Green bean & tomato salad with poached egg recipe
An easy breakfast, brunch or light lunch this recipe is simple but totally stunning. Serve the perfect poached egg atop your dressed green beans and nestle in juicy halves of cherry tomatoes. What a treat!
See method- Serves 4
- 10 mins to prepare and 9 mins to cook
- 145 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 200g green beans, trimmed
- 250g mixed cherry tomatoes
- 2tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1tbsp red wine vinegar
- salt
- pepper
- 4 eggs
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Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 600kJ 145.0kcal
- Fat
- 12g
- Saturates
- 2g
- Salt
- 0.4g
- Sugars
- 3g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 3.5gProtein 7.7gFibre 2.2g
Method
- Cook the green beans in boiling salted water for three minutes or until just tender, then drain and refresh under cold running water. Dry on kitchen paper and set aside.
- Cut thetomatoesin half and place in a bowl. Add the green beans. Whisk together theolive oiland vinegar with a little salt and pepper and pour over the beans and tomatoes.
- Heat a little water in a pan and crack theeggs, two at a time, into the water. Poach for three minutes to give a soft centre. Remove from the water with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper. Repeat for the remaining eggs. Portion out the beans and tomatoes onto plates and top each one with a poached egg. The runny yolk will help create a dressing.
