Breakfast

Avocado Eggs Benedict

Name: Avocado Eggs Benedict
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 English muffins, split and toasted; 1 ripe avocado, mashed; 4 eggs; 1 tbsp white vinegar; 100 g hollandaise sauce; Salt, pepper and chilli flakes, to taste

Serves 2 Prep 15 mins Cook 10 mins Total 25 mins

Here is our working avocado eggs benedict for Scoops & Dishes: no doorway fluff, just a cookable page with Australian metric detail and notes that prevent the usual failures. Serves 2 with about 15 mins prep and 10 mins cook time (around 25 mins total). That is a home estimate — ovens and pans vary, so use colour and texture as well as the clock. Shop first for English muffins, ripe avocado and eggs; those ingredients do the heavy lifting for flavour and texture, while the rest of the list seasons, binds, or finishes the plate. Use it for weekday mornings, lazy weekends, and anything in between, then plate it hot with a coffee or tea on the side. Scale the batch up for guests or keep it to one pan for a quiet solo breakfast. Metric spoons here mean a 20 ml tablespoon and a 5 ml teaspoon. We write breakfast recipes so you can cook from your phone on the bench: large checkable ingredients, numbered steps, and notes you can skim while the pan heats.

Ingredients

2 English muffins, split and toasted
1 ripe avocado, mashed
4 eggs
1 tbsp white vinegar
100 g hollandaise sauce
Salt, pepper and chilli flakes, to taste

Method

Bring a pan of water to a gentle simmer, add vinegar. Poach eggs 3–4 minutes.
Spread avocado on muffins. Top with poached eggs.
Spoon over hollandaise. Season with salt, pepper and chilli flakes.

Tip: Create a whirlpool in the water before cracking eggs for neater poaches.

Notes

Putting it together for Avocado Eggs Benedict: work clean, taste as you go, and do not rush browning or reduction steps if they appear in the method. If you are cooking for mixed diets, plate sauces and toppings separately where practical. Keep this page bookmarked if it becomes a household regular — we update wording when cooks report a confusing step. Metric consistency across Scoops & Dishes means once you trust the cups and scales here, breakfast through dessert behaves the same way.
Serving ideas without fluff: plate it hot with a coffee or tea on the side. Keep accompaniments simple so the dish stays the hero — a green salad, steamed veg, rice, mash, or crusty bread depending on the style. Metric measures stay consistent across Scoops & Dishes, so once you trust the cups and scales here, the rest of the site cooks the same way.
From our tested tip, expanded: Create a whirlpool in the water before cracking eggs for neater poaches. Treat that as the non-negotiable. If something still feels off — too wet, too pale, too tight — adjust one variable at a time (heat, liquid, or bake time) rather than changing three things at once.
Shopping and mise en place: read the full ingredient list once before you start. For Avocado Eggs Benedict, English muffins and ripe avocado are the items that decide whether the dish tastes flat or properly seasoned. Weigh where grams are given — volume cups are fine for liquids and some dry goods, but baking ratios are tighter if you use scales. Australian cups are 250 ml; a tablespoon is 20 ml and a teaspoon is 5 ml.