Just tried this. Personal opinion: for me, in the amounts specified for the sauce recipe, just a bit too much lemon taste over the eggs, overwhelms the taste of the eggs, despite the fact I love the taste of almost all things lemon. I appreciate that it accomplishes what I was hoping for: a version of eggs benny without the messing around making a more complicated benny sauce. If two plates were put in front of me, one with a well prepared true eggs benny and the other one with this dish... I'd eat the eggs benny. And then I'd also eat this dish - it's lemony, it's buttery, it's good; just different. Next time, while the eggs are cooking in the oven I'll mess around with the amounts of butter and fresh lemon juice to see if I can tune the sauce ingredient amounts to something more to my taste. Thanks for developing and sharing this recipe, John.
I made this last night for dinner. It was wonderful....HOW EVER... I turned my back for one second and burned the sauce. I used it anyway. My husband said, "Is this Hollandaise sauce?. I said "Yes", "It's a new recipe". I lied.
Initially I wasn't sold on this 'naked, no hollandaise' malarkey. However, I gave Chef the benefit of the doubt and by the time he got to the lemon-butter sauce, I was no longer unimpressed lol looks pretty good, I must say.
Dude. Literally the only reason I don’t make Benedict more often is the effort involved. You sir, are an absolute genius. Looks like I’ve got my breakfast plans this weekend
That looks great! The best part may be the super simple lemon butter sauce, which would go well with so many dishes. I'm going to make that sauce tonight to go with a nice piece of Mahi Mahi.
I’m one of those weird people who doesn’t like runny or poached eggs so I am definitely doing this. My fiancé loves eggs Benedict so I will take his out a little under done and let mine cook a bit more and make us both some eggs Benedict!
Loved this recipe. I would add asparagus as a side. Maybe some olives too. A little feta cheese on top of the egg when done. So many versions of this would be good. My kind of breakfast;).
Chef I have been using this lemon butter sauce as a short cut for baked Salmon piccata. It is so good. I've fused two of your recipes and added a baked cycle. 😂
This’s one of my favorite dishes. But I always prefer to get it in some restaurant rather than make it at home because I found the hollandaise sauce to be difficult to make and the poaching could get messy. Now I’ll try this at home and see.
@@shaunhall284 you are on a high horse lol!!! Yes, packet mix might not be the same, but you can get packets of Hollandaise and Bernaise sauce at almost any store! Saves time, almost fool proof! And how am I discouraging views???? I only suggested an easy way to make sauce! I actually LOVED the way he made this dish!!! And I am sure his sauce is awesome!!! But for those who want the Hollandaise sauce, a packet is a easy fix!!! Get over yourself!
Finally! A substitute for what I believe is the most redundant sauce you could make. "These fries are good, but they could use a dipping sauce made of more potato." - said no one.
The sauce he makes here is a Burre Blanc, basically. If it breaks on you a splash of half and half or heavy cream will bring it back to an emulsified state
This is eggcellent method! My wife really likes egg benedict and I really want to make it for her, but poaching the eggs and making hollandaise is what turns me off doing it more often. This solves all those annoyances!
to everyone who just started ( like myself ) or been doing it for a while and feel like giving up.... this is a sign to NEVER GIVE UP YOUR RUclips CHANNEL! you got this❤
Thanks Chef!!! Ill modify..pan fry the ham, pan fry/poach the egg in a fry pan with water coverd, and try your sauce idea but will use white wine and water to the pan first then add the butter. Love your ideas. You are an inspiration that helps me stay and eat healthier as your concepts and range of flavors are the BEST!!! Blessings...
I made this tonight and everyone was delighted. So satisfying without being overly rich. (I did overcook my eggs, but it was my lack of confidence in their state of completion that made that happen)
my favorite breakfast ever is Eggs Benedict. Years of practice (and a job) has my Holandais down pat.... so am obligated to try this twist.. The lemon butter has been my "Go to" for grilled chicken.. Never considered it for a replacement on eggs..
Always excellent. Next time my wife and I have the same day off, I will make this for breakfast. I do have a bit of an unusual request - the other day I went grocery shopping, and I was in a hurry and made a whoopsie. We have an espresso machine with a built-in grinder, and I bought ground coffee by mistake instead of beans. Normally, I can think things through and come up with ways to use oddball stuff, but this has me stumped. Have you got any ideas?
Now you could make very strong concentrate just with hot water to make desserts.. But take my advice, do not throw good money after bad, throw it away and straight away. Otherwise you will be constantly reminded of your silly mistake !!!
The 1st time I had a Hollandaise sauce was a cheap powdered egg version that I just never quite got over. This recipe changed that for me. TY Chef John
I am one of those freaks that hates a runny yolk. I'd prefer no yolks at all. But I do like a hollandaise. So maybe I'll do these with the egg whites in the ham and the yolks in a hollandaise for the top. Can we get a video on the easy way to make a hollandaise, or even a +yolk version of this supremely yummy looking sauce which will definitely be going on some pasta in my future.
I love your recipes, thank you, Chef John I'm off to the supermarket, when it opens. You have improved my cooking abilities and options. Loving your blend of valuable information and entertainment.
I SO need to try this! Of course, the risk may be never wanting to order ANY kind of breakfast ever again, only because eggs benedict is one of the few things I DO order because of the struggle with making the sauce. This seems so much easier!
I'm sorry, but Mr John, you didn't have any heat on those butter pats when you were swirling them. So how can we turn down the heat if there is no flame?
Thanks so much for this ridiculously easy and delicious dish! I decided to treat myself to a fancy brekkie this morning. I had Canadian bacon, not sliced ham, which fit squarely into the bottom of my little ramekins, which are the same as the ones shown in the video. Worked just fine. My lemon butter sauce split for some unexplained reason, but it still tasted marvelous. Five stars for this, although I did enjoy it fully clothed.
Yeah, it's rough, isn't it. We make a point of regularly having home meals together for those who have lost their Residential Sergeant Major. Sometimes when more than a couple of people show up, they suddenly resemble big family dinners. Single serving cooking I have kinda solved bringing recipes (like I will this one) into a recipe program that allows you to scale the number of servings up and down. There are more than a few, but the one I have on both my tablet and my computer is Paprika. One click on this recipe link and the recipe is imported.
This turned out great! Sauce was a little lemony but I added a little more butter, a little more water, and a little more cyan and was perfect. I made a whole muffin pan full. Family wants to know when I’m making it again. 👍🏻
Considering the price of eggs. I am glad that the sauce has no egg yolks. Thanks for this. I really want to try it for the family, soon! I love Hollandaise sauce, and am excited to try this new alternative.
Dear Chef John, As inappropriately awkward and direct as this may be, I have for many years wanted to tell you how you have impacted my life in regards to cooking. See, my mother is a trained chef. To be perfectly honest however, she has never been the easiest person to learn from. I do not mean this as an insult to my parenting; we're just asian, y'know what I mean? "If e' dun geddit, just shove it in." Because cooking had never been a priority in my life, y'know, asians are all about the doctor / engineer / rocket scientist thing, said shoving had never been covered in the culinary respect. That was, until, I somehow came across the blog one day. Yeah I live in the same country as XiaXue, if you remember her. I don't follow her so I have no clue what she's ever up to, for which reason I've never actually found a reason to appreciate, but dang, 13, 2008, was when I for the first time began to become curious about mushrooms. Until then they would literally make me gag if I smelled them. I'd choked on one as a child. In my personal opinion you will always be the greatest culinary mentor I have ever had the privilege I never knew I'd ever want. While I am not a chef per se, cooking is now genuinely as much a part of my life as any of the other favourite things in my life ever will be. So I just wanted to say thank you.
Thanks Chef! Not a fan of runny eggs but this looks like it would be a perfect way to make a small quiche for one. I am going to test that tomorrow. Thank you for the inspiration.
Thank you again Chef John!!! Making this for my wife’s bday breakfast… you are the coach of how not to poach
Nice😂
Ha! Well played, sir. Well played...
👏🧐
Haha I see what you did there!
Haha you out cheffed Chef John there!
"Which is optional but also mandatory" no matter how often Chef John says it never gets old.
Agreed 😂🎉
Incredible line 😂
Just tried this. Personal opinion: for me, in the amounts specified for the sauce recipe, just a bit too much lemon taste over the eggs, overwhelms the taste of the eggs, despite the fact I love the taste of almost all things lemon.
I appreciate that it accomplishes what I was hoping for: a version of eggs benny without the messing around making a more complicated benny sauce.
If two plates were put in front of me, one with a well prepared true eggs benny and the other one with this dish... I'd eat the eggs benny. And then I'd also eat this dish - it's lemony, it's buttery, it's good; just different.
Next time, while the eggs are cooking in the oven I'll mess around with the amounts of butter and fresh lemon juice to see if I can tune the sauce ingredient amounts to something more to my taste.
Thanks for developing and sharing this recipe, John.
I made this last night for dinner. It was wonderful....HOW EVER... I turned my back for one second and burned the sauce. I used it anyway. My husband said, "Is this Hollandaise sauce?. I said "Yes", "It's a new recipe". I lied.
😂
Thank you, Chef John, for once again reminding me I need to invest in some ramekins.
Soon you can be the Anakin of your buttered up ramekin.
Learn by my mistake, buy ones that stack.
I've been following you since the beginning and I love hearing your voice!
Initially I wasn't sold on this 'naked, no hollandaise' malarkey. However, I gave Chef the benefit of the doubt and by the time he got to the lemon-butter sauce, I was no longer unimpressed lol looks pretty good, I must say.
Love the butter sauce technique! I'll have to try it. Maybe with some different fruits 🍊
Dude. Literally the only reason I don’t make Benedict more often is the effort involved. You sir, are an absolute genius. Looks like I’ve got my breakfast plans this weekend
I love Eggs Benedict, my favorite breakfast! These looked delicious.
I've finally finished a successful batch of sourdough English muffins. This is going down on my plate tomorrow 😊
I like the green salad idea but I think I would do it with some baby spinach, the lemon butter sauce would go great on that as well.
If there must be green, avocado for the win.
Or chilled, but slightly cooked, asparagus tips.
Yep I agree. Or lamb's lettuce.
Thank you so much! I made it and it’s fantastic, I almost cried of how tasty it was
That looks great! The best part may be the super simple lemon butter sauce, which would go well with so many dishes. I'm going to make that sauce tonight to go with a nice piece of Mahi Mahi.
How about over asparagus or broccolini
I was thinking exactly the same thing. That would work with a lot of different things.
Yep, I have adopted it too.
I'm surprised people didn't know how easy it is to make lemon butter sauce 😅
Gonna use that lemon sauce on fish. With dill.
I’m one of those weird people who doesn’t like runny or poached eggs so I am definitely doing this. My fiancé loves eggs Benedict so I will take his out a little under done and let mine cook a bit more and make us both some eggs Benedict!
I'm also one of those people who likes the egg yolk cooked through. This definitely looks like something to my liking.
I’m the same!! I always cook my eggs longer
Freaks
Benies are a favorite breakfast going out. Will try this using my airfryer since my oven is on the fritz
Loved this recipe. I would add asparagus as a side. Maybe some olives too. A little feta cheese on top of the egg when done. So many versions of this would be good. My kind of breakfast;).
Beautiful. A gorgeous twist on one of my favorite breakfasts of all time. I can't wait to try this!
Thank you so much, Chef John!!!!! Great recipe!
Beautiful presentation too! It kinda looks like a rose 🌹
Chef I have been using this lemon butter sauce as a short cut for baked Salmon piccata. It is so good. I've fused two of your recipes and added a baked cycle. 😂
You eliminated the most annoying / time consuming parts of eggs benedict - poaching eggs and emulsifying hollandaise. I'm definitely making this.
English muffin is the hardest part. I just can't be bothered to make them.
poaching eggs takes much less time to heat your oven and then bake eggs for 20min...
@@shaunhall284 What you mean? Isn't making them pretty hard? And quite time consuming? At least compared to simple easy and very fast hollandaise.
@@_Ekaros Yeah, too easy to just buy them.
@@bonedoc4556 If they are being sold. Which they are not. So buying them is absolutely impossible.
This’s one of my favorite dishes. But I always prefer to get it in some restaurant rather than make it at home because I found the hollandaise sauce to be difficult to make and the poaching could get messy. Now I’ll try this at home and see.
With immersion blender making hollandaise is quite simple. Only issues is what to do with egg whites.
Or just buy a packet of Hollandaise sauce and mix per direction. It's way harder to make Bernaise sauce, so yea, I cheat and use the packets 😂😂
@@_Ekaros egg white omelette or meringue?
@@shaunhall284 you are on a high horse lol!!! Yes, packet mix might not be the same, but you can get packets of Hollandaise and Bernaise sauce at almost any store! Saves time, almost fool proof! And how am I discouraging views???? I only suggested an easy way to make sauce! I actually LOVED the way he made this dish!!! And I am sure his sauce is awesome!!! But for those who want the Hollandaise sauce, a packet is a easy fix!!! Get over yourself!
@@shaunhall284 Read again
Finally! A substitute for what I believe is the most redundant sauce you could make.
"These fries are good, but they could use a dipping sauce made of more potato." - said no one.
redundant maybe, but nutritionally speaking, eggs are very much not potatoes.
@steffurness my argument is not nutritional based, merely that you eat a food with the same food in a sauce over top of it.
@@Veerix i get it 👍👍
@@shaunhall284 funny !
@@shaunhall284 solid tracker you've got there 👍👍 why bother hanging around then if it's doing so poorly?
The sauce he makes here is a Burre Blanc, basically. If it breaks on you a splash of half and half or heavy cream will bring it back to an emulsified state
This is eggcellent method! My wife really likes egg benedict and I really want to make it for her, but poaching the eggs and making hollandaise is what turns me off doing it more often. This solves all those annoyances!
to everyone who just started ( like myself ) or been doing it for a while and feel like giving up.... this is a sign to NEVER GIVE UP YOUR RUclips CHANNEL! you got this❤
Thanks Chef!!! Ill modify..pan fry the ham, pan fry/poach the egg in a fry pan with water coverd, and try your sauce idea but will use white wine and water to the pan first then add the butter. Love your ideas. You are an inspiration that helps me stay and eat healthier as your concepts and range of flavors are the BEST!!! Blessings...
I made this tonight and everyone was delighted. So satisfying without being overly rich. (I did overcook my eggs, but it was my lack of confidence in their state of completion that made that happen)
I love everything about eggs Benedict but the hollandaise, so I am VERY into this recipe 😁
@@shaunhall284 your trolling is boring
Wait til the end to see why he calls it naked?
This might be the worst time for that marble table to be so reflective 😅
Chef did give us a full frontal view of his eggs
I was about to say what is John cooking 😭
my favorite breakfast ever is Eggs Benedict. Years of practice (and a job) has my Holandais down pat.... so am obligated to try this twist.. The lemon butter has been my "Go to" for grilled chicken.. Never considered it for a replacement on eggs..
Chef John I love you, but in no way does this look better or cooler than a regular eggs benedict 😂
Naked eggs Benedict, because you have to be naked when you make it. Lol
The recipe of yours that I don’t think I will ever try. The hollandaise is the best part.
Always excellent. Next time my wife and I have the same day off, I will make this for breakfast. I do have a bit of an unusual request - the other day I went grocery shopping, and I was in a hurry and made a whoopsie. We have an espresso machine with a built-in grinder, and I bought ground coffee by mistake instead of beans. Normally, I can think things through and come up with ways to use oddball stuff, but this has me stumped. Have you got any ideas?
Now you could make very strong concentrate just with hot water to make desserts.. But take my advice, do not throw good money after bad, throw it away and straight away. Otherwise you will be constantly reminded of your silly mistake !!!
@@lindainparis7349 it was taken out of my hands. My wife took it back and replaced it.
Great recipe! Thanks so much.
I gotta Hollandaise this. It may not be optional, but truly is mandatory!!
The 1st time I had a Hollandaise sauce was a cheap powdered egg version that I just never quite got over. This recipe changed that for me. TY Chef John
I am one of those freaks that hates a runny yolk. I'd prefer no yolks at all. But I do like a hollandaise. So maybe I'll do these with the egg whites in the ham and the yolks in a hollandaise for the top. Can we get a video on the easy way to make a hollandaise, or even a +yolk version of this supremely yummy looking sauce which will definitely be going on some pasta in my future.
Looks awesome! Only thing to add is a slice of tomato. I want to try this with low carb bread
L. Thank you!
And in an air fryer
Now THAT is something! Just need the English muffin and I’ll be doing this on Sunday.
Looks like a great little shortcut! Gonna have to try.
yeah!
thank you
And it’s so pretty!!❤
Can’t wait to try it !
This sounds amazing.It's going to be tomorrow's breakfast
Assuming we guessed the wrong ingredient after "Guess which ingredient we can do without?" made coffee come out of my nose.
I love your recipes, thank you, Chef John
I'm off to the supermarket, when it opens.
You have improved my cooking abilities and options.
Loving your blend of valuable information and entertainment.
I SO need to try this! Of course, the risk may be never wanting to order ANY kind of breakfast ever again, only because eggs benedict is one of the few things I DO order because of the struggle with making the sauce. This seems so much easier!
This. Is. Brilliant!!!! ❤️😋
Was thinking of making your Toads in a Hole but this looks like tomorrow’s breakfast. Thank you, Chef John!
Thank you Chef John and as always I enjoy 😊😊
I love this method.... and I didn't think I would! This would also be a great thing to do for a crowd at brunch!
Genius. Nobody has ever poached just two eggs and felt like it was worth the effort. Also, best pun so far this time
I'm sorry, but Mr John, you didn't have any heat on those butter pats when you were swirling them. So how can we turn down the heat if there is no flame?
Gonna try Mini pie maker
“Freak of Nature” here and proud of it!
This was good! But let's face it, it's a fancy Egg McMuffin....
Those yolks are perfect for my preference! I always order over medium but rarely get the gelled yolks that I love!
Totally with you.
made this for my girlfriend this morning for breakfast and it came out amazing!
i did. skipped the garnishes. the egg was slightly too well done@@shaunhall284
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Add tablespoon of water. Bring to a simmer and reduce tablespoon of water.
Typical John
Times and temperatures for convection oven?
...oh yeah...I'm sooooo gonna do this. Thanks chef John!
Thanks so much for this ridiculously easy and delicious dish! I decided to treat myself to a fancy brekkie this morning. I had Canadian bacon, not sliced ham, which fit squarely into the bottom of my little ramekins, which are the same as the ones shown in the video. Worked just fine. My lemon butter sauce split for some unexplained reason, but it still tasted marvelous. Five stars for this, although I did enjoy it fully clothed.
I live alone since my wife died, and I really appreciate these recipes for one serving.
Yeah, it's rough, isn't it. We make a point of regularly having home meals together for those who have lost their Residential Sergeant Major. Sometimes when more than a couple of people show up, they suddenly resemble big family dinners.
Single serving cooking I have kinda solved bringing recipes (like I will this one) into a recipe program that allows you to scale the number of servings up and down. There are more than a few, but the one I have on both my tablet and my computer is Paprika. One click on this recipe link and the recipe is imported.
Thanks so much
World Peace
This looks super bomb I can totally make this one
This turned out great! Sauce was a little lemony but I added a little more butter, a little more water, and a little more cyan and was perfect. I made a whole muffin pan full. Family wants to know when I’m making it again. 👍🏻
On my second attempt and I'm going to replace the ham with a crab cake mixture.
I thought you had lost your mind... no hollandaise peh!... but i was glad to see you are infact sane. Im definitely gonna try this 😊
Considering the price of eggs. I am glad that the sauce has no egg yolks. Thanks for this. I really want to try it for the family, soon! I love Hollandaise sauce, and am excited to try this new alternative.
This recipe can be, with a couple adjustments, done in a air fryer and the results are eggs-cellent!
Dear Chef John,
As inappropriately awkward and direct as this may be, I have for many years wanted to tell you how you have impacted my life in regards to cooking. See, my mother is a trained chef. To be perfectly honest however, she has never been the easiest person to learn from. I do not mean this as an insult to my parenting; we're just asian, y'know what I mean?
"If e' dun geddit, just shove it in."
Because cooking had never been a priority in my life, y'know, asians are all about the doctor / engineer / rocket scientist thing, said shoving had never been covered in the culinary respect.
That was, until, I somehow came across the blog one day. Yeah I live in the same country as XiaXue, if you remember her. I don't follow her so I have no clue what she's ever up to, for which reason I've never actually found a reason to appreciate, but dang, 13, 2008, was when I for the first time began to become curious about mushrooms. Until then they would literally make me gag if I smelled them. I'd choked on one as a child.
In my personal opinion you will always be the greatest culinary mentor I have ever had the privilege I never knew I'd ever want.
While I am not a chef per se, cooking is now genuinely as much a part of my life as any of the other favourite things in my life ever will be.
So I just wanted to say thank you.
Absolutely loving this one! Thank you for sharing!
Gonna get "lots of compliments" 😂
You are the best sir! Thank you.
There must have been some defective hams at the factory.
That sauce is the bomb.
That looks delicious. I am definitely going to try to make this.
What a great idea. Such an easy alternative. Thank you! I will be making this in the morning. Oh yummy.
Thankyou, this looks amazing!
Looks great! Love the way it plates up. The ham looks like a flower. Very "fahn-cy" 😃
That eggyolk looks amazing😮😮😮😮
Love your channel!
Thanks Chef! Not a fan of runny eggs but this looks like it would be a perfect way to make a small quiche for one. I am going to test that tomorrow. Thank you for the inspiration.
Lovwly I'll maje this for Sunday breakfast. I love that your salad was untouched :D
Why add water to the lemon juice if you're going to reduce it?
Maybe to just slightly reduce the tartness? Idk, good question 🤔
Fabulous Chef John! Lemon love…. With eggs! ❤
I love Eggs Benedict but I'm not confident enought to make Hollandaise at home lol. Definity going to give this version a try !
Love watching you, you are hilarious!
OMG! made Eggs Benedict this morning. Not exactly the baked way though but enjoyed it.
Great idea, you could even drizzle some of that lemon sauce over the salad leaves
I can do this. I NEVER wanted to make eggs Benedict because of the sauce, so I will be making it this way.
Definitely trying this!
genious
When I'm at home I'll eat that with my hands. 😂😂
with the lemon juice - why do you add water if youre then going to reduce it? couldnt you just use the juice as is?
This looks very good, the method here - I'm all in with this one here.