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Avocado Toast with a Poached Egg
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Avocado Toast with a Poached Egg

Perfect avocado toast with a soft poached egg — a beloved Israeli breakfast with rich flavor and complementary textures.

⏱ 15 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian
Versions:Original🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Boiled Egg

  1. 1
    Bring a deep pot with water, 7–8 cm deep, to a gentle simmer and add the vinegar.
    StovePot
  2. 2
    Crack each egg into a small cup, stir the water in a circle and slide in one egg.
    💡The vinegar sets the white quickly, and the whirlpool wraps it around the yolk: the egg stays round instead of spreading through the water.
  3. 3
    Cook 3–4 minutes, until the white is set and the egg is springy to the touch, and lift out with a slotted spoon.
    StoveSlotted spoon

To assemble

  1. 4
    Toast the bread slices in the toaster until it is crisp and golden.
    Pop-up toaster
  2. 5
    Mash the avocado with a fork with the lemon juice, salt and black pepper and spread on the bread.
  3. 6
    Place on the avocado an egg on each slice.
    💡Add the egg just before serving: toast that sits under a hot egg goes soft, and the avocado spread turns brown.
  4. 7
    Drizzle the olive oil on top and sprinkle the red pepper over it and serve immediately.
187calories
5 gprotein
9 gcarbs
13 gfat
● protein 12%● carbs 21%● fat 67%

Per serving (102 g), of 4 servings

For the Boiled Egg · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Pop-up toaster · Also works: Oven (Oven broiler; needs flipping) · Frying pan (Dry skillet; needs flipping) · Sandwich press (None)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Slotted spoon · Also works: Spider strainer (None) · Tongs (For large pieces)

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🧩 Built from…

Poached Egg → Egg Toast

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