Egg in the basket facts for kids
Egg in the basket with a "hat" or "lid"
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| Place of origin | England |
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| Main ingredients | Bread, eggs |
Egg in the basket is a super fun and tasty breakfast or brunch dish. It's basically an egg cooked right inside a hole cut out of a slice of bread. People call it by many different names, which makes it even more interesting!
How to Make Egg in the Basket
This dish is quite simple to make. You start with a slice of bread.
- First, you cut a hole in the middle of the bread. You can use a cookie cutter or a glass to make a round hole. Some people prefer a square hole.
- Next, you can spread some butter or margarine on the bread.
- Then, you place the bread in a hot pan with a little cooking oil or butter.
- Once the bread is warming up, you crack an egg right into the hole.
- The egg and bread cook together in the pan. You can flip the bread to make sure both sides get golden brown.
- The little piece of bread you cut out (the "hat" or "lid") can also be toasted alongside the main piece. It's great for dipping into the runny yolk!
- Sometimes, people use a waffle or a bagel instead of a regular slice of bread, as long as it has a big enough hole.
Fun Names and Pop Culture Appearances
This simple dish has many different names around the world! Some popular ones include "bullseye eggs," "eggs in a frame," "egg in a hole," "eggs in a nest," "one-eyed Jack," and "pirate's eye." Sometimes, people even call it "toad in the hole," but that name usually means sausages baked in a special batter.
You might have seen "Egg in the basket" in movies and TV shows too!
- In the 1935 film Mary Jane's Pa, an actor named Guy Kibbee makes the dish and calls it a "one-eyed Egyptian sandwich."
- Actress Betty Grable also made a version of it in the 1941 movie Moon Over Miami.
- In the 2005 film V for Vendetta, characters played by Hugo Weaving and Stephen Fry prepare it. Stephen Fry's character calls it "eggy in the basket."
- It has also appeared in other films like Moonstruck (1987) and The Meddler (2016).
On television, this dish has popped up in many shows:
- In a 1987 episode of Sledge Hammer!, the main character even shoots a hole in the bread with his revolver!
- In a 1996 episode of Friends, Joey Tribbiani calls it "eggs with the bread with the hole in the middle, à la me!"
- It was made with Hawaiian bread in a 2016 episode of Lucifer.
- Other TV shows where you can spot this dish include Frasier (1993), Once Upon A Time (2013), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019), Atypical (2019), Search Party (2022), and Resident Alien (2022).
Even famous author Roald Dahl loved this dish! He often wrote about how much he enjoyed "hot-house eggs," which was his special name for it.
See also
In Spanish: Egg in the basket para niños
