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Soft-boiled egg, bacon & watercress salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Soft-boiled egg, bacon & watercress salad

9 ingredients 10 min + 5 min Serves 2 openrecipes
Soft-boiled egg, bacon & watercress salad

Crispy bacon and a perfectly cooked egg with oozing yellow yolk is a brunch staple - this version teams it with watercress

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

687
Calories
28g
Protein
11g
Fat
116g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Sourdough 1 slice (36g) 93
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Chive 1 tbsp (3g) 1
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs , at room temperature
  • 1 shallot , very finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 heaped tsp wholegrain mustard
  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • handful chives , snipped (optional)
  • 4 thick rashers streaky smoked dry-cured bacon
  • 2 slices good white crusty bread (ideally sourdough)
  • 2 good handfuls British watercress , thick stems removed

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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