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Soft scrambled eggs with chives on pan-toasted sourdough
Slow-stirred buttery eggs with chives, served on bread crisped in the pan.
- Total
- 12 min
- Hands on
- 12 min
- Serves
- 2
- Method
- hob
- Cuisine
- British
Per serving · estimated
- Energy
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 20 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 26 g

Method
Step 1 of 9
Crack the eggs into a bowl.
Eggs

Step 2 of 9
Add the milk and a pinch of salt, then beat until even.
Whole milk
Salt
Eggs

Step 3 of 9
Chop the chives finely.
Chives

Step 4 of 9
Melt 10 g of the butter in a frying pan over medium heat.
Butter

Step 5 of 9
Fry the bread slices for 2 minutes each side until crisp and golden, then set on plates.
Sourdough bread
Step 6 of 9
Melt the remaining butter in the pan over low heat.
Butter

Step 7 of 9
Pour in the eggs and stir slowly with a spatula, pushing them into soft folds.
Eggs

Step 8 of 9
Cook until the eggs are softly set and reach 71 °C, about 3 minutes.
Eggs

What ‘ready’ looks like Step 9 of 9
Spoon the eggs onto the toast and finish with chives and black pepper.
Eggs
Sourdough bread
Chives
Black pepper
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