QUICK AND EASY BREAKFAST FRIED QUINOA

Serves 4

If I have a go-to breakfast, it’s this fried quinoa, which can really be a fried any-grain. The grains and greens are cooked in the fat rendered from the bacon, so it’s a one-dish wonder, and it takes about 15 minutes to make, including dishwashing time. I am not an indiscriminate Sriracha user, but the Sriracha scribbled on top really makes this breakfast.

To make it vegan, or if you simply aren’t a bacon eater, don’t add the bacon, and cook the scramble in olive or canola oil. This recipe is for four but it’s something I throw together often when I’m feeding only myself. Just scale it down.

4 thick slices bacon

1 bunch collard greens (or kale or chard)

1 teaspoon kosher salt

3 cups cooked quinoa (or brown rice; from 1 cup uncooked grains, here or here)

4 eggs, lightly beaten

Sriracha

Cook the bacon in a large (preferably nonstick) skillet over medium heat until the fat has rendered and the bacon is brown but not crispy, about 5 to 10 minutes, depending on the thickness of the bacon. Transfer the bacon to a bed of paper towels to cool; thinly slice crosswise.

Stack three or four collard leaves at a time and roll them lengthwise into a tight log. Cut across the log to thinly slice the leaves, stopping when you get to the stems, and discard the stems.

Increase the heat to medium-high, add the collards, and sprinkle with salt. Cook the greens for about 1 minute, folding them with tongs so they cook evenly. Dump the quinoa into the pan, fold the grains in with the greens, and cook to warm the quinoa through. Lower the heat to medium-low and move the greens and grains to one side of the skillet to create space in the pan. Pour the eggs into the space you created in the pan and cook for about 1 minute until they look like soft scrambled eggs. Fold the greens and grains in with the eggs and turn off the heat. Add the bacon back to the pan and fold them in with the rest of the mess. Scribble Sriracha on top of the whole story, and serve with more Sriracha on the side.