Bowl O’ Protein

Oh my goodness, my lunch is so freaking good, I have to share the recipe right now. EVEN THOUGH I’M NOT DONE EATING IT. That’s how good it is.

Ingredients

• 2 T cooking oil
• 1 leek, chopped fairly finely
• heavy pinch of salt
• 1 C cooked (or canned, I suppose) black beans, with liquid
• ½ t dried oregano
• 1 or 2 eggs (I used a small egg and a banty egg)
• 2 T water
• (optional) 1 t butter, softened

1. In a small skillet or frying pan, heat half of the oil over high heat. Add the leeks and salt, and stir or toss constantly for two minutes to sauté without burning.
2. Pour in the beans with the liquid and oregano. Stir and mash with a masher or the back of a big fork until you have no whole beans left. (This will take a while.)
3. Continue stirring until the beans leave a very clear path in the wake of where you’ve stirred. (This is hard to explain.) You’ll be able to see the bottom of the pan for a couple seconds before it fills back in.
4. Dump the beans in a bowl to cool, and scrape out most of what’s left in the pan. Don’t freak out about getting it totally clean, though.
5. Return the skillet to the burner and heat the remaining oil, over medium-high heat this time.
6. Add egg(s).
7. When the bottom of the whites are set, pour in the water and clamp on the lid. Cook for about 30 seconds more, then top the beans with your beautifully runny sunny-side-up eggs. Top *that* with a sliver of butter if you’re a little piggy like me. Don’t be ashamed.
8. Wait for everything to cool down for a minute, or you’ll burn your damn tongue off. Just be patient.
9. Devour.