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If I had to choose one breakfast to eat for the rest of my days, it would probably be some sort of bagel with salmon like this Lox Breakfast Bagel Sandwich. Okay… or chicken and waffles. Or pancakes. But probably this lox situation.

Don’t make me choose!

This is the kind of sandwich that you might see on a fancy deli breakfast menu for $13, but it takes literally 15 minutes (on a slow day) to make at home and the only real cooking involved is toasting the bagel and making the cream cheese eggs. Speaking of that… don’t skip the cream cheese caper scrambled eggs. They absolutely make this bagel sandwich something special.

This sandwich is fancy enough that I’d be very comfortable serving it to guests over the weekend with some mimosas, but it’s also fast enough to slam together on a busy Tuesday before you fly out the door. Make it and enjoy breakfast!

Lox Breakfast Bagel Sandwich

This hearty breakfast sandwich is easy to build and perfect for this time of year when tomatoes are at their best. Don’t forget the caper scrambled eggs. They make the sandwich special!

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Course Breakfast & Brunch, Main Dishes, Sandwiches

Cuisine American

Servings 2 Bagels

Yield 2 Bagels

Equipment

• 1 Small Skillet

Ingredients

  

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• 2 everything bagels toasted
• 3-4 ounces lox
• 2 eggs scrambled
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 2 tablespoons cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon capers
• ¼ red onion sliced thin
• 1 small tomato sliced thin
• Handful baby spinach leaves
• Butter for bagel (optional)

Instructions

 

• For scrambled eggs, heat a small skillet over medium heat. Add butter and once melted, add whisked eggs. Cook, stirring regularly until eggs are almost completely set but still have some liquid. Add cream cheese and stir into the eggs. Finally stir in the capers. Remove eggs from the heat.
• Toast bagels and lightly butter them (optional).
• Build sandwiches with some spinach leaves on the bottom, topped with caper eggs, sliced red onion, sliced tomato, lox and the top half of the bagel.
• Slice in half and eat immediately!

Nutrition

Serving: 1BagelCalories: 456kcalCarbohydrates: 62gProtein: 28gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 181mgSodium: 1213mgPotassium: 459mgFiber: 4gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 865IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 123mgIron: 3mg

Keyword Bagel, Breakfast, Lox Bagel, Lox Bagel Sandwich

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Lox Breakfast Bagel Sandwich

I recommend getting all the toppings ready for the sandwich before you make the eggs or toast your bagels. Basically this is just slicing stuff. This is primo tomato season so use some good ones! In the winter I might chop up some cherry tomatoes or just leave them off the sandwich.

You could use smoked salmon for this sandwich, but I prefer the saltier cured lox for my sandwiches. Use 1-2 ounces per sandwich and you should be good.

The one thing that makes this sandwich kind of special is taking the time to make this quick caper scrambled eggs. I start the eggs with a little butter in a medium-heat skillet (see my perfect scrambled eggs tutorial) then fold in the cream cheese right at the end.

Stir in the capers and it’ll kind of look like a hot mess. It’s not exactly the kind of eggs I would want to eat on their own but they are AWESOME on sandwiches. Trust me on this one.

Making the bagel sandwich is pretty straightforward. Toast a bagel (I like everything bagels) and then light butter it (optional). Top with some baby spinach, the hot eggs, and then the toppings!

The final sandwich is big, but not unwieldy. You could easily take it to go if you wrapped it in foil or parchment. Or you could stick it on a fancy plate with a bloody mary and call brunch done.

In short, everybody should be making these lox bagel sandwiches. RIGHT?!