Boiled eggs with broccoli and pancetta soldiers
- Published: 30 Sep 11
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
Swap bread soldiers for tenderstem broccoli in this healthy boiled eggs and soldiers recipe. A super quick midweek meal.
- Serves 4
- Ready to eat in 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 12 tenderstem broccoli spears
- 12 rashers of pancetta
- 4 free-range egg
Method
- Blanch the broccoli spears in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain well, wrap each one with a rasher of pancetta, then fry over a medium heat in a frying pan until the pancetta is crisp and the broccoli is tender.
- Place the eggs in a pan, cover with cold water, bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 2-3 minutes. Serve the soft-boiled eggs with the crisp pancetta, broccoli dippers and a little sea salt.
- Recipe from October 2011 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 314kcals
- Fat
- 24.9g (8g saturated)
- Protein
- 22.1g
- Carbohydrates
- 1g (0.9g sugars)
- Fibre
- 2.1g
- Salt
- 2.6g
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