Camp Egg Bites in a Pot
Powdered eggs and hard cheese set into soft curds over a low flame. A copycat of the coffee-shop egg bite, minus the muffin tin.
- calories
- 520
- weight
- 3.5 oz
- cal / oz
- 149
- protein
- 33 g
- serves
- 1, scales
- prep
- 3 min
- cook
- 8 min
- total time
- 11 min
- water
- 180 ml boiled
- cost
- $$
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Breakfast
- Canister stove
- Liquid fuel
- Car camping
- Basecamp
- Backpacking
- Gluten free
- Nut free
- One pot
- Pre-mix at home
- Shelf stable
- Basic
Ingredients
| Whole egg powder | 1/3 cup | about 3 eggs worth |
|---|---|---|
| Powdered whole milk | 2 tbsp | stands in for the cottage cheese |
| Cornstarch | 1 tsp | keeps the curds soft instead of rubbery |
| Hard cheese | 1.5 oz | gruyere if you can get it, aged cheddar otherwise |
| Shelf-stable bacon or diced salami | 1 oz | |
| Olive oil | 2 tsp | |
| Salt | 1/4 tsp | |
| Black pepper | 1/8 tsp | |
| Hot sauce | 1/2 tsp | a mini bottle lasts a week |
Method
- Whisk the egg powder, milk powder, cornstarch, salt, and pepper into 180 ml of water. Cold water first, then let it sit two minutes so the powder hydrates. Lumps now mean lumps later.
The original bakes in a water bath at 300°F so the eggs stay creamy. You cannot do that on a canister stove, so the low-and-slow flame does the same job: gentle heat, constant stirring, off the burner before it looks done. The cornstarch is the part worth keeping from the restaurant version. It binds water into the egg and stops it from weeping into the pot.
Cottage cheese and fresh eggs do not travel, so powdered whole milk and egg powder take their place. The hard cheese is doing double duty, adding fat the powders lack and salt the eggs need. Residual heat finishes it after the stove is off.
Packing
Egg powder, milk powder, cornstarch, salt, and pepper premixed in one bag. Cheese and meat in a second. Hot sauce in a 1 oz dropper bottle.
Variations
- A handful of dried spinach or dehydrated peppers stirred in with the water adds bulk.
- No stove and no patience: skip the cornstarch, scramble it hard, and eat it as a scramble.
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