Breakfast

Avocado and Egg with Fresh Thyme

A super-simple breakfast of creamy avocado topped with a soft egg and fresh garden thyme. Splash on some hot sauce if you like!

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Creamy avocado with a soft runny egg on top

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It's been swell seeing monstrous displays of avocados every time I walk in a grocery store. Long may it last but I know by fall, the displays will shrink and I'll have to make do with the smaller fruit. The California avocado season will be complete and I'll be sad.

Creamy avocado with a soft runny egg on top

But until then I can still make crazy easy recipes like this one. Sliced creamy avocado with a runny egg on top and seasoned with some salt, black pepper and fresh thyme from the garden.

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Creamy avocado with a soft runny egg on top
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Recipe

Creamy avocado with a soft runny egg on top

Course:
Breakfast
COOKing TIME:
5 minutes
Total TIME:
13 minutes
CUISINE:
American
PREP TIME:
8 minutes
SERVINGS:
1

Ingredients

  • 1 ripe avocado
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Sea salt and cracked black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
  • Hot sauce (optional)

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Instructions

  1. Slice the avocado and lay it shingled on a plate.
  2. Heat a small non stick pan over a medium flame and add the olive oil.
  3. When the oil is hot crack the egg into the pan.
  4. Cook the egg until the white is firm and the yolk is still soft but not wobbly. You can cook it longer if you prefer your eggs firmer.
  5. Lay the egg on top of the avocado and season with the salt and pepper.
  6. Sprinkle the thyme over the egg.
  7. Add the hot sauce if desired and serve at once as is or with some really good toasted bread.

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