Revuelto Gramajo — Argentine Potato Scramble

Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 3 cups shoestring potato sticks (or thin-fried potato matchsticks)
• 4 oz ham, in strips (optional)
• ½ onion, sliced
• 2 tbsp butter
• Parsley, chopped
• Black pepper

Method

1. Soften the onion in the butter; add the ham strips (if using) until warmed and edged.
2. Beat the eggs loosely — streaky is right for a revuelto.
3. Add the potato sticks to the pan, then IMMEDIATELY the eggs over them, folding gently — the goal is soft egg curds binding still-crisp potatoes; speed protects the crunch.
4. Stop while glossy and slightly loose; it finishes on the walk to the table.
5. Pepper hard, parsley over. Porteños argue about whether it's breakfast, lunch, or 3am food. The answer is yes.