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pretender eggs benedict with asparagus, bacon, ham, and swiss cheese

★★★★★ 9
a recipe by
Jane Whittaker
Massena (now in FL), NY

If you want to make your own Hollandise sauce, go ahead, but I was feeling frisky this AM and used a packet of Knorr Holandaise sauce mix instead.

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I made this for my husband one morning and he couldn't stop raving! This is a wonderful "cheat" that makes for a terrific presentation.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
★★★★★ 9
serves 4
prep time 30 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Microwave

Ingredients For pretender eggs benedict with asparagus, bacon, ham, and swiss cheese

  • 2 md
    english muffins, split in 2, and buttered
  • 4 slice
    swiss cheese, thinly sliced
  • 4 slice
    bacon, fried crisp, and put on paper towels to drain
  • 4 oz
    ham, sliced thin, deli ham is good for this
  • 4 lg
    eggs, beaten
  • 4 tsp
    cream
  • 1/2 tsp
    each salt and pepper
  • 12 md
    spears cooked asparagus. you will want the spear ends here, cut into 2 inches long
  • 1 pkg
    knorr hollandaise sauce
  • 1 c
    milk
  • 1/4 c
    butter

How To Make pretender eggs benedict with asparagus, bacon, ham, and swiss cheese

  • 1
    You will need to have something to cook the eggs in the microwave in that make them a perfect size for the muffins. I bought mine at Wally World. They are plastic, and open up on a hinge.
  • 2
    Split muffins and toast to your liking, butter them.
  • 3
    Put one slice of Swiss on each muffin, break the bacon in 3 pieces, put on Swiss, put one slice of ham on top of the bacon.
  • 4
    Spray the container you are going to cook your eggs in with non stick spray.
  • 5
    Put one egg in each container, and whip, add 1 teaspoon cream to each egg and whip. Put 3 cut spears of asparagus on top, salt and pepper
  • 6
    Put each egg in microwave and cook 1 minute.
  • 7
    Meanwhile make Hollandaise to package directions using the 1 cup milk and 1/4 cup butter.
  • 8
    Place each egg on each muffin, and cover with Hollandaise.

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