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Fried bread with leek and poached egg

Name: Fried bread with leek and poached egg
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 31 min
Yield: 4 slices
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 leek; 4 slices bread; 40 g butter; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 4 poacheds eggs

A slice of fried buttered bread with fried sliced leek, topped with a poached egg. For the best effect, split the egg open just before serving.

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Duration

34 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 31^th 2026

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For 4 slices, you will need:

1 1 leek
2 4 slices bread
3 40 g butter
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 4 poacheds eggs
Total weight: 705 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

25 min.

Cooking

9 min.

All in all

34 min.

Preparation 25 min.

Cooking 9 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 8 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Step 1

Prepare 1 leek, but do not split lengthways. Slice into rounds.

Any leek trimmings can be used in another recipe, such as leek and potato soup.

Step 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Step 2

Trim the crusts off 4 slices bread and cut into shapes, if you wish (I have chosen lozenges here).

Step 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Step 3

Butter the bread on both sides.

Set aside.

Step 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Step 4

Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on medium heat.

When hot, add the sliced leek...

Step 5 - ⌛ 5 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Step 5

...and fry until just lightly browned (not too much).

Salt and pepper after cooking.

Set aside to keep hot.

Step 6 - ⌛ 4 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Step 6

Using the same pan, fry the buttered bread on both sides.

Prepare 4 poacheds eggs.

Step 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Step 7

Heat the plates, then put a slice of fried bread on each one.

Add a layer of sliced leek.

Step 8 - ⌛ 2 min.

Fried bread with leek and poached egg : Step 8

Lay a poached egg on top and serve immediately.

Step 9

For the best effect, split the egg open just before serving, so that some of the yolk runs down over the leek.

Serve with the split in the egg facing the diner.

Remarks

In this recipe, everything can be prepared in advanced , then reheated and assembled at the last minute. But the bread is best fried just beforehand.

Keeping: Should be eaten immediately.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	6 g RDI=8 %	16 g RDI=6 %	14 g RDI=19 %	210 kcal RDI=11 %	879 kJ RDI=11 %
Per slices	10 g RDI=15 %	29 g RDI=11 %	24 g RDI=32 %	368 kcal RDI=18 %	1,542 kJ RDI=18 %
Whole recipe	39 g RDI=60 %	115 g RDI=43 %	95 g RDI=130 %	1,473 kcal RDI=74 %	6,166 kJ RDI=74 %