Simple Avocado Toast with Egg

Simple avocado toast with an egg is a classic. It’s healthy, protein-packed, and easy to customize. Choose your favorite egg style (hard-boiled, scrambled, poached, or sunny-side-up), add a squeeze of lemon and a sprinkle of salt and pepper, and you have a satisfying meal to power your morning.

Avocado toast with hard-boiled egg and seasoning on sourdough bread.

There’s a reason avocado toast became so popular! I fell in love years ago and have been making it at home ever since. Even my 3-year-old is obsessed!

This simple recipe for avocado toast with egg is a no-fuss option with major staying power thanks to the protein.

How to Make Avocado Toast with Egg

Choose Your Bread: For a bakery-fresh taste, try a slice of sourdough from your local bakery. A slice of sprouted bread from the freezer aisle is also a healthy and convenient option. Whatever bread you choose, make sure to toast it for optimal texture.

Select the Perfect Avocado: Look for firm but ripe avocados. They should yield to gentle pressure and have slightly bumpy skin. Check the stem: It should be dark and easy to remove, revealing bright green underneath.

Prepare Your Egg: I love adding a hard-boiled egg to my avocado toast (see our photo!), but feel free to cook your egg any way you like:

Time Saving Tip!

Hard-boil a batch of eggs at the beginning of the week and store them unpeeled in the fridge for up to a week. Quick and easy avocado toast is just minutes away!

Assembling Your Avocado Toast

Mash your avocado on your toasted bread. Add your cooked egg. Squeeze on some fresh lemon juice for freshness and season generously with salt and pepper. Or use your favorite avocado toast seasoning (suggestions below).

Delicious avocado toast recipe with egg and flaky salt, perfect for breakfast

What to Put on Avocado Toast – More ideas!

This recipe is easy to make your own. Here are some more ideas for what to add to avocado toast:

Frequently Asked Questions

Is avocado toast with egg healthy? Yes, avocado toast with egg is a healthy and satisfying breakfast! It contains healthy fats, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and protein.

How much protein is in avocado toast with an egg? This recipe below provides nutritional data, but when you use sourdough, avocado toast with one egg has around 11 grams of protein. Adding another egg boosts it to about 18 grams.

What bread should I use for avocado toast? Choose a sturdy bread like sourdough, whole grain, country loaf, or sprouted bread for the best results.

More Avocado Recipes

We buy more avocados that I’d like to admit. If you have some leftover in your kitchen, consider making one of these easy recipes:

Closeup of fresh made avocado toast with slice hard-boiled egg, seasonings, and flaky salt

Simple Avocado Toast with Egg

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Satisfying avocado toast with egg is a delicious and simple option for breakfast, a snack, or even a light meal! Enjoy it fresh for the best flavor, as avocado browns over time. This recipe makes 1 serving, but feel free to multiply as needed. For added protein, you can increase to 2 eggs.

Makes 1 toast

You Will Need

1 slice of bread, toasted

1/2 ripe medium avocado

Small squeeze fresh lemon juice

1 hard-boiled egg, or egg cooked to your liking

Favorite pepper blend, we use Togarashi seasoning

Drizzle extra-virgin olive oil

Salt, to taste

Directions

    1Use a fork to smash the avocado down onto the toasted bread slice. Scatter a small squeeze of lemon juice over the avocado.

    2Slice the hard-boiled egg into coins, and then place them on top of the smashed avocado.

    3Finish by sprinkling a little pepper, salt, and a very light drizzle of olive oil on top of the egg.

Adam and Joanne's Tips

  • Storing leftover avocado: If you still have it, leave the pit in, and then cover the cut side tightly with plastic wrap. To be extra safe, add a little fresh lemon or lime juice to the flesh before covering it with plastic. Keep it in the fridge for up to a day (you might get lucky with two days).
  • Egg: We use hard-boiled eggs, but feel free to substitute with fried, poached, scrambled, or soft-boiled.
  • Nutrition facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA database to calculate approximate values.
Nutrition Per Serving Serving Size 1 toast / Calories 309 / Total Fat 21.2g / Saturated Fat 4g / Cholesterol 186mg / Sodium 310.1mg / Carbohydrate 22.4g / Dietary Fiber 7.7g / Total Sugars 3.3g / Protein 7.7g
AUTHOR:  Adam and Joanne Gallagher
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9 comments… Leave a Review
  • Luigi November 2, 2022, 4:58 pm

    I loved these toasts. I smashed those avocados so hard I could really taste it.

    Reply
  • Meredith March 30, 2022, 1:26 am

    For your avacado toast recipe with sliced boiled eggs on top, what about cheese. I think I would like some cheese on there too. How would you incorporate some cheese I to it, along with the avacado and boiled eggs on toast?

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    • Joanne May 5, 2022, 12:54 pm

      Hi Meredith, Cheese is a great idea. I love feta!

      Reply
  • Jennifer Cripe March 25, 2021, 1:28 pm

    This is my new favorite thing! My doctor told me I need protein with breakfast, so I’ve started to make this a couple of days per week. It’s so easy, yummy, healthy and filling. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  • Silas November 22, 2020, 9:30 am

    Just discovered your channel, i am overboard with excitement to try your recipes

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  • Clifford stewart January 16, 2019, 10:11 am

    Is there a peticular bread to use with avocado toast?

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    • Joanne March 3, 2020, 7:24 pm

      You can use whatever bread you love. I particularly love a hearty bread (I usually get it from a local bakery).

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      • Connie July 18, 2023, 10:42 am

        I usually use finely diced red onion in smashed avocado 1/2 top. and a slice of fresh tomato on top of avocado. Delish!!!

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  • Mike Mitchell September 8, 2018, 10:08 am

    Wow!Simple and quick to make and pure delight to eat.Thank you.

    Reply

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