Eggy Bread Recipe
Looking for a simple and savoury breakfast? You can’t beat a serving of Eggy Bread. It’s quick, easy but totally delicious on its own or with your favourite sides.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 4 Eggs Medium, free range
- 300 ml Milk
- 80 g Butter For frying
- 8 Slices of thick white bread
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
For serving:
- Bacon, mushrooms, ketchup, tomatoes etc
Instructions
- Make the eggy mixture: Whisk the eggs and milk together, along with a pinch of salt and pepper, in a wide bowl or baking tray.
- Melt the butter: Heat half of the butter in a large frying pan over a medium high heat.
- Fry: Place the slices of bread in the egg mixture for a few seconds on each side, then place in the pan.
- Flip over, add more butter: Cook for 30 seconds or so until crispy and golden, then carefully flip and cook on the other side. Add the rest of the butter when you flip the slices over. (If your pan isn’t big enough for all the slices at once, cook them in batches, only soaking the bread just before you fry it.)
- Serve with or without toppings: Serve hot with your favourite savoury breakfast ingredients.
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Notes
Type of bread: You can swap the white bread for any kind of sliced bread. If you want to make this a sweeter dish (à la French Toast!) you could add vanilla and cinnamon to the mixture.
Use up stale bread: If you have some bread in the cupboard that’s past its best, turn it into Eggy Bread! This is the perfect way to stop it from going to waste. The slices might just need a little extra soaking time if they’re a little hard.
How to get crispy Eggy Bread: To make sure it’s fluffy and crispy, don’t oversoak the bread. If your pan isn’t big enough for all the slices at once, cook them in batches and only soak the bread just before you fry it.
Storing: Eggy Bread is at its best when freshly made.
Nutritional value: These calculations do not include the toppings.
Nutrition
Calories: 386kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 209mg | Sodium: 488mg | Potassium: 274mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 897IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 202mg | Iron: 3mg