Eggs Benedict

Sunday brunch might be my favorite meal of the week. I love making new dishes and old favorites alike! One of the most requested brunch recipes I make is eggs benedict. A good benedict has a soft English muffin, topped with a poached egg and topped with yummy hollandaise sauce. I make my version with canadian bacon or ham, and the salty-sweet flavor adds a nice punch to the entire recipe. It’s really, really good.

Easy Brunch Recipe

There is no need to be afraid of making this recipe. People are often intimidated by making eggs benedict and for good reason. Poaching eggs and making hollandaise sauce is usually challenging, but not with this recipe! I made this recipe after being inspired by the one from America’s Test Kitchen. It is practically foolproof—you really can’t mess it up. Plus, it still tastes every bit as good as doing it the hard way. No one will ever know your secret and they will think you are a culinary master!

DIY Hollandaise Sauce

Without hollandaise sauce, an eggs benedict would be nothing more than a runny egg on a toasted muffin. The sauce is what elevates this dish and makes it extra yummy. It sounds extra fancy to say you have made your own homemade hollandaise, but it’s surprisingly simple to make. To make the eggs benedict sauce, you will need:

3 egg yolks – you only need the yolks for this recipe. Set aside the egg whites to make a healthy omelet the next morning or even something like this lemon meringue pie.1 cup of melted butter – make sure to use the unsalted butter. The best way to melt it is to chop your butter stick up a bit, then put it in a microwave-safe bowl and heat for 15 seconds at a time. The butter should be warm while making this sauce, so do this when you are ready to make the sauce.Fresh lemon juice – having a touch of acid is important when making the hollandaise. I like using lemon juice but you can also use white vinegar if that’s all you have on hand.

Take your egg yolks and lemon juice, and put them in a blender until they froth, which is about 10 seconds. Then, while your blender is still running, slowly drizzle the warm melted butter in. Add salt and pepper to taste then drizzle your hollandaise all over your egg benedicts. YUM. READ NEXT: 33+ Super Easy Breakfast Ideas

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Easy Pumpkin Waffles

McDonald’s Egg McMuffins (copycat recipe)

Easy Breakfast Casserole

Banana Pancakes

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