Chorizo and Kale Strata

I went on a first aid course recently with St John Ambulance. I learned so much. A totally worthwhile day if you’re considering it.

I learned what to do if someone is choking, to sing ‘Nelly the Elephant’ whilst doing chest compressions and what to do when someone burns their hand touching up a cast iron frying pan.

That came in useful this weekend. Ouch. This recipe is one of my favourite super fast meals. Word of advice though, don’t put your hand on the pan when it comes out of the oven, it’ll be the temperature of the sun and you’ll need to run your hand under running water for at least 10 minutes, then have a slice of strata to recover. (Don’t worry, I’m fine, only a teeny weeny blister, thanks St John Ambulance.)

Strata is a savoury bread and butter pudding. It’s served in the States as a brunch dish, but I love it as a quick lunch or dinner dish when I want something more substantial than an omelette, but less fiddly than a frittata (no potato peeling). It’s also great for using up a few slices of stale bread.

I used a cast iron pan that can go from the hob to the oven. This means the recipe only uses one pan and is even quicker. If you don’t have a frying pan that can go into the oven too, just fry off all of the ingredients, pop them in a casserole dish with the eggy bread mixture and eggs on top and put it straight in the oven.

Leftovers are great cold the next day. G&H love this strata too and it’s a sneaky way to get kale into them. You can replace the chorizo and kale depending on what you have. It’s delicious with bacon and cheese. Then again, isn’t everything?

5 from 3 votes

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Chorizo and Kale Strata

Strata is a savoury bread and butter pudding. A quick lunch or dinner dish when I want something more substantial than an omelette, but less fiddly than a frittata 

Course Lunch

Cuisine Family Food

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 274 kcal

Author Sarah Barnes

Ingredients

• 85 g Chorizo that's half of one of the rings from Aldi
• 200 ml Milk
• 7 Eggs
• 50 g Stale bread cut into cubes (any type is fine)
• 50 g Kale sliced thinly
• 1 Small red onion sliced thinly

Instructions

1. Pre-heat the oven to 200C.
2. Cut the chorizo into small pieces and fry over a medium heat until crispy (about 5 minutes). You don't need any oil, the chorizo will release it's own oil.
3. Whilst the chorizo is frying, add 4 of the eggs to the milk and whisk together, then drop in the chunks of bread. Mix it in and leave to soak.
4. Turn up the heat on the frying pan, add the kale and the onion to the chorizo and fry for a further 2-3 minutes.
5. Add your eggy bread mixture to the pan and mix everything thoroughly. Leave on the heat for 2-3 minutes. Whilst it's cooking, make 3 wells in the mixture and break each of the remaining eggs into one.
6. Pop the pan in the oven for 10 - 12 minutes. It'll go from not cooked to cooked really quickly so keep an eye on it. You want the whites of the eggs on top to be just set.

Nutrition Facts

Chorizo and Kale Strata

Amount Per Serving

Calories 274 Calories from Fat 144

% Daily Value*

Fat 16g25%

Saturated Fat 5g31%

Cholesterol 306mg102%

Sodium 463mg20%

Potassium 393mg11%

Carbohydrates 13g4%

Sugar 4g4%

Protein 18g36%

Vitamin A 1765IU35%

Vitamin C 17.1mg21%

Calcium 146mg15%

Iron 2.4mg13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

What’s your favourite way to eat eggs?  Are you feeling the kale love? Do you agree that chorizo makes everything in the world good?

Sarah x

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