Super Easy Baked Eggs

Looking for a breakfast dish to feed a crowd or just for one person? This oven baked eggs recipe is a great fit. This versatile breakfast looks fancy, but really easy to prep. Add any toppings of your choice and you’ll have a delicious treat for breakfast or brunch!

Originally posted in Feb 2016, gave this post a new lease of life in July 2021 and updated with new photos

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Ingredients needed

Here’s what you’ll need-

• 1 cup marinara sauce
• 5-8 eggs
• ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
• ¼ cup Mozzarella cheese
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Basil leaves

Ingredients additions & substitutions

Substitutions

Marinara sauce is the base in this recipe. You can substitute marinara sauce with any other toppings of vegetables.

You can substitute any chopped and sautéed vegetables like squash or roasted brussles sprouts, sautéed mushrooms & spinach, with sausages, hash brown, potatoes, bacon or ham.

Substitute parmesan, mozzarella cheese with crumbled feta cheese, goat cheese or even cheddar cheese.

Additions

To make veggie baked eggs try adding zucchini, eggplants (roasted) or even fennel.

Adding white baked beans gives a wonderful twist to breakfast eggs. Note white baked beans isn’t same as the regular baked beans.

Add canned beans and corn to marinara sauce to give a Mexican twist.

How to bake eggs?

To make marinara sauce follow this simple recipe.

You can bake eggs in oven-safe skillet or baking pan for a crowd or make single serving eggs by using small ramekins or smaller baking dish.

For a crowd-

1. Grease baking dish with cooking oil. Add 1 cup (or more) homemade marinara sauce or use store bought sauce.
2. Spread the sauce.
3. Crack 5 to 8 eggs into the pan depending on number of people you want to feed (2 eggs per person is best).
4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Generously sprinkle fresh grated Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese.
6. Bake in pre-heated oven at 400F for 8 to 15 minutes or until set as desired (egg whites should be cooked and set i.e it’s still slightly raw and yolk is runny).
7. For about 9-10 minutes if you want to have runny eggs.
8. For about 15 minutes if you prefer soft sticky eggs.
9. Bake for ~18 minutes if you prefer well cooked eggs.
10. Remove the pan from oven and let it rest for 3 minutes.
11. Sprinkle with fresh shredded(or chopped) basil leaves and serve hot with toasted bread on the side.
12. No matter what toppings you add to your eggs recipes, bread for mopping into runny yolk eggs is mandatory!

Single serving baked eggs-

1. Grease ramekin or small baking dish with oil. Ramekin I used was super tiny that could fit only one egg, highly recommend to use 2 eggs for 1 serving.
2. Add 2 to 3 tablespoon homemade marinara sauce. Spread it.
3. Crack one egg if ramekin is small or 2 eggs if the baking dish is a bit bigger.
4. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Generously sprinkle Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese.
6. Bake in pre-heated oven at 400F for 6 to 10 minutes or until set as desired.
7. Remove the pan from oven and let it rest for 3 minutes.
8. Sprinkle with fresh shredded (or chopped) basil leaves and serve hot with toasted bread on the side.

How long to bake eggs?

The key to best baked eggs is to get runny yolk but the egg whites are just set and not jelly type i.e whites are still slightly raw.

Note baking time will widely vary depending on the size of baking pan used.  For a serving of 4 with 8 eggs –

• For about 9-10 minutes if you want to have runny eggs.
• For about 15 minutes if you prefer soft sticky eggs.
• Bake about 18 minutes if you prefer well cooked eggs.

FAQS

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