Try a fancy poached egg recipe with smoked salmon, spinach and fennel. This recipe looks great, and tastes even better, and is super quick to prepare. Breakfast doesn’t get much fancier than this–it’s like a 5-star breakfast in your own home.
Fancy Poached Egg Recipe (serves 2)
4 EGGS
2 Tbsp WHITE VINEGAR
2 cups SPINACH
½ cup FENNEL BULB thinly sliced
1 GREEN ONION chopped
3-4 oz SMOKED SALMON
1 TOMATO sliced
¼ tsp GARLIC minced
¼ tsp GINGER minced
¼ tsp LEMON ZEST minced
1 tsp LEMON JUICE
2 tsp OLIVE OIL
SALT and PEPPER to taste
And fancy-pants BREAD for toast
How to Make Poached Egg with Salmon and Greens
- Firstly, make the dressing. In a bowl combine the lemon juice, olive oil, lemon zest, ginger, garlic, salt, and pepper and then mix well.
- Add in the spinach leaves, chopped onion, and thinly sliced fennel and toss with dressing.
- On two plates, arrange 1 to 2 oz of smoked salmon, and top with the greens. I like to serve toast as a side with this dish, but you can build the salmon and greens on toast if you prefer. Now your breakfast is mostly made, you just have to poach the eggs.
How to Poach Eggs
- Fill a nonstick skillet almost to the top with water. You will want the water between 1 and 2 inches deep.
- Place the skillet on the stove top and add in the vinegar and stir.
- Now heat the water until it begins to form bubbles on the bottom, almost to a simmer.
- Crack your eggs into a smaller cup, and gently add them to the water.
- Cover and poach eggs for about 3 minutes, or a little more or less depending on how runny you like the yolk.
- With a slotted spoon, loosen the eggs from the skillet and remove from the water.
- Set eggs a paper towel to drain. And that’s how to poach an egg!
To finish your fancy breakfast, just top the salmon and greens with your poached eggs and that’s it! Garnish with a sprinkle of paprika or black pepper or chopped green onion and then serve hot while your yolks are saucy.
So, you love poached eggs but don’t want to poach them? Try steaming them, because it’s super easy and you can check out the current prices for a Rapid Egg Cooker on Amazon. I tried this gadget out and really liked it.
Give this fancy-pants salmon/fennel poached egg recipe a try and let me know what you think! And for another impressive breakfast/brunch idea, try this Fancy Oven-Baked Egg Recipe.
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