Eggs benedict feels like vacation food to me. Elsie orders eggs benny all time when we travel. The very first time I ordered it was with her while we were in Hawaii earlier this year. Here are three ways I like to serve eggs benny.
Lox eggs benedict involves smoked salmon. You can usually find this near the seafood counter at your grocery store. Simply pile lox over a toasted English muffin, top with an egg and a liberal amount of hollandaise sauce! I prefer fried eggs to poached, but you can serve it however you like. You can see how I make (easy!!!) hollandaise sauce in this article.
This is my personal favorite: portabello eggs benny! Cook a cup or two of hash browns until crispy. Wash and remove the stem from a portabello mushroom and saute in oil and butter until softened through. Layer hash browns with the portabello, top with an egg and hollandaise sauce. I absolutely love how the sauce soaks into the crispy hash browns. Mmmmm!
Crab cakes egg benny is also super delicious and filling. I'm still tweaking a favorite crab cake recipe, currently I really like this one, except I usually divide the amount in half (as I don't need quite that many servings). Once your crab cakes are ready, place them over a toasted english muffin, topped with an egg and hollandaise sauce. I love to sprinkle on just a little more paprika just before serving.
Do you have a favorite version of eggs benedict you and your family enjoy? xo. Emma
I love eggs benny! One of my favorite breakfast places always has a different Sunday special version. I have never had a portabello benny, that I will have to try!
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Posted by: Kate | October 22, 2012 at 09:23 AM
Yum! I so want to try all of these recipes!
Posted by: Shopgirls | October 22, 2012 at 09:26 AM
Didn't know this way to cook eggs: yummyyy!
Claudia
Posted by: Claudia | October 22, 2012 at 09:26 AM
I haven't fallen in love with eggs benedict before but I think I'll try the portobello version and give it another shot!
Posted by: Erica { EricaDHouse.com } | October 22, 2012 at 09:39 AM
I love eggs benedict, but since I'm a vegetarian, I usually take off any meat that's with it, but the second recipe is vegetarian friendly, and looks delicious! Thank you so much!
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Posted by: Caity | October 22, 2012 at 09:39 AM
i'm so excited to try these!
Posted by: Katelyne | October 22, 2012 at 09:42 AM
Loooooove eggs benedict! one of my favorite places in Paris serves the lox version with some sort of salad (my dictionnary calls it lamb's lettuce, not sure it will make sense to you...) on top of the whole dish, it's delicious
I've had some great crab eggs benedict in san francisco once, basically exactly like the lox version, with fresh crab meat instead of lox. Simple and amazing
Definitely trying the portobello one this weekend!
Posted by: Delphine | October 22, 2012 at 09:42 AM
My husband and I LOVE Eggs Benny. We've made up a little tradition to make "Eggs Chesapeake" for his family whenever we visit them in Baltimore. His mom's best friend brings the BEST crab soup for the annual Christmas Eve bash. On Christmas morning, before opening presents, we top English muffins with fried Taylor Pork Roll (Some weird kind of breakfast meat from his childhood. Kind of like bologna. Just go with it.) and some leftover crab soup (instead of hollandaise) and poached eggs. Delicious! I know it sounds strange, but it's really good, I promise :)
Posted by: Kelsey | October 22, 2012 at 09:46 AM
By far my favorite breakfast food, especially while on vacation. Thanks for sharing!!
Posted by: Heather | October 22, 2012 at 09:48 AM
My favorite is with baby spinach and goat cheese! Try it!!
Posted by: Noémie | October 22, 2012 at 09:52 AM
The portabello benedict sounds amazing! I am definitely going to try the crab cakes benny too. Awesome post!
Posted by: Elise | October 22, 2012 at 09:54 AM
Eggs benny is like a vacation food for me too for the same reason! I've never tried it over the portobello mushrooms but that sounds amazing and pretty healthy. I've had it over crab cakes and I liked that. Especially since I'm not a ham eater.
Posted by: Sandi | October 22, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Oh wooow :) My favourite posh breakfast ever. (The salmon ones are actually Eggs Royale, Eggs n Spinach are Eggs Florentine and Eggs n Ham are Eggs Benedict) - Will defo have to try the crab version! xx
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Posted by: Toni | October 22, 2012 at 10:22 AM
love eggs! looks so good!
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Posted by: Kristina | October 22, 2012 at 10:23 AM
This is the only way I eat my eggs , or breakfast. Your making me so hungrrrryyyy
-Melissa
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Posted by: melissa ahamad | October 22, 2012 at 10:47 AM
We call the smoked salmon version Eggs Hemmingway. It is the best! I love the portobello idea. In Kentucky, our eggs benedict often feature country ham.
Posted by: Johanna | October 22, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Oh wow, these look sooo delicious!! Yummy!
Posted by: Diana | October 22, 2012 at 10:54 AM
One of my all time breakfast faves! It's killing me right now because I can't eat runny poached eggs while pregnant. Will have to try soon...thanks
Posted by: Kelly Lombardo | October 22, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Yum! I'll have to try this sometime. My fiancée is always wanting to try eggs in new styles. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Nicole Olson | October 22, 2012 at 11:01 AM
The best I have ever had was Eggs Benedict Caprese. Sounds crazy, but it was SO killer! The hollandaise combo w/ a balsamic glaze worked really well.
Posted by: Carly | October 22, 2012 at 11:12 AM