French

Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks)

Name: Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks)
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 1/2 cucumber, cut into sticks; 1 carrot, cut into sticks; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Julien B. @julien_b

Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks) is French home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

8 min Easy Heart healthy Low sodium Low carb Eggetarian Pescatarian Halal Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 eggs
1/2 cucumber, cut into sticks
1 carrot, cut into sticks
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Bring a small pot of water to a boil and lower the eggs in gently with a spoon.
Simmer for exactly 6 minutes for a soft, runny yolk, then lift the eggs out and rinse briefly under cold water so they are cool enough to handle.
Set each egg in an egg cup and slice off the very top with a knife.
Season with a little salt and pepper and serve with the cucumber and carrot sticks alongside for dipping.
Eat straight from the shell with a small spoon, a simple French breakfast for the mornings when something other than bread is wanted.

Watch how to cook Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks)

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Serve it with

A French breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The sharp little thing
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Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks) carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Baguette Tradition au Beurre (Fresh Tradition Baguette with Butter)
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 150 kcal
Protein: 12 g
Carbs: 4 g
Fat: 10 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 260 mg
Saturated fat: 3 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks) takes about 8 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.