British

Gammon, Egg and Chips

Name: Gammon, Egg and Chips
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 gammon steaks; 4 eggs; 26 oz frozen French fries; 1 tbsp butter; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Simon @simon_roasts

Gammon, Egg and Chips is British home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Medium

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 gammon steaks
4 eggs
26 oz frozen French fries
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Heat the oven to 425F and spread the frozen fries on a sheet pan.
Bake the fries according to the packet directions, about 20 minutes total, flipping once.
Meanwhile heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and fry the gammon steaks until browned and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side, then set aside.
Melt the butter in the same pan and fry the eggs to your liking.
Season the gammon with pepper and serve hot with the fried egg on top and the chips alongside.

Watch how to cook Gammon, Egg and Chips

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Gammon Egg Chips & Peas TRAD BRITISH FOOD Home Cooked Play the video

Serve it with

A British dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Gammon, Egg and Chips, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cauliflower Cheese
  
  40 min
What it is eaten with
- British Mashed Potatoes
  
  30 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Gammon, Egg and Chips carries dairy and eggs. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Gammon, Egg and Chips
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Chicken Salad with New Potatoes
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Bubble and Squeak
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 620 kcal
Protein: 34 g
Carbs: 45 g
Fat: 34 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 1810 mg
Saturated fat: 11 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Gammon, Egg and Chips takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.