If you're craving a savory breakfast with protein, this avocado and egg breakfast should hit the spot. You'll have a restaurant-quality breakfast or brunch on the table in just ten minutes. (This basic avocado toast is equally awesome if you want to skip the egg.)
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🌿 Ingredients
Feel free to use gluten-free bread instead of regular bread to make this recipe gluten free. For dairy free, replace the butter with olive oil or coconut oil.
See recipe card below for exact quantities.
📝 Instructions
Step 1: Halve and place the avocado on a hard surface and give the pit a whack with a chef's knife to lodge the blade partway into the pit. Then, hold the avocado in one hand as you turn the knife with the other to loosen and remove the pit.
Step 2: Use the back of a fork to mash the avocado until it's smooth and spreadable. Add a little salt and pepper and mix to incorporate.
Step 3: Heat the butter in a small trying pan over medium-high heat until it bubbles and then crack an egg in and cook to your liking, flipping once if you're making a fried egg or mixing it around the pan for a scrambled egg.
While the egg is cooking, toast the bread until crispy and golden.
Step 4: Using a spoon, spread the avocado evenly on the toast, top with your egg and season with a little more salt and pepper.
Pro tip: This avo toast with egg makes a super fun breakfast or brunch option for your friends or loved ones to assemble on their own. You can lay out the toasted bread on a platter and smashed avocado in a serving bowl, as well as sliced tomato, bacon and eggs cooked to order. Your guests will thank you. 🙂
💭 FAQ
A hearty bread like whole grain bread or sourdough bread works best for avocado toast with or without eggs, but any toasted bread or gluten-free bread will work fine.
You can serve fried eggs, scrambled eggs, eggs over easy or poached eggs atop avocado toast depending on your preference.
Besides sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, other great avocado and egg toppings include sliced tomato, red onion, bacon and everything bagel seasoning.
Avocado toast with egg is best when consumed immediately. If you need to save it (up to 24 hours in the fridge), you should remove and rewarm the egg separately over low heat on the stove or in the microwave.
🍳 Recipe
Simple Avocado Toast with Egg
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Prep: Slice the avocado in half, remove the pit and scoop the flesh into a small bowl (see notes). Use the back of a fork to mash the avocado until it's smooth and spreadable. Add a little salt and pepper and mix to incorporate.1 large ripe avocado, sea salt, freshly ground black pepper
- Cook: Heat the butter in a small trying pan over medium-high heat until it bubbles and then crack an egg in and cook to your liking, flipping once if you're making a fried egg or mixing it around the pan for a scrambled egg.2 teaspoons butter, 2 large eggs
- Toast: While the egg is cooking, toast the bread until crispy and golden.2 large slices multi-grain bread
- Assemble: Using a spoon, spread the avocado evenly on the toast, top with your egg and season with a little more salt and pepper.
- Enjoy: Serve immediately, and enjoy!
Mary Crittenden
I make egg on avocado toast frequently for my breakfast. But cook my egg in the microwave. I break an egg into a buttered microwave safe dish; stir with a fork, add salt and pepper put into the microwave with a cover. In my microwave the egg cooks in 45 seconds. I sometimes have it plain but also add cheese, tomato or bacon at other times.
Allison
Great tip; thanks for sharing, Mary!