Quick Poached Egg & Garlic Spinach Bagel is the perfect breakfast or brunch! A quick, nutritious and tasty dish that you’ll want to make again and again it’s so good!
Last week, Fab Food 4 All turned 7, so to mark the occasion, I treated myself to a new camera – the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.
Not being the most technically-minded person, I was a little nervous about getting to know my new camera.
So with a little help from hubby, who is a tech whizz, I decided to jump in the deep end and re-shoot my Quick Poached Egg & Garlic Spinach Bagel recipe.
I think there’s a manual in the box, but I’m terrible at taking in written instructions, so I haven’t even looked!
The joy was being able to see my photos in a live view on my laptop and take them with my laptop. I’m really impressed with the quality of the pictures so far and can’t wait to get to know this camera better!
But that’s enough about my new camera, let’s get back to the original write-up for Quick Poached Egg & Garlic Spinach Bagel, which has become a favourite here!
The only change to the recipe I’ve made is the inclusion of a grinding of dried red chilli and garlic.
If you can find a chilli & garlic grinder, it marries so well with this dish; otherwise, just use freshly ground black pepper.
Having had a very long lie-in on Saturday (along with my daughter), I knew that a healthy brunch was called for!
Spying 2 bags of baby leaf spinach that needed to be used up, I had an idea loosely based on something my mum used to serve, which was spinach in a white sauce with a poached egg on toast. As a kid, I loathed this dish, but I’d love it now!
However, I didn’t have the patience to make a white sauce as it was getting late.
Instead, I decided to wilt the spinach down with some garlic, oil and seasoning and then top with a poached egg on a bagel.
My daughter, who usually avoids steamed spinach, was tucking into her Quick Poached Egg & Garlic Spinach Bagel like there was no tomorrow.
The compliments were flying from my son and hubby, too. It was a lush and healthy brunch.
We enjoyed it so much that we had it again the following day.
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What’s your favourite healthy brunch? Do let me know in the comments below!
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Quick Poached Egg & Garlic Spinach Bagel
Ingredients
- 4 bagels toasted & buttered
- 4 eggs
- splash of white distilled vinegar
- 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 4 large garlic cloves crushed
- 800 g baby leaf spinach
- freshly ground salt & pepper
- dried red chilli & garlic (from a grinder)
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a wok and gently fry the crushed garlic for a minute without colouring.
- Add the spinach and seasoning, tossing in the garlic oil.
- Put a lid on the pan to allow the leaves to wilt, removing a couple of times to toss the leaves (particularly if using spinach not baby leaf spinach).
- Meanwhile poach your eggs by filling a small frying pan with boiling water from the kettle and a splash of vinegar.
- Crack you eggs one at a time into a ramekin.
- Gently lower the ramekin into the boiling water tipping out the egg, and as you lift the ramekin back out sweep it up and back over the egg to keep it a nice shape.
- Time for 3 minutes for a yolk with a runny middle (or to your preference).
- Once the spinach has wilted (takes a few minutes) turn up the heat and fry for a couple of minutes (the baby leaves tend to release a lot of water so just squeeze on the edge of the pan before serving).
- The eggs once ready should be placed with a slotted spoon onto a plate lined with a couple of sheets of kitchen towel to absorb the water.
- Divide the spinach into 4 and use a slotted spoon to serve onto the bagels, followed by the egg and bagel lid.
- Finish with a grinding of dried red chilli and garlic.
Corina Blum
Getting a new camera is always so exciting! These eggs look so tasty too – might tempt me to make easy poached eggs for lunch today!
Camilla
Thanks Corina, still getting to know it, so much to learn:-)
Sisley White
Poached egg and garlic yes please! I can’t wait to have this at the weekend.
Camilla
Excellent Sisley, we love it here:-)
Jenny Paulin
This looks stunning and what a lovely healthy breakfast or lunch this would make. infect supper or brunch too! such a versatile dish. Thank you for including a link to my recipe 🙂 x
Camilla
Thank you Jenny, it’s a firm favourite here:-)
Sarah | Well and Full
I just got a Canon Mark series camera too! I’m still learning the ropes but it’s been great so far 🙂 Also, this bagel looks DELISH!!
Camilla
Fabulous, I’m excited to get to know it better but very impressed so far:-) And thanks, we’ve had this so many times:-)
Robert Price
I’m a garlic nut, this is for me!
Camilla
We had it again today for lunch, love this dish:-)
Margaret Gallagher
A delight – perfect for a weekend treat
Camilla
Thank you Margaret:-)
Sharon Jackson
Love this, so quick & easy when your in a rush, it looks beautiful & delicious 🙂
Camilla
Thank you Sharon:-)
Sharon
This sounds like an excellent alternative to a plain old flat egg in a bun to me, yummy 🙂
Lisa Williams
Delicous 🙂 I have a feeling this is going to be a new brunch/lunch staple for me – thank you !
Camilla
Thanks, it’s become ours:-)
Karen Gray
I’m a bit fussy about what I like to eat for breakfast and this sounds delicious. This will be going on the menu.
Camilla
Brilliant:-)
Kaci Soderstrom
Never thought to put a bagel with a poached egg before, but I love this combo! I even love the spinach. Mmm might have to try this one.
Camilla
Great Kaci, glad to have inspired:-)
Christina @ Christina's Cucina
This looks wonderful, Camilla! My family LOVES spinach! Sharing on my FB page in a couple of hours! 🙂
Camilla
Aaw thank you Christina that’s so kind:-)
ELLEN DARLINGTON
I love this recipe its so easy & quick to make!
Camilla
Thank you Ellen, I try to keep all my recipes simple and quick:-)
April J Harris
What a lovely, healthy breakfast! My family will love this!
Camilla
Thanks April, I’m sure they will:-)
Lindsey Stuart
This sounds lovely, I must try to make it
Garlic is one of my favourite flavours
thankyou for sharing with us
Camilla
Thanks Lindsey, hope you get to try it, so good!:-)
Stuart Vettese
Thank you so much for joining in with Club Sandwich Camilla. An inspired combination of flavours in the bagel.
Camilla
Thanks Stuart, it was lush and will be a regular here from now on:=)
Leila Benhamida
Light and very filling, full of flavours.
Jane GUTHRIE-TATE
Lovely, fresh, filling NOT stodgy. Brill!!!
Camilla
Thanks Jane:-)
Martina Evans
This would be brilliant for a weekend brunch – I love eggs and bagels. Thank you for another great recipe!
Camilla
Thanks Martina, it’s going to be a regular here now;-)
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche
LOVE poached eggs, I need to make them more often! This looks like such a lovely way to serve them, bagels are one of my favourite kinds of bread.
Camilla
I’ve only recently got into bagels as they often have them for 1p at the end of the day so this is going to be a regular from now on:-)
Kate @ Veggie Desserts
Spinach and eggs are such a wonderful match. This sounds lovely and thanks for entering the No Waste Food Challenge!
Camilla
Thanks Kate:-)
Kavey
A classic combo, looks like the perfect weekend brunch!
Camilla
Thanks Kavey, this is going to be a regular here now:-)
Whitni @ A Cookie & A Kiss
I love poached eggs! So yummy. This bagel seriously looks amazing!
Camilla
Thanks Whitni, it was delicious:-)
Sarah
Omg spinach in garlic oil – I would take that over a white wine sauce any day! Normally I would toast bagels and spread with almond butter and sliced banana or just with a fried egg, but this sounds super tasty for brunch.
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, we don’t have bagels very often but this was a fab way to have them:-)
Urvashi
I do love bagels but my favourite quick brunch would be a masala omelette!
Camilla
I’ve never had a masala ooelette but I’m sure my boys would love that!
Janie
I saw this pic on IG this morning and it made my tummy growl! Look divine 🙂
Janie x
Camilla
Thanks Janie, it was it’s popularity on Instagram the other day which made me think I should post it so hence just one shot as was taken with my phone LOL!
Dom
this is literally like one of my most favourite things to eat… so delightful and a perfect Saturday brunch. Thanks so much for linking to Simply Eggcellent x
Camilla
Thanks Dom, yes you can’t beat spinach and eggs:-)
Heather Haigh
This would be perfect for breakfast or brunch.
Camilla
It certainly would be Heather:-)
Paul Wilson
Looks great.
Camilla
Thanks Paul:-)
Patty Haxton Anderson
What can I say about this? The egg is poached beautifully and I would love this at breakfast!
Camilla
Thank you so much Patty:-)
peter @feedyoursoultoo
Simple but tasty offering.
Camilla
Thanks Peter:-)
Lindy
I love eggs and I love bagels- perfect meal!
Camilla
Excellent Lindy, glad you like it:-)