Soft Boiled Egg & Soldiers
Classic dippy egg with buttered toast soldiers.
Ready in
About 10 min · 2 min prep + 8 min cook
Safe favourite
breakfast
Texture
SoftCrispySeparate foods
Ingredients
- Eggs
- Bread
- Butter
Step-by-step
- 1Bring a small pan of water to a gentle boil.
- 2Lower in eggs and cook exactly 5 min for runny yolks.
- 3Meanwhile toast and butter 2 slices of bread.
- 4Slice toast into long fingers (soldiers).
- 5Sit egg in an egg cup, crack the top, and serve with soldiers for dipping.
Adapt for a picky eater
- ·Make it milder: skip strong spices, herbs and onions — keep salt, butter or a touch of cheese instead.
- ·Swap an ingredient: trade anything they avoid for a safe favourite (e.g. cucumber sticks instead of cooked veg).
- ·Keep things separate: serve the parts side by side, not mixed — sauce on the side.
- ·Simplify: a smaller portion of just two or three familiar parts of the dish is a win.