There’s only a few ways to take a traditional Eggs Benedict recipe to the next level – bacon and avocado certainly do the trick! Of course you could also make your own english muffins, which one of my favorite brunch restaurants does and I hope to try soon, but this time I opted for simplicity and found whole wheat english muffins at the store. After making Benedict with avocado and bacon I don’t think we’ll ever go back to the ordinary way.
One of the tricky parts about eggs Benedict is making sure everything is hot at the same time. So I hope to help you here by giving you a little quick schedule to ensure perfect temperature when you serve this special breakfast.
1. Cook a few pieces of bacon in a skillet. Once done pour out half the oil and leave the remaining to fry your egg in.
2. Grease some egg rings with a bit of the bacon grease on a paper towel. ( if you don’t have egg rings you can just fry the egg or poach as you would normally).
3. Make hollandaise sauce and set aside (or if there’s two of you, have the other person make the hollandaise while the eggs are cooking).
4. Crack eggs into egg rings onto while skillet is on medium heat. Set timer for 5 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, slice the avocado.
6. Put english muffins in the toaster.
7. Once eggs are done (the whites on top should not be runny) assemble the Benedict – muffin, eggs, bacon, avocado, then hollandaise sauce.
My mother would make Eggs Benedict for us on special occasions, though she made it traditionally with canadian bacon and poached eggs. I didn’t care for it much as a child but I definitely enjoy it as an adult and the addition of avocado and bacon doesn’t hurt either. It’s now Josh’s favorite breakfast.
Bacon Avocado Eggs Benedict Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 english muffins
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 avocado
- 2-3 slices of bacon, 1 to eat while you cook and 2 for the benedict
- 1 recipe hollandaise sauce
Instructions
- Cook a few pieces of bacon in a skillet. Once the bacon is done pour out half the oil and leave the remaining to fry your eggs in.
- Grease two egg rings with a bit of the bacon grease on a paper towel. (if you don't have egg rings you can just fry the egg or poach as you would normally. The egg rings just make them come out in perfect circles).
- Make hollandaise sauce and set aside (or if there's two of you, have the other person make the hollandaise while the eggs are cooking).
- Crack eggs into egg rings onto while skillet is on medium heat. Set timer for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, slice the avocado.
- Put english muffins in the toaster.
- Once eggs are done assemble the Benedict - muffin, eggs, bacon, avocado, then hollandaise sauce.
This looks SO good! I think I’m going to try a vegetarian version with homemade tempeh bacon 🙂
Looks tasty! But I am going to be a little picky here and point out that eggs Benedict means poached eggs, not fried.
These are definitely not your traditional eggs benedict, but my own version 🙂
Eggs benedit is my husband’s favorite too! I’ve never attempted to make it. I think I’ll try your version.
Egg breakfast dishes are hard to get ready all at the same time. One of my favorite tricks is to have the eggs already cracked in separate mugs. Sure it dirties up extra dishes, but it works for us.
And I LOVE our egg rings!
Love your tip!! I find it toi be a little stressful too but the more I make it the better I am at the time management of it all! Happy Valentine’s Day Becky!
Eggs Benedict is our Christmas morning tradition and we too make it with bacon and avocado. We’ll often sneak in some fresh tomato slices as well. t’s the only way to go!
Lovely. I love the avocado addition and bacon does just elevate it! 🙂