# Eggs Benedict

A tasty recipe for eggs benedict, a delicious breakfast treat, topped with hollandaise sauce.

- Cuisine: French
- Category: Breakfast
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

1. Grab a small pot and melt butter over medium heat.
2. Separate four eggs, putting the yolks in a bowl and the whites in another.
3. Whisk the yolks until they are a pale yellow color.
4. Add lemon juice and whisk.
5. Add salt, cayenne pepper and black pepper and mix all ingredients.
6. Drizzle butter in and whisk until it has thickened up.
7. Crack an egg into a small bowl.
8. Bring a big pot of water to a hard boil and then reduce it to a simmer and stir in vinegar.
9. Add bacon on a medium-high heat pan.
10. Cook bacon for about two minutes per side.
11. To have all those delicious nooks and crannies, split english muffins with a fork.
12. Drop the egg gently into the centre of the simmering water and cook for about three to five minutes.
13. Place the split english muffins into the toaster.
14. To 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.
15. Garnish with some fresh chives.

## Equipment

- small pot
- whisk
- lemon squeezer
- pepper grinder
- knife
- fork
- large pan
- toaster
- spoon
- tongs
- slotted 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.
- Young eggs are best for poaching.
- The plate should be warm.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8T_gtzHa5g
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3cb97fa2-e604-4201-9d52-fcee5a9892ef
- Extracted: 2025-05-05

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