Simple Avocado Toast With Egg (Printable)
Creamy mashed avocado on crispy toast topped with a perfectly cooked egg for a quick, satisfying breakfast.
# What You’ll Need:
→ Bread
01 - 2 slices whole grain or sourdough bread
→ Avocado Spread
02 - 1 ripe avocado
03 - 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
04 - Salt and pepper, to taste
→ Eggs
05 - 2 large eggs
→ Optional Toppings
06 - Pinch of red pepper flakes
07 - Fresh herbs (parsley, chives, or cilantro)
08 - Cherry tomatoes or radish slices
# How To Make It:
01 - Toast the bread slices until golden and crisp.
02 - While the bread is toasting, halve the avocado, remove the pit, and scoop the flesh into a bowl. Mash with lemon juice, salt, and pepper until smooth or slightly chunky, as preferred.
03 - In a small nonstick skillet, cook the eggs to your liking (fried, poached, or soft-boiled). Season lightly with salt and pepper.
04 - Spread the mashed avocado evenly over the toasted bread.
05 - Top each toast with a cooked egg.
06 - Garnish with optional toppings like red pepper flakes, chopped fresh herbs, or sliced vegetables. Serve immediately.
# Expert Tips:
01 -
- It takes ten minutes from fridge to plate but feels like you treated yourself to a cafe breakfast.
- The combination of creamy avocado and a runny egg yolk is the kind of thing that makes you pause mid bite and close your eyes.
02 -
- Rubbing a cut garlic clove across the hot toast before adding avocado creates a flavor layer so good it should be illegal to skip.
- The bread needs to be toasted past light golden into genuinely crisp or the weight of toppings will collapse everything into a sad pile.
03 -
- Choose avocados a day ahead and let them ripen on the counter so they are perfectly soft when you need them, not rock hard or past their prime.
- Cooking the egg in the same residual heat as your toast pan saves dishes and the one pan everything tastes better rule applies here too.