German

Ruehrei mit Speck (Scrambled Eggs with Bacon)

Name: Ruehrei mit Speck (Scrambled Eggs with Bacon)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 6 eggs; 4 oz speck (smoked bacon), diced; 1 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp chives; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Steffi @steffi_leipzig

Ruehrei mit Speck (Scrambled Eggs with Bacon) is German home cooking, eaten at breakfast. 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.

15 min Easy

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

6 eggs
4 oz speck (smoked bacon), diced
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp chives
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Fry the diced Speck in a nonstick skillet over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes, until crisp and its fat has rendered out.
Whisk the eggs in a bowl with the black pepper.
Push the Speck to one side, add the butter to the pan, and pour in the eggs.
Cook over low heat, pulling the eggs gently across the pan with a spatula, for 3 to 4 minutes, until softly set but still glossy.
Fold the crisp Speck back through the eggs, scatter the chives over the top, and serve straight away with bread; the weekend version of Ruehrei, not the everyday one.

Watch how to cook Ruehrei mit Speck (Scrambled Eggs with Bacon)

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

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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. Ruehrei mit Speck (Scrambled Eggs with Bacon) carries dairy and eggs. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Ruehrei mit Speck (Scrambled Eggs with Bacon)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Backfisch (Pan-Fried Breaded Plaice)
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham)
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: 480 kcal
Protein: 25 g
Carbs: 1 g
Fat: 42 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 830 mg
Saturated fat: 16 g

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

When to cook it

Ruehrei mit Speck (Scrambled Eggs with Bacon) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.