Green Eggs and Ham with Ital-Tots and Garlic-Cheesy Toast

Rachael Ray

Recipe Courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Simply Good

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Total Time:
35 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 1 sack frozen tater tots, any brand
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
  • 1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes

Green Sauce:

  • 1/2 cup baby spinach or arugula, 2 handfuls of leaves
  • 1/2 cup fresh basil, about 10 to 12 leaves
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts (pignoli), a palmful
  • 1 small clove garlic, cracked from skin
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 rounded spoonfuls grated Parmigiano or Romano
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it

Eggs and Ham:

  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/2 pound breakfast ham, chopped
  • 8 large eggs
  • A splash half-and-half or milk
  • Salt and pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Open tots and pour 4 portions onto a nonstick cookie sheet. Sprinkle the tots with salt and dried seasonings and toss them around a bit to get the herbs to stick to the tots – as the frost starts to melt the flavorings will set into place. Bake the tots until crisp, about 12 minutes.

Combine ingredients for green sauce in food processor and process until sauce forms; you are making a pesto sauce for the eggs. Set pesto aside and reserve.

Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil and butter to pan, then add the chopped ham and cook to lightly brown at edges, 3 minutes or so.

Remove the tots from the oven and switch the broiler on to toast your bread.

Beat eggs and splash of half-and-half or milk with salt and pepper. Add eggs to the ham in the skillet and scramble them up with the ham to desired doneness and remove from heat.

Toast bread under hot broiler, 30 seconds on each side. Rub with cracked garlic then spread with butter and top with a sprinkle of Parmesan, the diced mozzarella and ground black pepper.

In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the tomato sauce, oregano, crushed red pepper, and the garlic clove from the toast. Cover with plastic wrap and heat for 2 minutes. Serve as dipping sauce for the tots.

Stir the pesto into the ham and eggs, making them "green", and serve with garlic-cheese toast on the side.

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  • on February 08, 2009

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    I only made the Green eggs and ham and left out pine nuts since I had none and I loved this dish. It was a hit or miss with my niece though. I made it 2x and the first time my niece liked it and the second time she spat it out. However the adults enjoyed it both times. I think it is a nice twist to the usual scrambled eggs but I do not think that everyone will love it, so make sure to make extra eggs and ham w/o sauce just in case.

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  • on January 03, 2008

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    Come on now, an entire bag of tater tots to make 4 servings? Looks like 1/2 cup of spinach for the same 4 servings. This is a lot more likely to keep your cardiologist alive than your family.

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  • on January 03, 2008

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    I think this recipe sounds sooo good. It has great color and you could even make it in the morning. I think is very creative and tastey!

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