Tangy Cucumber and Boiled Egg Toast Recipe

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Crispy toast topped with fresh cucumber slices and creamy boiled eggs makes the perfect quick breakfast. Try this easy cucumber boiled egg toast recipe for a satisfying start to your day.

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Back to the inspiration, I simply love how the final product for this cucumber and boiled egg toast recipe ends up looking. It is completely optional to arrange the eggs and cucumbers in these layers, but I really think it adds a lot to the entire experience.

Ingredients for This Fresh and Tangy Cucumber and Boiled Egg Toast Recipe

Boiled eggs: The perfect boiled eggs for me is right between medium and hard boiled. If you want more details on how to make the perfect boiled eggs, I have plenty of resources based on the tool you’d like to use! I’ve got a stovetop, Instant Pot, and Air Fryer guide on boiled eggs. We’ll quickly discuss how to make boiled eggs over the stove in this recipe.
Cucumber: Cucumber slices are key to adding freshness and plays interestingly with the creamy egg.
Bread: My recommendation is a good quality rye bread, the complex flavors of it helps balance out the meal.
Chili oil:Adds some spice and good fats if you use a chili olive oil.
Chili flakes: Completely optional but super delicious!
Salt and pepper: Season the eggs and the cucumber to unlock the flavours.

What if I Don’t Have Chili Oil?▼

Don’t be intimidated by fancy terms like chili oil or compound butter. All it is, is a combination of flavours added to scent and flavour the oil or butter. Chili can easily be prepared at hope, however keep in mind that this may take several weeks to get ready.

To prepare homemade chili oil, you would need 1/4 parts dried chiles and 3/4 parts good quality olive oil. Simply remove the stem, and chop the chiles into smaller pieces (with the seeds). Add them to a clean jar with the oil. Let the oil sit and “marinate” for 2-4 weeks. As time passes, the oil will be tinted red.

This sounds like a lot of work, but great if you plan ahead.

As a much quicker alternative, heat up some olive oil in a pan and add a pinch of red chili flakes (to your taste). Sauté for 1-3 minutes and transfer the oil to a clean jar/ramekin. The oil would have been scented and coloured - albeit not as flavourful as the previously mentioned recipe.

How to Make the Perfect Creamy Boiled Eggs

The perfect spot between medium boiled and hard boiled is 7.5 minutes
To boil the eggs, place eggs at the bottom of the sauce pan. Make sure you don’t overcrowd the pan.
Fill pot with cold water until it covers the eggs completely
Bring the water to a rolling boil, cover the pot and set a timer for 7:30 minutes
While the eggs boil, prepare an ice water bath. The ice water bath helps prevent the eggs from overcooking once taken out of the boiling pot of water.
After timer completes, use a slotted spoon to transfer the eggs to the ice water bath. Let cool for about 10 minutes.
Using a butter knife or spoon, crack the shell. Rinse as necessary to remove any small bits of shell.

How to Cut Perfectly Sliced Eggs

From my experience, the cleanest way to slice the perfect eggs is to use an egg slicer. I got one as a gift from my mother, at first I did not see how it was better than just using a knife. But after I tried using it, I saw how effective the slicer was at cutting perfect portions.

Hard-boiled egg being sliced in a black egg slicer with metal wires on a granite countertop.

Hard-boiled egg being sliced into rounds using a metal egg slicer, revealing the yellow yolk inside.

How to Prepare This Fresh and Tangy Cucumber and Boiled Egg Toast Recipe

After boiling and slicing the eggs above, toast the bread to your liking. Carefully start arranging a layer of cucumbers, followed by overlapping layer of eggs and so on, until the entire slice of toast is fully covered.

Toasted bread slice topped with overlapping cucumber slices on a white plate.

Toasted bread topped with overlapping cucumber slices and halved boiled eggs on a white plate.

Finish with a drizzle of chili oil and chili flakes. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Open-faced egg and cucumber toast on white plate, garnished with chilli flakes and black pepper.

Tips for the Best Cucumber and Egg Toast

This open-faced toast comes together in about five minutes, which makes it a perfect quick breakfast or afternoon snack. Boil the eggs for 7.5 minutes for a just-set yolk (a little longer if you prefer it fully cooked), then cool them in an ice-water bath so they peel cleanly and slice neatly. Season the layered eggs and cucumber with a pinch of salt and pepper to taste, and finish with a drizzle of chilli oil and a scatter of chilli flakes — that is where the tangy, gently spicy kick comes from. Use a sharp knife or an egg slicer for thin, even egg slices so every bite has the same balance of creamy egg and cool, crisp cucumber.

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Recipe by Anadi Misra