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Egg in a Hole

A round cut out of buttered bread, an egg cracked into the gap, both fried together in one pan.

Egg in a Hole, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
15 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$5.45

Ingredients

  • 8 white sandwich bread
  • 8 large eggs
  • 5 tbsp salted butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 3 oz shredded cheddar cheese(optional)

Method

  1. Cut a round out of the center of each slice of bread with a glass. Keep the cut-out rounds.

  2. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat and lay in as many slices as fit, along with the rounds.

  3. Crack an egg into each hole and season with salt and pepper.

  4. Cook 3 minutes, until the bread is golden underneath and the white has set enough to hold together.

  5. Slide a thin spatula all the way under and flip, adding more butter to the pan. Cook 2 minutes more for a runny yolk.

  6. Serve with the toasted rounds for dipping and a little cheese melted over if you like.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 5 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United States$21.78$5.455 of 5 ingredients
United Kingdom£14.63£3.665 of 5 ingredients
Australia$30.55$7.645 of 5 ingredients
New Zealand$46.08$11.525 of 5 ingredients
Greece24,21 €6,05 €5 of 5 ingredients
Egypt‏٨٧٩٫٣٢ ج.م.‏‏٢١٩٫٨٣ ج.م.‏5 of 5 ingredients
Canada$56.62$14.165 of 5 ingredients
Spain11,24 €2,81 €5 of 5 ingredients
Mexico$367.07$91.775 of 5 ingredients
Germany24,08 €6,02 €4 of 5 ingredients
Austria€ 24,69€ 6,174 of 5 ingredients

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