1Grab a small pot and melt butter over medium heat.
2Separate four eggs, putting the yolks in a bowl and the whites in another.
3Whisk the yolks until they are a pale yellow color.
4Add lemon juice and whisk.
5Add salt, cayenne pepper and black pepper and mix all ingredients.
6Drizzle butter in and whisk until it has thickened up.
7Crack an egg into a small bowl.
8Bring a big pot of water to a hard boil and then reduce it to a simmer and stir in vinegar.
9Add bacon on a medium-high heat pan.
10Cook bacon for about two minutes per side.
11To have all those delicious nooks and crannies, split english muffins with a fork.
12Drop the egg gently into the centre of the simmering water and cook for about three to five minutes.
13Place the split english muffins into the toaster.
14To assemble, grab two slices of bacon and place that on the english muffin, put one poached egg on top and spoon over a generous amount of hollandaise sauce.
15Garnish with some fresh chives.
Ingredients
0.25 cup unsalted butter
4 egg yolks
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
0.25 tsp salt
0.125 tsp cayenne pepper
0.125 tsp ground black pepper
4 large eggs
2 English muffins
8 canadian bacon slices
0.25 tsp vinegar
Equipment
small potwhisklemon squeezerpepper grinderknifeforklarge pantoasterspoontongsslotted spoon
Tips
Egg whites can be frozen for later use, for example, in meringues.
Electric mixer could be used instead of a whisk.
You could pasturize the eggs if you don't want to eat raw egg yolks.