Avocado Toast with Egg
Updated May 26, 2025
Quick and easy Avocado Toast with Egg 4 ways - fried, scrambled, boiled and poached. It’s a simple healthy protein-packed breakfast or snack!
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4 Ways to Make Avocado Toast!
I eat avocado toast with eggs probably 3-4 times a week. There’s just something about the combination of toasted bread, mashed avocado and eggs that is so satisfying and filling. Because I eat this so often, I switch up the eggs to make it fried, scrambled, poached and boiled so it always feels like something new.
What I love about this recipe is that it’s a healthy protein-packed breakfast that’s ready in under 10 minutes. I love that it’s a well rounded meal made with some good carbs (whole wheat bread), good protein (eggs) and good fats (avocado!).
In this post I’m going to show you how I make my avocado toast with egg, so you never have to spend $14 buying it at a restaurant. And I’ll show my technique for fried eggs, scrambled eggs, boiled eggs and poached eggs to top your avocado toast! It makes for a great breakfast, snack or light meal!
Avocado Toast with Egg Ingredients
- Bread: You can use any bread you like for these recipes. I like to use whole grain or sourdough bread to get some more goodness in.
- Avocado: Look for ripe avocados, which will mash easier and add more flavor.
- Eggs: Use whatever eggs you like to use. The recipes for each of the methods are for 2 eggs, but the directions still apply for multiple eggs.
- Seasonings: Salt and pepper, added to taste.
- Additions: Depending how you choose to cook your eggs, you may need a little butter, olive oil or some vinegar to poach your eggs.
How to Make Avocado Toast with Eggs – 4 Ways
Avocado Toast with Egg
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Ingredients
- ½ small avocado seeded and peeled
- 2 slices bread of choice
- 2 large eggs
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or butter if desired
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar for poached method
Instructions
- Toast the bread in a toaster until golden and crispy, place the quarter avocado over the toast, slice it and mash it on top of the toast. Top with eggs of choice, and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- For fried eggs: Heat olive oil or butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Break the egg onto the skillet and immediately reduce the heat to low. Cook uncovered until whites are completely set and yolks are thickened to your liking, about 5-7 minutes.
- For scrambled eggs: Heat olive oil or butter in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Whisk the egg in a small bowl, then carefully pour into the center of the pan. When the edges start to set, start to gently fold the eggs until the eggs are cooked through, about 2-3 minutes.
- For boiled eggs: Place the egg in a saucepan. Pour cool water over the egg until fully submerged. Bring the water to a rolling boil, then reduce the heat to low and cook according to the desired doneness: 4 minutes for SOFT boiled; 6 minutes for MEDIUM boiled; 12 minutes for HARD boiled. Prepare a bowl of ice water. Transfer the cooked eggs to the ice water to cool completely before peeling.
- For poached eggs: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Crack one egg into a small bowl. Stir vinegar into the water and create a vortex with the boiling water. Lower the heat so the water creates a rolling boil at the bottom of the pot. Then, carefully add the egg to the middle of the pot and cook for 3-4 minutes, according to desired doneness. Remove the egg with a slotted spoon.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.
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Recipe Variations
- Cheese: Add a little crumbled feta cheese, goat cheese or blue cheese on top of the avocado or eggs and it makes for such a great combo! Other cheese options could be shaved parmesan or pecorino or even cream cheese or ricotta spread underneath the avocado.
- Veggies: You can do some sliced cherry tomatoes or sun-dried tomatoes, cucumber, roasted red peppers or sautéed mushrooms, pickled red onions or radishes. You can even try adding homemade salsa or pico de gallo on top of your avocado toast with eggs.
- Greens: Add fresh arugula, spinach, or microgreens. Or try some add sauteed spinach or sauteed kale especially if you’re already using a frying pan to fry or scramble the eggs.
- Herbs & Spices: Fresh basil, cilantro, parsley, or dill work well with avocado toast. Or try red pepper flakes, or cayenne for a spicy kick. I also really love adding Everything bagel seasoning or za’atar.
- Condiments: Drizzle of hot honey, balsamic glaze, or sriracha, chili oil, tahini or hummus spread under the avocado
Recipe Tips
- Pick ripe avocados. It all comes down to the avocados. Try to find an avocado that’s ripe, but not over-ripe. You’ll know it’s ripe if you gently squeeze the avocado with the palm of your hands and it yields a little. Don’t use your fingertips because that might bruise it.
- Use thick-sliced bread and toast it. It’s best to buy good bread that’s strong enough to hold the avocado and eggs and other toppings you might like to add. Use something that offers a sturdy base like a thick multi-grain bread.
- Mash the avocado with add-ins for more flavor. You can add lemon or lime juice with salt and pepper. You can also add fresh herbs like cilantro, parsley or basil and spices like crushed red pepper, cumin or paprika. It’s almost like a very simple guacamole ready to be spread on toast.
- Enjoy your avocado toast as soon as you make it. Avocado can brown very quickly once it’s cut open, so it’s best to use it right away. Check out my tips below though in the FAQ section if you absolutely must store it.
FAQs
I recommend just keeping everything separate and assembling the bread, avocado and eggs right before you eat. If you have to store it though, remove the egg to store on its own, squeeze some lemon or lime juice over the avocado on the bread and tightly wrap it with a saran wrap to help reduce the browning. Some browning is fine but you can scrape some of it off or still enjoy it the next day.
There are some methods for ripening an avocado faster like leaving it at room temperature or storing it in a paper bag. Check out this post for more ways to ripen an avocado.
Comments
thanks for the recipe! tried this with poached eggs for the 1st time and it was pretty good 😋 only wish I knew how to make the egg look nicer
Yay, so happy you liked it!! Poached eggs are tough but they’ll get easier (and prettier) with practice!
looks yummy would definitely try it. I searched for some breakfast recipes that includes egg took me by surprise that egg rates have been on a real hike in my city. 1 dozen eggs and 1 kg chicken are almost of same price now. let’s see what happens next
Thoroughly enjoyed avocado egg toast, I added cayenne pepper to the scrambled egg.
I love that idea! Spice is always a nice addition.
This avocado egg toast was simple to make and delicious!
I added a dribble of serano sauce and salt and pepper. I plan to eat this several times a week for breakfast.
So glad you liked it, Ealish!
I love avocado toast in each of those ways!
This morning I had it with fried eggs
Yum !
I do hard boiled eggs or scrambled eggs or poached eggs too !
Sometimes I make avocado toast with just fresh tomato slices on top of the avocado too ! Salt/pepper !
Most of the time I eat it on a plate
with a fork/ knife because the egg yoke runs ! Just the way I like it!
Yum yum yummy !
Thank you so much, Pat!
This recipe w/fried egg is simple, delicious nutrition in less than 10mins. The instruction for cooking a fried egg gave me five minutes to spare and the perfect fried egg…thank you, Yumna! *I added korean red pepper and sriracha 🙂
Thank you so much! That’s perfect. I love the sound of those toppings!
Hi Yumna, I absolutely love your recipe.
Thank you so much!
eggs should be immersed in water when the water is already boiling not cold! why do all americans make the same mistake? same with pasta! all this is unwatchable by Italian! 🙄
I haven’t noticed a different doing that versus what I do!
If you are referring to cooking hard-boiled eggs, not all, but definitely most people, prefer to add eggs to cold water, since they are already cold from the fridge and so they don’t crack and leak out into the water when they are thermo-shocked by emersing them (even when done gently), into the boiling water. You simply bring the cold water and cold eggs to a steady, gentle boil, and continue boiling for 10-12 minutes, depending on how firm you like them. This is a no-risk, no-waste, fail-proof method that makes the perfect, yolk-set, hard-boiled egg every single time.
Dropping refrigerated eggs into boiling water may crack the egg shell. In the US, by law, eggs are required to be washed which removes a protective cuticle. This requires refrigeration. European countries don’t wash eggs so they can be kept at room temperature.
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