Eggs Benedict
also called benedict · eggs benny · eggs benedictine · poached eggs benedict
- Diner
- serves 2
- about 20 min
- Eggs
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| 2(split with a fork, never a knife)english muffins | toast the split muffins 2 min | stack, sauce, and eat it standing up |
| 4 slices(1/4-in thick)Canadian bacon | crisp both faces 2 min | |
| 1 tsp(5 g)unsalted butter | ||
| 4 largeeggs | poach 3 min in barely moving water | |
| 2 qt(1.9 L)water | ||
| 1 Tbs(15 mL)distilled white vinegar | ||
| 1 cup(240 mL)hollandaise | ||
| 1 Tbs(sliced)chives | ||
| 1 pinchcayenne |
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.11 things to get out.
Pans and tools
1toast the split muffins 2 min
2crisp both faces 2 min
3poach 3 min in barely moving water
4stack, sauce, and eat it standing up
goes in with what steps 1, 2 and 3 made
Cooking it
Start to finish is the longest chain through the table, so branches that overlap are counted once. That is why the waits add up to more than the clock — and it only holds if you get them going together.
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 3 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- 4 minof the steps that give a time
One of the 4 steps never says how long it takes, so both numbers are floors. It adds up to more hands-on time than the whole dish takes because two branches run at once — which needs someone free to run both. The recipe itself says 20 min.
crisp both faces 2 min
2 minneeds youfrom the start
toast the split muffins 2 min
2 minneeds youfrom the start
poach 3 min in barely moving water
3 minwalk awayfrom the start
stack, sauce, and eat it standing up
not timed3 min in
- needs you
- you can walk away
- never timed
Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. Bars that line up are happening at the same time.
You'll need broiler · skillet
Goes with
See how it is written
>> title: Eggs Benedict
>> category: Eggs
>> tags: eggs, hollandaise, breakfast, poached, brunch
>> counters: Diner
>> aka: benedict, eggs benny, eggs benedictine, poached eggs benedict
>> pairs-with: hollandaise, english-muffins
>> servings: 2
>> time: 20 min
>> step.1: crisp both faces 2 min
>> step.2: toast the split muffins 2 min
>> step.3: poach 3 min in barely moving water
>> step.4: stack, sauce, and eat it standing up
Crisp @Canadian bacon{4%slices}(1/4-in thick) in @unsalted butter{1%tsp}(5 g) in a #skillet{} over medium heat ~fry{2%min}, until the edges brown and cup slightly.
Toast @english muffins{2}(split with a fork, never a knife) cut side up under a #broiler{} ~toast{2%min}, until the torn peaks colour.
Poach @eggs{4%large} in @water{2%qt}(1.9 L) with @distilled white vinegar{1%Tbs}(15 mL) ~poach{3%min}, in water held just below a shiver — a boil beats the whites into rags. Crack each egg into a cup first and slide it in low.
Stack @&(~2)crisped bacon{} on @&(~3)toasted muffins{}, lift @&(~1)poached eggs{} out with a slotted spoon and blot them on a towel, then flood the lot with @hollandaise{1%cup}(240 mL) and finish with @chives{1%Tbs}(sliced) and @cayenne{1%pinch}. The blot is not optional: poaching water under hollandaise breaks the sauce on the plate.