Our 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023 include 23 eggs recipes for everything from a classic Australian café-style poached eggs and avocado on toast to a full English breakfast recipe for a one-pan British fry-up, from a Chinese tea eggs recipe for perfumed marbled eggs to an oyakodon recipe for a Japanese chicken and egg rice bowl.
Our Weekend Eggs series of quintessential eggs dishes from around the world is still on hiatus while we plan another new series of eggs recipes from around the globe for 2023. So we thought we’d compile a collection of inspirational egg recipes for you to cook this year from our Weekend Eggs archives.
This compilation of 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023 features lots of new recipes from recent years, plus a few oldies – whether you’re looking for scrambled eggs recipes, boiled eggs recipes or fried eggs recipes, we’ve got everything from an egg bhurji recipe for India’s popular scrambled eggs to an Indonesian egg curry recipe for telur petis from Java.
We’ve also got an Irish breakfast colcannon recipe with fried eggs and crispy bacon and an Italian recipe for eggs in purgatory from Calabria in Southern Italy. From Malaysia and Singapore, we’ve got a recipe for half boiled eggs for classic kopitiam eggs, and from Mexico, a chilaquiles recipe with fried eggs, shredded chicken and green salsa for chilaquiles verdes.
From Spain, we’ve got a recipe for fried eggs with chorizo and potatoes for Basque style ‘Messy Eggs’, from Turkey there’s a Turkish scrambled eggs recipe for Menemen, and from Thailand, a Thai fried egg salad recipe for yam khai dao, a deliciously addictive crispy fried egg salad.
If you’re visiting us for the first time, we started Weekend Eggs back in 2010 when we launched Grantourismo with a yearlong global grand tour aimed at promoting slow, local and experiential travel, more sustainable, ethical, engaging, and immersive forms of travel.
On that trip, we spent two weeks in each destination, staying in apartment rentals and holiday homes to try to live like locals, and in each place we settled into, we explored the local food, connected with local cooks and chefs, and learnt to cook local specialties, which we shared in a series called The Dish, for which Terence learnt to cook a quintessential dish of each place, and our Weekend Eggs series.
If you’re an eggs lover and particularly a lover of breakfast eggs dishes, do dig into our Weekend Eggs archive (link above) for inspo and ideas or browse some of our many egg recipe collections, such as our all-time 12 most popular Weekend Eggs recipes in 12 years of Grantourismo, which we compiled as part of Grantourismo’s 12th birthday celebrations last year.
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Now let me tell you all about these 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023
23 Weekend Eggs Dishes from Around the World to Cook in 2023
Here are our 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023 organised by country.
Australia – Classic Avocado Toast Recipe with Poached Eggs
Our classic Australian mashed avocado toast recipe with poached eggs tops our list of 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023, and only because we’re organising this list of eggs recipes in alphabetical order, although it is incredibly delicious.
The recipe makes you one of Australia’s most quintessential Aussie café breakfast dishes at home – ‘smashed avo on toast’. Just add a side of generously buttered sourdough toast, a jar of Vegemite, a tumbler of freshly squeezed orange juice (‘OJ’), and good coffee. There has to be really good coffee
Classic Avocado Toast Recipe with Poached Eggs for an Australian Café Style Breakfast at Home
Cambodia – Cambodian Steamed Eggs Recipe
While Weekend Eggs began life as a series on breakfast eggs recipes way back in 2010, over the years we expanded our scope to include egg recipes for lunch, dinner, a snack or supper. This easy Cambodian steamed eggs recipe makes a street food favourite here in Cambodia’s Siem Reap.
Cambodians love to tuck into these steamed eggs from tiny plastic stools on the eat street, Road 60, on weekend evenings. These scrummy steamed eggs with spring onions, coriander, chilli, salt, and pepper, are garnished with fresh coriander and crunchy deep fried shallots and garlic.
Easy Cambodian Steamed Eggs Recipe for a Siem Reap Street Food Favourite
China – Chinese Tea Eggs Recipe for Perfumed Marbled Eggs
This Chinese tea eggs recipe makes marbled eggs – aromatic boiled eggs that have a marbled appearance when peeled – and it’s one of our best Asian egg recipes for breakfast, brunch, lunch, a snack or dinner.
Steeped in a stock of five spice, star anise, soy and tea flavours that perfume the eggs, marbled eggs are a tasty snack when eaten on their own, or add soy sauce, chilli sauce and steamed rice and you have a lovely light meal.
We love to eat the eggs with Lao Gan Ma (chilli sauce) with peanuts and a little soy sauce. You can also eat them with the more popular Lao Gan Ma with Spicy Chilli Crisp.
Chinese Tea Eggs Recipe for Perfumed Marbled Eggs Almost Too Beautiful To Eat
Great Britain – Full English Breakfast Recipe for a British Fry-Up
Our full English breakfast recipe makes a one-pan British fry-up for two or even three or four to share – although if famished you could certainly try tackling this on your own. A traditional English breakfast consists of a plate of fried eggs, baked beans, fried bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, sausages, and black pudding.
For our shakshouka-style take on the classic English fry-up each of the elements is fried or grilled first, then it all comes together in a Dutch oven, and is served at the table with plenty of toast and, if you like, sides of fried potatoes, bubble and squeak, and fried bread. More Dutch oven recipes here.
Full English Breakfast Recipe for a One-Pan British Fry-Up for Two to Share
Hong Kong and Southern China – Egg Foo Young Recipe for the Cantonese Crispy Omelette
Also on our list of 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023 is this egg foo young recipe for the wonderful Cantonese crispy filled omelette from Southern China, traditionally filled with char sui pork, spring onions and bean sprouts, that’s also hugely popular in Hong Kong.
Called fu yong dan or fuyong dan in Cantonese, but in English known as egg foo yung or egg fu yung, it differs from the Chinese-American egg foo young, a popular Chinese restaurant takeout dish of crispy pancake-like omelettes drizzled in gravy. If you like those, try the Thai style puffy omelette kai jiew with ground pork and one of our favourite ground pork recipes.
Egg Foo Young Recipe for the Original Cantonese Style Crispy Omelette Fu Yong Dan
India – Egg Bhurji Recipe for India’s Popular Scrambled Eggs
Our egg bhurji recipe makes the classic Indian spicy scrambled eggs with a little twist courtesy of a different scrambled egg technique. Eaten at all times of the day with myriad kinds of Indian bread – as well as bread rolls – it’s a rich fragrant version of the kind of scrambled eggs that we love.
The first time Terence made egg bhurji, the fragrance and taste reminded us of a great Indian feast. These Indian spicy scrambled eggs have all the flavour notes and aromas of Indian food that we love so much. The word ‘bhurji’ means ‘scrambled’ and you’ll see ‘anda bhurji’, ‘anda’ meaning ‘eggs’ in Hindi.
Egg Bhurji Recipe With a Twist – Our Take on India’s Most Popular Scrambled Eggs Dish
Akuri Recipe for Parsi Style Scrambled Eggs
We love Indian eggs dishes so we’re including two Indian egg recipes, although this akuri recipe actually makes Parsi style scrambled eggs. Also spelt akoori, these tasty scrambled eggs are often compared to egg bhurji, above, but whereas bhurji is flavoured with spices, akuri is fresh and fragrant thanks to its coriander, tomatoes, onions, and green chillies.
This recipe is based on the akuri recipe in Jeroo Mehta’s cookbook 101 Parsi Recipes, a gift from an Indian friend of Parsi heritage that opened our eyes to Parsi cuisine, which originated in ancient Persia and Zoroastrianism several thousand years ago.
Akuri Recipe for Parsi Style Scrambled Eggs with Tomato, Coriander and Green Chillies
Indonesia – Indonesian Egg Curry Recipe for Telur Petis from Java
Our Indonesian egg curry recipe with fragrant lemongrass and funky shrimp paste for telur petis comes from the Indonesian island of Java although variations can be found right across the archipelago. This dish is called telur petis on Java where it originates. ‘Telur’ means ‘egg’ and ‘petis’ is the shrimp paste that adds a subtle funkiness to this spicy egg curry.
Made from a freshly pounded spice paste with lemongrass stalks adding fragrance and flavour to the spicy gravy, we recommend using a mortar and pestle to pound the paste. It really doesn’t taste the same prepared in a blender.
Ireland – Irish Colcannon Recipe with Fried Egg and Crispy Bacon
This Irish colcannon recipe with fried egg and crispy bacon makes an Irish breakfast colcannon – or brunch colcannon if you prefer – and it’s another of our 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023.
The recipe makes a deliciously rich traditional Irish colcannon dish of mashed potatoes with butter, milk, cabbage, spring onions, and bacon, and we top the colcannon with a fried egg and crispy bacon. Too heavy for breakfast or brunch? It also makes a fantastic casual meal for a cosy Sunday night dinner at home.
Irish Colcannon Recipe with Fried Egg and Crispy Bacon for Weekend Eggs, the Irish Edition
Italy – Eggs in Purgatory Recipe from Calabria, Southern Italy
Our recipe for the Calabrian rendition of the old Southern Italian favourite from Naples called eggs in purgatory or uova al purgatorio makes a spicier version of this dish of soft poached eggs in a rich tomato sauce.
The spice comes courtesy of fiery ’nduja, the spicy spreadable sausage from Spilinga in Italy’s southernmost province. In Calabria it’s also known as uova fra diavolo (eggs between the devil) and uova ca ’nduja (eggs with spicy Calabrian sausage).
Eggs in Purgatory Recipe from Southern Italy – The Calabrian Rendition of Eggs with Spicy Nduja
Japan – Katsudon Recipe for a Japanese Pork Cutlet and Egg Rice Bowl
Our Japanese comfort food recipes proved very popular with readers this year and our katsudon recipe makes one of the most deliciously-comforting donburi or rice bowl meals. This katsudon recipe makes a crunchy Japanese pork cutlet, cooked in eggs and spring onions, served atop a bowl of rice and sprinkled with slices of scallions.
Another of our 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023, the name ‘katsudon’ is derived from ‘katsu’, which means ‘cutlet’, and in this case, ‘tonkatsu’ (pork cutlet), and ‘don’ from ‘donburi’, a Japanese rice bowl. Katsudon is completely addictive, so don’t be surprised if you polish it off in one sitting, though you’d be better off saving some for leftovers.
Katsudon Recipe for a Japanese Pork Cutlet and Egg Rice Bowl for Weekend Eggs
Oyakodon Recipe for a Japanese Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl
We love Japanese eggs dishes so much that I’ve included a second Japanese eggs recipe on our list of 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023. This easy oyakodon recipe makes another popular donburi, a Japanese chicken and egg rice bowl made from eggs, spring onions and chicken simmered in dashi and served on steamed rice.
You’ll need bonito flakes and kombu to make the dashi, and togarashi, a blend of seven spices and chilli; the most common is S&B brand. Look for one of these specially-made oyakodon pans to cook it in; a silicone spatula is also helpful.
Easy Oyakodon Recipe for a Japanese Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl for Weekend Eggs
Korea – Kimchi Fried Rice Recipe with Fried Egg for Kimchi Bokkeumbap
This easy recipe for Korean kimchi fried rice with fried eggs makes a classic kimchi bokkeumbap stir-fried with Korea’s famously fiery fermented cabbage kimchi and spicy chilli paste gochujang, topped with soft fried egg, and sprinkled with roasted seaweed and sesame seeds. If it’s not spicy enough for you, add more of the spicy Korean chilli paste called gochujang and Korean chilli flakes gochugaru.
If you made and enjoyed our Korean spicy noodles recipe for stir-fried udon noodles with kimchi, bacon, pork and fried eggs, and you’re a lover of fried rice (more fried rice recipes here), then you’re going to love this dish. It’s equally delicious and just as easy to prepare. Don’t skip the sesame seeds, which add crunch and texture.
Easy Korean Kimchi Fried Rice Recipe with Fried Egg for Kimchi Bokkeumbap
Malaysia and Singapore – Half Boiled Eggs Recipe for Classic Kopitiam Eggs
This half-boiled eggs recipe makes the classic kopitiam eggs tailor-made for having alongside kaya toast, a quintessential kopitiam breakfast in Singapore and Malaysia. It’s another of our 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023.
The just-set, still runny yolks and milky whites are perfect for dipping toast ‘soldiers’ into. Terence’s technique is flawless for achieving the perfect soft boiled eggs every time. He uses a stainless steel vacuum insulated coffee mug.
Half Boiled Eggs Recipe for Classic Kopitiam Eggs to Go With Your Kaya Toast
Mexico – Mexican Chilaquiles Recipe with Fried Eggs, Shredded Chicken and Green Salsa
One of our best Mexican breakfast eggs recipes, my easy Mexican chilaquiles recipe with fried eggs, shredded chicken and green salsa makes chilaquiles verdes. It was inspired by the chilaquiles I became addicted to at Café la Blanca in Mexico City many years ago, and it’s another of our 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023.
A beloved Mexican dish eaten for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or supper, Mexican chilaquiles – homemade tortilla chips called totopos, created from frying stale corn tortillas, which are then cooked in salsa, and served with Mexican cotija and crema – is a pre-Hispanic Aztec dish. Chilaquiles – pronounced chee-lah-KEE-lehs – comes from a Nahuatl word that meant ‘chillies and greens’.
Mexican Chilaquiles Recipe with Fried Eggs, Shredded Chicken and Green Salsa for Chilaquiles Verdes
Morocco – Chakchouka Recipe for Poached Eggs in a Spicy Tomato Sauce
This North African chakchouka recipe makes poached eggs in a spicy tomato sauce. While it’s thought that this recipe comes from Tunisia, chakchouka (also written as shakshuka) is found right across North Africa and we’ve eaten it everywhere from Morocco to the Levant during our years in the Middle East.
Terence made this chakchouka dish for Jamila, the cook and manager of the Marrakech riad we settled into on our yearlong grand tour, and then took her advice in creating this recipe, a modified version of the street food dish we tried.
North African Chakchouka Recipe for Poached Eggs in a Spicy Tomato Sauce
Myanmar – Burmese Egg Curry Recipe for a Myanmar Breakfast Favourite
This traditional Burmese egg curry recipe makes a Myanmar curry shop staple that’s typically eaten for breakfast. Terence adapted it from the modestly printed Cook and Entertain the Burmese Way (1978) by Mi Mi Khaing, our favourite Burmese cookbook.
Served with a spicy tomato and onion-based curry, the boiled eggs are peeled and deep fried in turmeric until golden, which is why you’ll also see this called a Burmese golden egg curry recipe in some Burmese cookbooks. The Burmese only eat a small amount of curry compared to the rice and there’s always a salad or cooked vegetables and relishes to provide balance.
Traditional Burmese Egg Curry Recipe for a Myanmar Breakfast Favourite
Russia – Russian Buckwheat Kasha with Boiled Eggs
Not all of our Weekend Eggs recipes are eggs dishes, some are dishes with eggs, such as this comforting Russian buckwheat kasha recipe with caramelised onions, bacon lardons, pan-fried mushrooms, and soft-boiled eggs, which makes my take on my Russian-Ukrainian grandmother’s kasha recipe.
After Putin invaded Ukraine, I was certain nobody would be searching for Russian recipes, and despite my mixed heritage, I put a planned cookbook of family recipes on hold. I was mistaken. Beef Stroganoff topped our list of most-read recipes of 2022 and this kasha or grechka, a savoury porridge, was one of our 22 most popular egg recipes of 2022.
Comforting Russian Buckwheat Kasha Recipe with Bacon, Caramelised Onions, Mushrooms and Eggs
Spain – Fried Eggs with Chorizo and Potatoes Recipe for Basque Style ‘Messy Eggs’
This fried eggs with chorizo and potatoes recipe for Basque style ‘messy eggs’ makes the perfect weekend hangover cure that’s made for a late breakfast after a long night of pintxos bar-hopping in the old town of San Sebastián, one of our favourite destinations.
This hearty dish makes for a warming breakfast or brunch in winter. No matter when you eat it, it’s another of our best fried eggs recipes. We use a little single non-stick egg frying pan to do the eggs. It’s not just cute as hell, it will cook an egg with crusty whites and a soft yolk in about 45 seconds on full heat.
Fried Eggs with Chorizo and Potatoes Recipe for Basque Style ‘Messy Eggs’
Turkey – Turkish Scrambled Eggs Recipe for Menemen
This Turkish scrambled eggs recipe makes menemen, a highlight of traditional Turkish breakfast spreads from Istanbul to Izmir, and one of our best scrambled eggs recipes. Often compared to shakshuka and eggs in purgatory, menemen is a Turkish breakfast dish of eggs scrambled in a spicy tomato sauce in a pan.
White cheese, green peppers and sucuk sausage can be added. We always looked forward to breakfast on our travels in Turkey and the traditional Turkish breakfast spread. At the heart of the very best Turkish breakfast spreads was a pan of menemen garnished with fresh parsley.
Turkish Scrambled Eggs Recipe for Menemen for a Traditional Turkish Breakfast Spread
Thailand – Thai Crispy Fried Egg Salad Recipe for Yam Khai Dao
This Thai fried egg salad recipe for yam khai dao makes an addictive salad of crispy fried eggs with sweet tomatoes, purple shallots, crunchy peanuts, fragrant coriander, and Chinese celery. With chillies and a salad dressing that’s all at once sweet, sour, tangy, and funky, it’s one of our best fried eggs recipes.
It’s also another of our 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023. ‘Yam’ is salad and ‘Khai dao’ in Thai means ‘fried egg’, but quite literally ‘star egg’, and it’s a Thai style of fried egg, which means its deep-fried or fried in a lot of oil so that the egg has a crispy texture and is brown coloured.
Thai Fried Egg Salad Recipe for Yam Khai Dao, a Deliciously Addictive Crispy Fried Egg Salad
USA – Classic American Country Skillet Breakfast
This eggs potatoes and chorizo breakfast skillet recipe makes our take on an American breakfast classic, the country skillet breakfast – or cowboy skillet breakfast or farmer’s skillet breakfast – cooked in a cast iron skillet and it’s another of our 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023.
Although there’s an infinite array of variations on the traditional breakfast skillet recipe – additions include anything from bell peppers to kidney beans – the essential ingredients of the classic skillet breakfast are eggs, potatoes, onions, cheese, and bacon or ham.
We prefer to make this hearty American breakfast with spicy chorizo sausage instead of bacon and ham, and specifically the soft Mexican chorizo rather than the harder Spanish-style chorizo.
Eggs Potatoes and Chorizo Breakfast Skillet Recipe for a Twist on a Classic American Breakfast
Vietnam – Fried Egg Avocado Breakfast Banh Mi Recipe
This fried egg avocado breakfast banh mi recipe makes a breakfast sandwich inspired by the Vietnamese and Cambodian baguettes with eggs that we’ve long eaten and loved in Cambodia and Vietnam, such as banh mi op la in Hoi An, and the Aussie-style avocado on toast, above, that I began this post with.
We’re big fans of both Vietnam’s banh mi and Cambodia’s num pang, so feel free to call this an Aussie-Southeast Asian breakfast sandwich. To give this Australian-inspired baguette added Southeast Asian flavour, I combine creamy French-style mayonnaise with zingy fish sauce. Alternatively, a squeeze of homemade Sriracha sauce also works.
Fried Egg Avocado Breakfast Banh Mi Recipe – or Breakfast Num Pang, Just Don’t Call It a Sub!
Please do let us know in the comments below if you make any of our 23 Weekend Eggs dishes from around the world to cook in 2023, as we’d love to know how they turn out for you.
