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    Best Egg in a Hole Recipe

    Published: Jun 24, 2021 · Modified: Jul 22, 2023 by Hinz

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    It will hardly take 5 minutes to make egg in a hole recipe only with 3 ingredients. Incredibly delicious and best idea to prepare toast with egg in the middle.

    best egg in a hole recipe

    I love to indulge my son to do this activity as he is always excited to make the hole and putting the egg in the middle. It's a fun for him! and I love to make it for my family to serve in breakfast.

    Looking for easy breakfast recipes?  Checkout Crustless Spinach Quiche, Souffle Omelette, and Scrambled Eggs with Mushrooms. All these recipes are simple and easy to make and hopefully will add value to your breakfast table.

    Jump to:
    • What is Egg in a Hole?
    • Egg in a Hole Names
    • Hole Ideas With Different Shapes
    • Ingredients & Substitutions
    • How to Make Egg in a Hole
    • Egg in a hole Variations and Tips
    • Q & A
    • Serving Idea
    • Watch Video
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    • Best Egg in a Hole Recipe

    What is Egg in a Hole?

    I did a little research to know the history of eggs in a hole. This recipe originates from the United States in 20th century with the name 'Egg in a hole' then crossed the boundaries to Europe and become famous as 'toad in a hole'. People used to make it with avocados, sausages, and grilled cheese. Once I tried the French toast version of egg in a hole and believe me it was super yum.

    It's a 5 minute breakfast idea prepare only with 3 ingredients. Brush butter in a skillet pan, make the hole in a toast and crack the egg inside the hole and cook it and sprinkle salt and pepper. Serve hot! If you are making in bulk then it's best to bake it all together in a big baking tray. Another idea is to make egg in the hole sandwich, or burger.

    Even though the recipe is old fashioned but it's getting popular all around the world with TikTok viral video making the same recipe.

    Egg in a Hole Names

    Egg in a hole is also famous with other names like Toad in a Hole, Egg in the Pond, Egg with Hat (If keep the slice over), Hole in one, Pirate's eye, or Popeye, Egg in a Nest or some TikTok videos are famous with Egg in a Trash Can. These eggs are also popular with Gashouse eggs.

    I love to call it 'egg in a frame' and 'egg in a hole' as it is more suited to the recipe.

    Hole Ideas With Different Shapes

    You can make the hole cutting in different ways like cut it circular or square or rectangle. You can also make heart shape to share with your loved ones.

    Ingredients & Substitutions

    You just need 3 main ingredients to make this recipe and a pinch of salt and pepper seasoning. Bread Slice (White or Brown) and an Egg. Butter is to cook the bread and egg. So simple and easy breakfast recipe.

    How to Make Egg in a Hole

    Prepare the Bread Slice: To make this recipe, take a slice of bread and make a hole (square, circular, or heart) from the middle using a knife or cutter.

    Toasting: Then in a frying pan, add butter and toast the bread slice from both sides. Now crack an egg in the middle of the hole. Cook it on low heat. Cover the pan if you want the egg needs to be poached in look with a runny yolk.

    Seasoning: Best to sprinkle salt and pepper. I love to have little spice and color so sprinkle paprika which is totally optional.

    Serve and enjoy your quick breakfast!

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    How to make Eggs in a hole recipe

    Egg in a hole Variations and Tips

    1. Cut the bread using knife or cookie cutter to make a hole or frame.
    2. If you like toasted bread with running egg yolk then toast the bread first from both sides.
    3. You can also make pefectly cooked eggs then cook from one side and then flip to cook from other sides.
    4. If you like fully toasted bread with poched eggs then toast the bread slices from both sides first and cook the egg on low heat covering with a lid. The egg will cook with pan steam.
    5. You can also add cheese, onions, avocade, spinach, or salami to change the taste.
    6. Another idea is to bake the eggs.
    7. Avocado egg in a hole keto recipe is another idea to make.
    8. Egg in a hole burger and sandwich is also the idea to prepare for breakfast.

    Q & A

    How to make scrambled egg in a hole?

    It's simple, make the same recipe only scramble the egg with the help of fork while cooking. It will turned out so well after toasting.

    Can I make egg in a hole with cheese?

    Yes, you can! In the video recipe you can see that I place the sandwich cheese slice on bread toast while toasting and it was great in taste. Mozzarella, cheddar, and cream cheese can be used.

    How to make best egg in a hole recipe?

    You can make it best as per your taste.
    1. Toast the slice according to your desired color.
    2. If you like poached egg, hard egg or scrambled then make it accordingly by managing temperature.
    3. Add more value to toast by adding cheese, and veggies.
    4. You can make it in form of burger or sandwich.
    5. Season with your favorite seasoning. I love cajun, chipotle, or just salt and black pepper.

    Serving Idea

    Well, it's fast food recipe but more options can be added to make it a more tempting and nutritious breakfast platter. You can add hash browns, roasted tomatoes, fruit salad, or avocado slices.

    In a platter, pair up with roasted potatoes, and honey butter skillet corn as it will make the best combo.

    Don't forget to serve one of these: Karak Chai, homemade cappuccino, dalgona coffee.

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    Toast with egg in the middle

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    It's so simple and easy to make an egg in a hole and hardly takes 5 minutes to prepare the egg toast. Whenever I want to have something quick for breakfast, I make this as it's quick to make and easy to have.

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    5 from 3 votes

    Best Egg in a Hole Recipe

    It will hardly take 5 minutes to make egg in a hole recipe only with 3 ingredients. Incredibly delicious and best idea to prepare toast with egg in the middle.
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine American, International
    Keyword egg in a hole, egg in a hole recipe
    Prep Time 1 minute minute
    Cook Time 2 minutes minutes
    Total Time 3 minutes minutes
    Servings 1 Person
    Calories 225kcal
    Author Hinz

    Equipment

    • Frying Pan

    Ingredients

    • 1 Toast White bread, Brown bread, baguette, Sour dough bread
    • 1 Egg
    • 1 teaspoon Butter
    • 1 Pinch Salt
    • 1 Pinch Black Pepper
    • 1 Pinch Paprika (Optional)

    Instructions

    Prepare Bread Toast

    • Taka a bread slice /toast and make a hole from the middle using knife and take out the bread part.

    Toasting & Cooking Egg

    • In a frying pan, add butter and heat it up
    • Toast the bread slice from both sides.
    • Now in a middle pour an egg.
    • Cook on low heat as per the taste.
      Make it poached, hard and scrambled.
    • Cover with lid to cook from upside with pan steam.

    Seasoning

    • Sprinkle salt, black pepper and paprika.

    Video

    Notes

    • It's a choice to toast the bread slice before adding egg.
    • If you want an egg with running yolk then cook on low heat from one side.
    • To make a hard egg, cook from both sides. 
    • You have an option to place a cutting portion of bread to keep over the bread to make a sandwich. (Toast it before making a sandwich)
    • You can also add cheese at the top of the egg. 

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 225kcal

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    1. Hinz

      June 28, 2021 at 8:30 am

      5 stars
      Did you try egg in a hole? Here I made it and captured a video to share recipe with my lovely readers. I am so happy to make this recipe and given me choice to eat egg and bread in different way.

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