Potato tots, fried egg, spiced avocado and hot sauce
Check out this epic brunch dish. Potato tots or tater tots are small cylinders made from grated potato and deep fried. There are a million ways to make hot sauce, and just as many opinions on what it should taste like
- 3 large floury potatoes
- for deep frying oil
- 4 eggsto serve
SPICED AVOCADO
- 1 ripe avocadopeeled, stone removed and cut into 1cm cubes
- chopped to make 1 tbsp coriander
- ½ limezested and juiced
- ½ red chillifinely chopped
HOT SAUCE
- 1 large onionfinely chopped
- 2 cloves garlicfinely chopped
- olive oil
- 8 tbsp chilli sauce
- 80g tomato purée
- (or vegetarian option) 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 4 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 4 tbsp maple syrup
- 1½ tbsp Tabasco sauce
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- ½ tbsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp chipotle paste
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal567
- fat27.3g
- saturates5.1g
- carbs59.8g
- fibre7.7g
- protein16.5g
- salt2.7g
Method
step 1
Bring the potatoes (unpeeled) to the boil in salted water. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, until half cooked, so a knife goes in but feels resistance in the centre. Drain, dry and cool. When cool enough to handle, peel and grate into a bowl, season, and mix well. Roll into small cylinders, approximately 3cm long and 2cm wide (use damp hands if the mix gets a bit sticky). Set aside until ready to serve.
step 2
To make the hot sauce, fry the onion and garlic in 1 tbsp oil on a medium heat, until soft. Add all the other ingredients plus 200ml water, reduce the heat to a simmer, and cook for 30 minutes until it has reduced to ketchup-like consistency. Pour the mix through a sieve and leave to cool.
step 3
To make the avocado, mix all the ingredients together, adding more chilli if you want it spicier. If it gets a little mushy that’s fine. Store in the fridge, with clingfilm pressed against the avocado so it doesn’t discolour, until ready to use.
step 4
Heat a deep fat fryer or a pan of oil no more that 1/3 full to 180C, or until a cube of bread browns in 30 seconds. Cook the potato in batches for 3-4 minutes until golden brown and crisp, season with salt. In the meantime, fry 4 eggs to your liking.
step 5
Put the eggs, the potato tots, a good spoonful of avocado on a plate and add a few splashes of hot sauce.