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Egg in a Hole with Spring Onion and Chilli
Fried bread with an egg cooked in the centre, finished with chilli flakes and spring onion.
- Total
- 14 min
- Hands on
- 12 min
- Serves
- 2
- Method
- hob
Per serving · estimated
- Energy
- 435 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Fat
- 25 g
- Carbs
- 32 g
Method
Step 1 of 8
Slice the spring onions into thin rounds, keeping the green tops aside.
Spring onions
Step 2 of 8
Cut a hole about 6 cm wide from the centre of each bread slice with a glass, keeping the cut-out rounds.
Bread
Step 3 of 8
Heat the olive oil and half the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat.
Olive oil
Butter
Step 4 of 8
Lay two slices and their cut-out rounds in the pan and fry for 1 minute until the undersides start to colour.
- Bread
Step 5 of 8
Flip the slices, crack an egg into each hole and season with salt and pepper.
Eggs
Salt
Black pepper
Step 6 of 8
Cover loosely and cook 3 minutes, until the whites are set and the eggs reach 71 °C.
- Eggs
Step 7 of 8
Lift onto plates and repeat with the remaining butter, bread and eggs.
- Butter
- Bread
- Eggs
Step 8 of 8
Scatter over the spring onion and chilli flakes and serve.
- Spring onions
Chilli flakes
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