Coddled Eggs With Spinach and Feta Cheese
My coddled eggs with spinach and feta cheese recipe is a fantastic vegetarian breakfast or brunch option. You could even eat these for dinner! We did haha.
They are really simple to make, you can use whatever soft cheese you have in the fridge. I had feta cheese, but you can use goat cheese. I like to serve this with fruit and a side of bacon. Citrus fruit is nice because the acidity cuts into the richness of the dish. Cleanses your palette you could say.
These coddled eggs will fill you up and they end up plating nicely. You will impress your guests! Annnd it’s a pretty healthy dish. You could opt for a salad instead of toast, omit the cheese (but why would you?) and use regular milk or a dairy free option.
This may be my new favourite egg recipe, I’m usually a poached or scrambled eggs girl, but this is so easy and delicious!
A tip to remember is to put a tea towel on the bottom of the pot so the ramekins don’t stick to the pot. This could either overcook the eggs or burn the bottom of the ramekins. Both are not great options.
Toast some bread and dip those babies into the coddled eggs! If you made bacon, dip that in too! I made the four servings and we had the eggs the next day too with salad. It’s a cheap, easy meal at home. Won’t break the bank. You can easily make more than four servings, just double the recipe, it’s pretty much foolproof. Instead use a baking dish (or two) and give the eggs a water bath instead.
And if you are entertaining guests for brunch, serve them up my No-Bake Nutella Espresso Cheesecake for dessert. Or drink my Sweet Lime Ginger Rum Cocktail instead of a Mimosa.
Enjoy! Try making this for Easter or dinner tonight!
Coddled Eggs With Spinach and Feta Cheese
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 ounces baby spinach or any leafy green
- 1 store-bought roasted red pepper diced or cooked red pepper at home
- 1/4 cup soft cheese crumbled
- 8 large eggs
- 1/2 cup heavy cream divided
- 1 tablespoon chives or green onions finely chopped
- 8 slices bread of your choice toasted and cut in half on an angle
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
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Heat a large sauté pan over medium heat and add butter. Once melted, add spinach and season with salt and pepper. Sauté just until the spinach has wilted. Remove from heat.
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Line the bottom of a medium saucepan with a clean kitchen towel. Fill pan with 1 inch of water and bring to a boil.
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Meanwhile, butter the inside of 4 (8 ounce) ramekins. Divide sautéed spinach between the ramekins. Top each with some roasted pepper, feta cheese, 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons of cream. Season with salt and pepper.
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Place ramekins in saucepan and cover with a tight fitting lid. Cook until whites are set and yolks are still runny, about 10 minutes.
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Carefully remove ramekins from saucepan. Serve on 4 plates lined with a napkin. Garnish with chives. Serve with toast.
Recipe Notes
If you don't have ramekins, use heatproof glass jars or mugs.
If making a large batch, bake the coddled eggs in a baking dish filled with 1 inch of warm water. Cover with foil and place in a 325ºF oven for about 10 minutes, or until the egg whites are set and do not jiggle.
I’ve never heard of coddled eggs before but these look great! It’s definitely a welcome change from our usual scrambled/poached egg situation. Can’t wait to try!
Delicious, simple and so healthy! My choice of spinach in any form!
We have SO many eggs right now since our girls are laying like crazy, a great recipe I will use. I think breakfast for dinner is in order : )
enjoy! i wish i had room for chickens
Oh this sounds so delicous. I am not the biggest cheese eater, but I do love some Feta! Thank you Leslie!
I’ve never heard of cooking eggs this way! I’ll have to show this to my husband – he’s the real cook around here – so we can give this a try!
yay! enjoy 🙂
I love your idea of a rum cocktail with it. The whole breakfast idea sounds fantastic!
definitely makes it brunch!
YUM!!!!! What an EASY way to utilize eggs! I have a few in my fridge just WAITING to be eaten!
I know what I’m having for breakfast tomorrow! I don’t have any chives but I have all the other ingredients and it looks too good to not make 🙂
any herb will do or just go without! either way is delicious
Mmmm! I know what ill be having for tomorrow’s breakfast!
I love Baked Eggs!! It’s basically my ideal breakfast food. Love the pop of pink from the grapefruit in your photos too.
thanks samantha!
I’ve never had a Coddled Egg before, but I’ve been seeing them on food sites and in magazines a lot lately. I’m a fried-egg person myself, but these look good!
I am not a fan of runny eggs but this looks delicious!
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This looks so yummy and a great weekend breakfast. I’m definitely going to have to try this out soon because I love feta!
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This is a new dish to me! I have been obsessing with eggs lately. So much so that I wake up early weekend morning to practice poaching eggs…
I am soooo excited to try this!
ah yes the poached egg! my fiance does those quite well, it’s not my thing yet haha
I love eggs and spinach. This looks so yummy.
I’ve got some adorable little heart shaped ramekins I’ve been dying to use so this looks like the perfect recipe! I love any excuse to sneak feta into my breakfast!
cute! i loooove feta especially the really soft macedonian greek one.
I’ve never had coddled eggs. What is that? What ever it is, it looks absolutely delicious! I’ve been seeing sooo many recipes in ramekins, maybe this is a sign it’s time I bought some!
like a baked egg, but slowly cooked and with cream.
Looks awesome and will try this, thank you for sharing, i followed on pin, f, and yummly
Perfect way to start the day! Definitely giving this a try!
Feta is my favorite! Definitely want to try and make this.
This looks so good. I love breakfast food. To be totally honest what’s really drawing my attention is the grapefruit.
I’m always looking for new ways to prepare eggs and this looks super worthy of a try! Yum!
Great and different breakfast. Will have to try