Crack 2 Eggs Over Canned Baked Beans For A Hearty Dinner In Minutes

It's not an exhaustive rule, but we find that it's really difficult to produce a dinner that's speedy, cheap, and delicious. You might achieve two out of the three with ease, but hitting that trifecta is a real feat. Consider us dazzled, therefore, to have discovered various social media sources touting a lickety-split, scrumptious meal that requires just two main ingredients that most of us already keep around: a couple eggs and a can of baked beans.

This quickie supper is the ideological hybrid of two beloved international dishes: Middle Eastern shakshuka and British beans on toast. Basically, you just heat your beans up in a skillet and make little indents in the beans with the back of your mixing spoon. In those wells, you crack and cook two eggs. You could dish this succulent creation up over bread or rice, but it's plenty filling all by itself.

The really beautiful thing about this meal besides its yumminess and convenience is how it's packed with the macronutrients you want in your meal plan. While there are quite a few foods with more protein than an egg, you can't beat that cheap, effortless six or seven grams you get per egg. Baked beans, for their part, not only contain around six grams of protein per ½ cup (the exact amount varies by brand), but five grams of fiber as well. Both protein and fiber are known contributors to satiety, making you feel like you just consumed a worthy meal.

If you simply crack a pair of eggs over a can of baked beans, you'll concoct a meal that's speedy, flavorful, and pretty darn good for you. When time is really of the essence, you can't ask for better. With a few extra staple ingredients and a bit more patience, however, you can riff on your dish for extra "oomph" and tons of tastiness. While we usually love adding Dr Pepper to our baked beans for extra sweetness, this probably isn't the moment to play up the sugary aspects of baked beans. On the whole, we're focusing on making them more savory so that they play well with eggs.

Cheese is a prominent supporting cast member in an egg-and-beans skillet that can make your dish more creamy, gooey, and comforting. Might we suggest slightly undercooking your eggs so that you can broil a handful of shredded cheddar on top? If you mix a few spoonfuls of taco seasoning into your beans, you'll get a luscious TexMex flavor that goes swimmingly with some cotija cheese and sliced avocado for a dish that wouldn't be out of place at a posh brunch.

To really amp up the flavor and increase the heartiness and nutritional profile of our dinner, we might saute some veggies and aromatics into our beans. Vidalia onion, bell pepper, sweet corn, and tomato would all be delish. Crumbled bacon would add meaty heft that delights omnivores, while a sprinkle of fresh herbs will give brightness and color that elevates this dinner into something extra-special.