Green Eggs and Ham
Ingredients
- 1 large raw bacon hock
- 2 eggs
- Green food coloring
- Blue food coloring
Ingredients for 1 serving (135 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Place the bacon hock in a pot of water. Add green food color, following the manufacturer's guidelines.
- 2
Bring to the boil and simmer for 60–90 minutes.
Stovetop - 3
Remove the hock and let it cool slightly.
- 4
Carefully remove the skin leaving the fat layer intact.
- 5
If the hock is the desired shade of green, place on an platter. If not, return to pot and add color until the right shade is reached. Transfer hock to platter.
- 6
Separate eggs into whites and yolks.
- 7
Poach the egg yolks in water with blue food coloring.
- 8
Poach the egg whites in uncolored water.
- 9
Place the egg whites on platter with hock, and place the yolks on the whites.
- 10
Serve using a tri-pronged fork.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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