Easy Eggs Benedict Recipe

Name: Easy Eggs Benedict Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 3 English Muffins (cut in half); 6 slices Canadian Bacon (or cooked bacon or ham slices); 6 large eggs; easy blender hollandaise sauce

Robyn Stone

on Jan 07, 2013, Updated Nov 19, 2024

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This Easy Eggs Benedict recipe is delicious for breakfast or brunch and simple to make! Toasted English muffins are topped with Canadian bacon and poached eggs and drizzled with my quick hollandaise sauce. Make it at home in minutes with my simple method with no fuss!

Toasted English muffins topped with Canadian bacon and poached eggs and drizzled with hollandaise sauce, all on a white plate.

Eggs Benedict is one of my favorite breakfasts. I created a simplified version to make it at home in minutes without long or complicated steps. It’s so tasty and easy to make that I have declared it the best Eggs Benedict recipe ever!

Yum!! Made today and so good and super easy-takes the intimidation of poaching away! Making in large quantities with this cooking method would be a breeze!
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Photo of ingredients needed to make Eggs Benedict: Canadian Bacon, Eggs, English Muffins, Hollandaise Sauce all on a marble surface and wooden cutting board.

Eggs Benedict Ingredients

Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full listing of ingredients, instructions, notes, and estimated nutritional information.

Canadian Bacon – Traditionally, Canadian bacon is used, but you can also use cooked ham or bacon in my recipe.

English Muffins – Split the muffins in half and butter before toasting in the oven.

Eggs – You’ll use six large eggs for this recipe.

Hollandaise Sauce – This easy sauce comes together in 5 minutes in the blender with just 5 ingredients.

Recipe Tips

Make as many or as few as you need with this updated method!
Use my easiest-ever method to cook eggs! There’s no need for the time-consuming simmering water to poach eggs. See my muffin tin method in the recipe instructions.
Make the easy hollandaise sauce in about 5 minutes! Whip it together while the eggs are in the oven.

How to Make Easy Eggs Benedict

My easy recipe simplifies how Eggs Benedict is made so that every home cook can enjoy making them anytime. This updated method is so easy to make at home now, so you don’t have to wait for a restaurant brunch to enjoy it! You may also want to try my Eggs Benedict with Asparagus too.

Six slices of Canadian bacon are on a wire rack fitted baking sheet.

Cook the bacon – Place the Canadian bacon (or ham) onto a wire rack placed onto a baking sheet and bake until browned, about 15 minutes. (See How to Cook Bacon in the Oven if you wish to use standard bacon.)

Muffin tin with each hole holding a raw egg.

Cook Eggs in the Oven – Rather than poaching eggs over a low simmer on the stovetop, I use my oven. Simply add water to each cup of a muffin pan, and then add your egg. Place your muffin pan filled with eggs into the oven during the last few minutes of the cooking time for your Canadian bacon. This little secret saves so much time, and the eggs turn out perfectly every time!

Baking sheet with buttered halves of English muffins.

Toast the English Muffins – Put the buttered English Muffins into the bottom rack of the oven at the same time as the eggs.

Plate with eggs benedict topped with hollandaise sauce.

Make Blender Hollandaise Sauce – Use my easy blender hollandaise sauce recipe to make the hollandaise sauce while the bacon, eggs, and toast are cooking. It will whip up easily in the blender in about 5 minutes.

Eggs benedict with soft poached egg and hollandaise sauce.

Assemble the Eggs Benedict – Place toasted English muffin on a plate and top each with Canadian bacon. Use a silicone spatula to gently remove a poached egg from the muffin tin and drain each on a paper towel to remove any excess water before layering onto top of the bacon. Then drizzle the top of the assembled eggs benedict with hollandaise sauce. Serve warm.

Make Eggs Benedict for a Crowd

This updated method is perfect for serving Eggs Benedict to larger crowds.

The recipe is for six people but can easily be adjusted to serve more.

If you look at the photo of my eggs in the muffin tin and the buttered English muffins on the baking sheet, you’ll likely notice that I even doubled my recipe when I made them! Even though an eggs benedict brunch or breakfast is so special, it can be so simple using my recipe!

It is so easy that I feel like I’m cheating when I serve it.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is in eggs benedict?

Traditional eggs benedict is made with buttered, toasted English muffins topped with Canadian bacon and poached eggs, all topped with hollandaise sauce.

Can I substitute something for Canadian bacon in eggs benedict?

Bacon or ham are both delicious substitutes for Canadian bacon in eggs benedict.

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Eggs Benedict Recipe - Toasted English muffins topped with ham, bacon, or Canadian-style bacon, and poached eggs and then drizzled with hollandaise sauce make this a favorite brunch recipe. // addapinch.com

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