Huevos Rotos

Ingredients

• 4 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into thin sticks
• 1 cup olive oil, for frying
• salt
• 8 eggs
• 150g jamón serrano or jamón ibérico, torn into pieces
• black pepper

Before you cook

• Peel the potatoes and cut them into thin fry-sized sticks.
• Pat the potato sticks dry with a towel.

Steps

1. Heat the olive oil in a deep skillet over medium heat.
2. Fry the potato sticks for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden and tender.
3. Lift the potatoes out with a slotted spoon and drain them on paper towels.
4. Season the potatoes with salt.
5. Pour off all but a thin layer of oil from the skillet.
6. Crack the eggs into the hot oil.
7. Fry the eggs for 2 minutes until the whites are crisp at the edges and the yolks stay runny.
8. Divide the fried potatoes among four plates.
9. Lay the fried eggs on top of the potatoes.
10. Drape the torn jamón over the eggs.
11. Grind black pepper over the top.
12. Bring to the table and break the yolks into the potatoes just before eating.