Air fryer Egg Toast | Eggs in a Basket

This is a great breakfast recipe for the family. I love these quick and easy to make egg toast in air fryer.

I have also come across other names like air fryer toads in a hole, breakfast in a hole, eggs in a basket or air fryer eggs in a hole. No matter what you may call it, this is a real favourite.

Needing mainly bread and whole eggs, I make these regularly while I do other things. Best part it you can quickly make these for your kids.

Eggs turn out fantastic in the air fryer. From egg bites to poached eggs and scrambled eggs and boiled eggs in air fryer, air fryer frittata, air fryer avocado egg to  air fryer omelette, everything is done to perfection and with lesser mess in the air fryer.

If you enjoy eggs, you will love these recipes.

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• What are Eggs in a Hole?
• Ingredients
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• FAQs
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What are Eggs in a Hole?

Eggs in a hole is a simple recipe where a slice of bread is taken and using an upside down glass or a cookie cutter, the centre is removed.

Then an egg is broken into that hole, and it is then air fried. 

You can do the egg soft runny to well cooked as per your choice. Top with salt and pepper and enjoy.

I make these eggs in a basket with a little variation. I press down with the glass so that the bread slice in the centre is a bit depressed.

Then I break the egg in this cavity and air fry this egg toast. Easy peasy and no bread is harmed. 🙂

Ingredients

Bread: I generally use wholewheat bread or multigrain bread slices. This recipe works with any bread that you have at hand.

Eggs: Use whole eggs preferably at room temperature. If you are using eggs straight from the fridge, your air frying time may increase slightly.

Butter: If you like butter, you can use it on your bread slices. I have skipped it.

Salt and pepper: This is the seasoning that you need. Your eggs in a basket taste perfect with these.

Optional seasoning: Cheese, chilli flakes, Italian seasoning, chopped parsley or chives all work as excellent garnishes if your heart may desire them.

Variations

This is a vegetarian recipe as eggs are used. 

If you eat meat, you can add some finely chopped bacon or even onions and egg as toppings to this recipe.

FAQs

1. Can you use aluminium foil in the air fryer for making eggs in a basket?

Yes, you can. I, however, prefer to use parchment paper sheet instead of aluminium foil.

2. Can you put raw eggs in the air fryer?

Air fryer is wonderful for cooking raw eggs. Omelette, boiled eggs, poached eggs, egg bites all turn out wonderful in the air fryer.

Instructions

I will show you two ways of making this recipe:

Making a cavity in the bread slice

Take a slice of bread. You may apply butter or mayo on it (optional). Take a glass. Flip it and use its mouth to cut out a cavity in the bread.

Save the bread cut out and air fry it to serve along.

Using a parchment paper sheet, cut it to a square or use a perforated one.

Place bread slice from which a cavity is removed on top of this parchment paper inside an air fryer basket.

Now carefully break an egg into the cavity. Top with salt and pepper.

Without preheating the air fryer, place the air fryer basket inside the air fryer.

Air fry at 360F or 180C for about 7-9 minutes till your egg is cooked and the bread is toasted.

At 7 minutes, the yolk was very runny and at 9 minutes, it was cooked. This time may vary depending the type of air fryer you use.

So when you are making it for the first time, do keep an eye on the egg after 5 minutes of air frying time.

Take it out. Using a spatula take out the egg in a hole and serve on a plate. Garnish with your ingredients of choice. Enjoy.

Please note that for the next bread slice, since the air fryer is already hot, you will require a minute or two less of air frying time.

When the bread is removed, you can see that the white and yolk take up the space inside the cavity.

Enjoy your air fryer egg toast.

Without cutting out the cavity in bread

Using the bottom of a glass, lightly press the centre of a bread slice to form a slight depression or cavity in the bread.

Preheat air fryer at 360F or 180C for 4 minutes.

Place the depressed bread slice in the air fryer basket.

You can apply butter or mayo for more browning.

Break the egg carefully on this cavity on the bread.

Top with salt and pepper. Now air fry for about 6-8 minutes for the egg to be cooked and the bread to be toasted.

You do not need to use parchment paper for this recipe as the bread does not stick on the air fryer basket.

You can spray or brush some oil on the air fryer basket.

Again 6 minutes will be soft yolk and 8 minutes will be cooked yolk. 

Take it out and enjoy your favourite breakfast.

Look at how gorgeous and runny the yolk is while the white is well cooked.

Tips

1. If using parchment paper, make sure that it is cut in such a way that it does not cover all of the air fryer basket. Leave some area for air circulation. 

2. Use of parchment paper or aluminium foil is needed if you are making a cavity in the bread slice.

3. Buttering the slice is your choice. Your bread toast will be browner if you use butter.

4. I have used egg at room temperature. If you are using yours straight from fridge your air frying time may be slightly higher.

5. Remember that subsequent air fryer egg toasts may get done in slightly lesser time as the air fryer is now hot.

6. You can use toppings like chilli flakes, bacon bits, chopped chives, parsley etc. as per choice.

You can serve these air fryer egg toasts with air fryer vegetables and breakfast potatoes.

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