Poached Egg and Bacon Salad - Salad Lyonnaise

By exdircomp

Ingredients

• A handful of fresh frisee lettuce, torn into bite sized pieces ot greens of choice
• 2 strips bacon
• 1 teaspoon chopped shallots
• 1 slice French or Italian bread and a little butter to make buttered croutons
• 1 Poached egg
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 Tbsp wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• Salt and pepper to taste

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

Method
1 Cook two strips of bacon on medium heat until done, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, let drain of excess fat on a paper towel. Once cool, chop.

2 Cut a slice of French or Italian bread into cubes. Toast on medium high heat in a small saucepan with a teaspoon of melted butter. Do not stir bread unless to turn to a different side once one side is toasted.

3 Poach egg your favorite way. See how to poach an egg for our recommendation on the easiest way to do it.

4 Layer the frisée, bacon, shallots, and croutons on a salad plate. In a small jar, mix the olive oil, vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper. Pour dressing over salad. Top with the poached egg.

Poached eggs:

First bring water in a saucepan to almost boiling. If the water is already boiling, lower the heat until it is no longer boiling. At this point, you can add one or two teaspoons of vinegar to the water. The vinegar will help the egg whites to congeal more easily. I use seasoned rice vinegar.

2 Working with the eggs one by one, crack an egg into a small cup, then place the cup near the surface of the hot water and gently drop the egg into the water. With a spoon, nudge the eggwhites closer to their yolks. This will help the egg whites hold together.

3 Turn off the heat. Cover. Let sit for 4 minutes, until the egg whites are cooked.

4 Lift eggs out of pan with a slotted spoon.

One trick to make the eggs stay somewhat contained is to take a ring from a mason jar and place it in the pan. Drop the egg over the mason jar ring and let it settle in the ring, then turn off the heat and cover.