Why eat your fried egg on a bagel when you can have an egg in your bagel? The geography of a bagel, after all, is perfectly-suited for an egg-in-the-hole, unlike toast, which requires you to awkwardly cut a circle out of it. Not to mention that a bagel already offers so much more than toast — seeds and dried onion, and a soft, yeasty crumb — and of course, it’s empty center.
The instructions are pretty simple: simply slice the bagel in half, cut the hole a little larger if you want, and place the bagel flat side down on a well-buttered pan. Then, crack an egg, swiftly slide it into the center of the bagel, and cover for a few minutes to cook.
The recipe that started it all is the Egg in a Bagel Hole, which was posted by Ali Slagle on Food 52. The ones below offer tantalizing visuals (yolk porn is a thing) and a few avocado variations. I don’t know about you, but I’m suddenly becoming a morning person just thinking about it.
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Egg in Bagel Hole, from Food 52
Bagel in a Hole with Smashed Avocado, from Well Plated
Egg in a Bagel Hole, from The Daily Meal
Egg in a Hole Breakfast Sandwich from Salty Canary (omit bacon)
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