t have enough humidty or a long enough season to grow sweet potatoes.
Tried this and my eggs came up cooked completely through. Still tasted good.
Thanks for the shout out to KC locals eggs on burgers are definitely the new in thing around here. This is an awesome and super simple recipe that bachelors like myself depend on. Doesnt take a full pantry to pull this meal together plus it has bacon who can hate bacon right?
Love this idea! Any recipe that comes with a cute presentation like this is definitely on my to do list! Ill be posting on my blog soon with a link to you! http://byproductsoflunacy.blogspot.com/ Oh and sorry to burst some bubbles but this is by NO means a healthy recipe. Sorry guys! Not that Ill eat them any less often because of the calorie count ;)
Oh. My. HEAVENS! We have chickens, so for much of the year have a PLETHORA of eggs. THIS looks like a delicious solution to our bounty issue! THANKS
At 25 minutes in a 350 degree oven, my yolks were cooked solid. That may be because i put them in a still hot potato from the microwave, but even with bacon and cheese added, it was all cooked through solid..
I used a sweet potato, pretty darn tasty and quick!!
Oh goodness. These look delish.. I found another post about these potatoes and they didn’t say to bake the potatoes first. No wonder my hand was hurting scooping it out. I am currently baking them now though! I can’t wait to try!
Just got done making this and eating it. Didn’t have any bacon handy but it was still really good. I’m not a big egg fan, but the egg blended nicely with the cheese making it almost undetectable (except with the yolk)
Thanks for sharing such an awesome recipe!
I made these tonight, they came out good! I scrambled the eggs, which worked just fine.
I was going to ask if you could scramble the eggs, as I don’t care for the other way. So thank you, you answered my question! =)
Try frying up the leftover potatoes that were scooped out with a tablespoon of oil, adding a bit of chopped onion. salt, and pepper. Use it as a side for the egg dish. Yummy!!!
Looks great, but I don’t like runny eggs. Can I scramble the egg (leaving it kinda wet) and put it in the potato that way? I would only leave it in the oven until the cheese is melted. If anyone thinks that would work, please let me know (I’m obviously not much of a cook, lol).
Bookmarked this last night& have them in the oven right now :)
excellent, but persley should be added after the baking to stay fresh.
Thank goodness for archives! I was looking for egg dishes for the cooking class I teach. I teach those who use the food pantry in our community. Eggs are on tap for next month.
This looks incredible. I am going to practice on the Mister and then use it for one of my classes. Thanks for inspiration! Darnell (Gravy Girl)
I have a convection oven so 20 minutes was perfect for me. I also omitted the butter & put some of the bacon and cheese in the potato shell before I added the egg, and then put some bacon and cheese on top.
They were a hit with the in-laws, this is a GREAT idea and a simple recipe. Thank you!
tried this today with chopped cherry tomatoes, onion, a bit of garlic and some chili powder, with some mixed herbs on top (all I had in the cupboard). They were so good and I will definitely be making them again. So good I even took a photo to show my boyfriend and my parents!
Could these be frozen for use later?
I would really love to pin this recipe! Can you add the Pinterest link?
Looks delish! I guess you would need 2 potatoes for this recipe though (it says one)
I can’t wait to try this:-)
Can these be made in the morning, taken to say work, and then reheated? These would be great for a birthday brunch!
I’ve followed your recipe several times and I just love this for breakfast or lunch even! I’m baking them right now with sweet potatoes and spicy seasoning. I love adding all sorts of vegfies in them too. I can’t wait to try the sweet potatoes out! Last time, I cooked them at 350 for 30 minutes and they were perfect!
This looks amazing!
Just made this for a nice brunch and I loved it! I’m a huge potato fan. I baked mine in a toaster oven instead of a regular oven and I guess it cooked a bit faster that way – I left it in for 28 minutes because of comments on her about 20 or 25 not being long enough, and it was almost too cooked (the yolk of the egg was pretty dry). Next time, I’ll cook it for a shorter amount of time, but overall this recipe gets an A+! I put a picture and my variation of the recipe on my health blog, and linked back to you :)
Can’t wait to make these! Just to clarify, you need to begin the recipe with a cooked baked potato right? I’d imagine it would be hard to scoop out the filling otherwise. Just making sure!!
We made these New Years day and they were delicious! Thank you so much! We used sweet potatoes instead and used the leftover potatoes to make sweet mashed potatoes for dinner. I may just have to make these every weekend now!
I baked them for 30 minutes and the egg was still raw. Had to cook them for about an hour, but at the end my potatoes and cheese got really burned. Not sure what I did wrong!
took these out of the oven after a half hour and the eggs were still raw had to cool them for over an hour just for the eggs to bake…..
Those are brilliant! Thanks for the idea.
So delicious! I made mine with dill, ham and mozzarella cheese then topped it with hot salsa and chive sour cream (so much for keeping it healthy). I finished the last bite and went to reheat the oven to use that pesky last left over potato cluttering up the fridge!
Very GOOD!!!
We’ve made these a bunch of times since I’ve come across these on Stumbleupon. They are fantastic for any meal, they’re full of protein and other nutritious food. I shared the recipe with my physical trainer and she said her husband and her eat it at least once a week now b/c it’s so tasty and healthy. Perfect for after an intense workout. Thanks!
Love your idaho sunrises!! The boyfriend and I had our own experiment cooking these (with our all purpose potatoes :/ ) still worked though, we loved it! Linked the recipe back to you on my pinterest!
Great recipe! I stumbled upon this a month ago and have already made it twice, thanks! The only thing is I think the ingredients call for two baked potatoes, not one. I got confused at first but I think it was just a small typo.. Thanks again!
boooo.. somehow i managed to miss the `baked` potato part.. hopefully they still cook ? ughh
As an Idahoan, it is a shame to waste the scooped out potato. While you are baking the bowl, I suggest frying the insides in a skillet to serve on the side like a hash brown
This looks great! I think I will try it tonight.. for dinner! Thanks for sharing!
Wow this recipe looks amazing! I’ve made baked eggs on a bed of day old french bread that was filled with cheese and bacon and topped with. . . more cheese and bacon, but I really want to try this. I love the flavor of runny yolks on potatoes.
Yummy! What an awesome idea going to give this a try.. Thank you
This has to be the coolest recipe I’ve seen lately. The variations are endless, e.g. sausage, scrambled eggs, ham, veggies, etc.
This, with cilantro, instead of parsley, would be fantastic.
I made some of these and they are really good, but I needed to cook them for 40 min because the eggs and the potato itself. I am not sure if it is because I put too much butter in it because I very may well have. Also it might have been cause I was working with small potatoes and big eggs not sure, but they are my on the list of my favorite foods now.
I just made my mom one of these for her birthday and she loved it! I used basil instead of parsley because we didn’t have any. And I put all the potato scoopings into a bowl with butter, cheese, bacon and sour cream. These are delicious. :)
Just made this for breakfast. I added Rosemary to the mix. Fantastic! Next time, I’m thinking chives.
If you’re like me and my grandparents, you’d rather have the white completely cooked and the yolk gooey. With all the toppings it’s hard to tell if the egg is done. I kept thinking the little bit of liquid around the edge of the inside meant that it wasn’t cooked through, but it turned out it was. A little butter or water or something will collect, so if you want to find out whether it’s cooked how you want it, just push the toppings aside. After 20 minutes of baking, even if it’s not fully cooked, it won’t disturb the egg.
Thanks for this!
This looks delish!! I can’t wait to try it out for our Breakfast Dinner night. Just had a question about the bacon though. Do you cook it first and then re-bake it or do you just cook it in with the potato?
This looks so delicious I can barely look at it! I’m going to try it out tonight with this homemade cheese recipe I found! exciting
http://www.fourgreensteps.com/community/recipes/appetizers/homemade-mozzarella-cheese
I never thought of making anything like this, looks so good. I will try it this weekend.
Oh brilliant. Thank you so much for posting these! I’m going to have a baby at the beginning of March, and I’m attempting to put together some recipes that are nutritious and go on the table in a flash, for after he’s born. This will make a great meal with a nice green salad!
Fantastic. I made a couple of these the other day; I forgot to add butter, but they were still delicious. My boyfriend keeps asking me to buy more potatoes so we can have more! When I baked the potatoes in the beginning, I lightly coated the skins in olive oil and rolled them in kosher salt, which made them that much yummier.
Just put two of these in to the oven – one with beaten egg (my moms), one that’s just like the recipe (mine). I used mozzarella cheese and gouda on the egg that will be sunny side up, mozzarella and sharp cheddar on the scrambled variety. I used pork loin that I had slow cooked the day before, and I sauteed it with a small amount of jalapeño and a lot of green onion. I made 3 layers in mine, cheese, egg, cheese, and then topped it with the portion of the baked potato I had cut off. My mom just beat all her ingredients together, and then topped it with the cut off portion. We’ll see how they turn out (but I think they’re going to be fantastic!).
Made this the other day and it was delectable. I did however make a couple changes. Instead of parsley I used fresh chopped cilantro. The potato broke on me so i had to use extra whites to compensate. As for the leftover potato filling, I just made hash browns……with the extra cheese and the egg yolk all mixed together. plopped the spud bowl on top of the hash and om nom nom. This was really really tasty. thanks
I made this last night for dinner, but I scrambled the eggs and mixed the salt, pepper and parsley into the cavity of the potato, and boy was it magical! Thanks for this posting, it really made my weekend!
I made one this morning with last night’s baked potato. Oh yum!
My wife would die for these. When I asked her what her favourite food was she simply responded “anything with a potato”. I think we should move to Idaho, she’d be a very happy camper indeed. She loves eggs too so perfect combo. I love it when people come up with new and visually interesting food ideas, very clever. Just shows what a little imagination can do.
These look delicious! I’ll remember this recipe for the next time we have left over baked potatoes. Can’t wait to try them!
Wow, is that a great idea, i love it
this looks so tasty! i’ll have to try it with some garlic and fresh rosemary
I just made these with egg beaters since I’m still a little unsure about eating eggs and they are wonderful! I used shallots and mixed it inside the potato. Also when I was baking the potatos, I brushed olive oil and sea salt on the outside so the skins tasted amazing. Such a good idea that I’m going to make them again tomorrow morning! Love this blog =)
These are the best with sour cream too :)
This was absolutely delicious! And it’s great for a college kid on a budget =) To answer Wendy’s post, I cooked these for the full 25 minutes and the yolk cooked all the way through, so it was moist but not runny. (I hate runny eggs!) I used garlic salt and also added a splash of green tabasco sauce. Perfect! Thanks for the recipe!
This looks absolutely incredible, and goes along with something I’ve been wanting to do here as of late. I’ve been looking for different ways to incorporate eggs into things.. as you mentioned, it must be in right now or something. Thanks for the recipe!
Just tried this out and it was really good!
Wooooow! I’ll have to plan it one day so that I can bake the potatoes the night before, scoop and fill them in the morning, then have the inside parts for dinner!
I’ve never seen anything like this! YUM! I so want to make these, tonight!…maybe I should do the baked potatoes tonight, THEN have left overs for breakfast this weekend…thanks for helping me plan! :)
Made these for dinner Friday night. ALL kids loved them!
I made these for Easter morning breakfast, and holy yummness! I had really big potatoes and not a lot of bacon to fill them with, so I actually mashed up some of the scooped-out potato, mixed it with some milk and shredded cheese (like twice-baked potato filling) and put some of that back into the bottom of my potato bowls before everything else. Then I added the bacon, egg, cheese, and parsley on top so it all came up to the edge of the bowl. Turned out delicious! The eggs were perfectly cooked. I liked the mashed potato inside; it combined with a bit of the egg white to add a really fluffy textural dimension underneath the crunchy bacon and gooey cheese. Thanks for sharing this recipe, it’s definitely going into my weekend breakfast rotation! :)
I have one of these currently in the oven. I used ham, mozzarella, and tabasco! I am cooking the left over potatoes right along side them with a dollop of butter and salt and pepper! What a delicious and fabulous idea!
Hi, do u dig out the potato in the “Bowl” and eat them as well? if i just cook with egg white, will it be nice too?? thanks.
Hey there! My answers are “yes” and “yes”. :) I didn’t serve the scooped out baked potato part, but nibbled on it while I cooked. And I didn’t try the egg white, but imagine that would be just fine! It may cook slightly faster.
Enjoy!
~A
Oh my god, these are too cute! Love the idea. And really, could the colours of egg yolk, bacon and herbs be more beautiful together?
These look soooo tasty. They remind me of one of my favorite recipes (http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/baked-potato-eggs-10000000659302/) Can’t wait to try them!
I am making these for date night dinner TONIGHT!!!!! I have been salivating at my desk since 9 am over these!!!!!!
Bacon, eggs, cheese, potatoes AND butter?! What a brilliant idea. This dish combines everything I love about food. Can’t wait to try it out.
They look super cute, like little canoes? slippers? of delicious-ness, hehe. I can’t wait to try this out… need to go buy some potatoes.
These look amazing Ali! I just discovered your blog and immediately bookmarked it. Can’t wait to see what you cook up next! ;)
Great looking photos and very easy to do recipe! For other Idaho potato recipes go to http://www.idahopotato.com and be sure to enter the Watching Waistlines and Wallets recipe contest.
Wow, is that a great idea. You get your eggs, bacon and potatoes all in one dish! I love it.
Would it still work if you scrambled the egg?
Hi Wendy!
I wondered that myself. Not 100% sure, but I imagine it would work! It might possibly need to bake an extra five minutes or so to make sure the egg is fully cooked. If you give it a try, let me know how it turns out! :)
~A
Wow-these look fantastic. What a great idea!
three cheers for whomever came up with this awesome idea–its presentation rocks, but more than that, the taste must be outstanding!
this is a fantastic idea, absolutely love it.
Looks amazing!!!
this looks so gorgeous with the baked eggs inside (and the still runny yolks). Yummy!