Smoked Salmon Scramble
I don’t love the texture of smoked salmon once it is added to a pan and cooked—it somehow loses the delicate cured quality, and becomes more like regular old cooked salmon. BUT, I do love the combination with any type of egg. My trick here is to toss the smoked salmon, sprinkled with lemon, last minute with the finished eggs and serve immediately.
Ingredients
- 1 large shallot thinly sliced
- 6 eggs cracked and beaten
- 4 oz smoked salmon torn into thin strips
- ½ lemon
- 1 tbsp chopped tarragon optional
Instructions
- In a medium non-stick skillet, sauté the shallot in 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat until translucent and beginning to brown. Season the eggs with salt and pepper and pour them into the pan. Turn the heat down to low and slowly scramble, scraping up any congealed bits of egg from the bottom of the pan as they form.
- In the meantime, squeeze the lemon juice over the strips of salmon in a medium serving bowl. Set aside.
- When the eggs are almost finished, taste for seasoning, sprinkle with tarragon or another green herb (parsley or chives would also work well here), and pour into the serving bowl with the salmon. Toss gently to combine, sprinkle with a touch more lemon, and serve immediately with a toasted bagel or baguette.