
🥞 American
Eggs Benedict
🥞 American
Poached eggs and crispy bacon on toasted bread, drowned in buttery lemon hollandaise — brunch's most glamorous plate.
Prep 15 min Cook 15 min Serves 2 Hard
Ingredients
- Butter1/2 cup, melted
- Saltto taste
- Lemon1, juiced
- Eggs4 + 3 yolks for sauce
- Bacon4 slices
- Vinegar1 tbsp for poaching
- Bread2 thick slices or muffins
- Black Pepperto taste
- Egg Yolk3
Instructions
- 1
Whisk egg yolks with lemon juice over a double boiler; drizzle in melted butter to make hollandaise; season.
- 2
Poach eggs in barely simmering water with a splash of vinegar, 3 minutes for runny yolks.
- 3
Toast bread or English-muffin-style slices; warm crispy bacon on top.
- 4
Plate toast, bacon, poached egg.
- 5
Spoon hollandaise generously over everything; crack black pepper on top.
Chef's tip
Hollandaise breaks if it gets too hot — keep it warm, not hot, and whisk constantly.
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