Fried Egg - Egg in The Basket

Egg in The Basket

This dish is usually made by cutting a circle or other shape out of a slice of bread, often using a drinking glass or cookie cutter. The bread is fried until brown on one side and then flipped and an egg is broken into the center and seasoned, usually with salt and pepper, and sometimes herbs. The pan is then covered and the egg is cooked until the white is just set. The cutout center of the bread is often fried as well and served alongside or on top of the finished egg.

This dish is known by many names, examples being elephant eyes, one-eyed-jack, Egemo Toast, bird's nest, bull's eye eggs, cowboy eggs, egg-in-the-hole, eggs in a blanket, elephant egg bagel, toad in a hole, frog in a hole, gas house eggs, moon eggs, Alabama eggs, Hobo Eggs Popeye and Rocky Mountain toast. They are also called "Betty Grable Eggs," which stems from the preparation of this type of egg in the actress' 1941 film "Moon Over Miami" in a memorable scene.