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• Eggs Benedict is a breakfast dish made with a two toasted English muffin halves, a slice of Canadian bacon or ham, one poached egg, and covered with Hollandaise sauce.

• Fast Facts

  1. April 16: National Eggs Benedict Day
  2. Created by Lemuel Benedict in 1894 while dinning at the Old Waldorf Hotel in New York
  3. Can be made with scrambled eggs

• Variations

  1. Seafood Benedict: Replace the bacon with crab, shrimp, lobster or scallops
  2. Eggs Florentine: Replace the ham with spinach, cover in Mornay Sauce
  3. Eggs Hussarde: Replace English muffins with Holland rusks and add Marchand de Vin sauce
  4. Salmon Benedict, also known as Eggs Pacifica, Eggs Montreal, Eggs Royal or Eggs Royale: Replace bacon with smoked salmon
  5. Pacific Northwest Eggs Benedict: Two Poached eggs, Alaskan Smoked Salmon on a Toasted English muffin Covered with Hollandaise Sauce
  6. Artichoke Benedict:Replace the English muffin with a hollowed out artichoke
  7. Country Benedict: Replace the English muffin, ham, and hollandaise sauce with a biscuit, sausage patties, and country gravy
  8. Irish Benedict: Replace the ham with corned beef hash or Irish bacon
  9. Eggs Chesapeake: Replace the bacon with crab cakes
  10. Veggie Benedict: Replace the bacon with avocado and tomato

  Other variations:

  1. Slices of toasted bread can be used in place of the traditional English muffin
  2. Eggs can be cooked any way you like

• Related Mahalo Pages

  How to Make Hollandaise Sauce | How to Make Scrambled Eggs | Omelets | How to Fry an Egg | English Muffin | Ham | Bacon | How to Make the Perfect Omelet | Butter | Cheese | Hollandaise Sauce | Egg McMuffin | Muffins

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