The soldiers are being dunked into the soft boiled egg!

One of my daughters has a new favorite breakfast treat – Soldiers and Soft Boiled Eggs!  My husband was the one who introduced her to this new breakfast dish and it was a hit!  Our family tries to have a sit down Saturday morning breakfast or brunch.  We try to have at least one meal a day where we all sit down and eat together as a family.  During the week that meal is in the evenings for dinner, but on Saturday we try to do it in the morning since many Saturday afternoons and evenings are taken up with other activities.

My husband is an amazing cook and will often introduce the kids to new recipes or come up with his on completely new recipe.  Which always turns out delicious!  I don’t think he has ever made anything that didn’t taste yummy!   Myself on the other hand….well….let’s just say there have been a few dishes or recipes I have made that we can laugh about now as a family, ha!

The best part about Soldiers and Soft Boiled Eggs is that they are pretty easy to make.  The “soldiers” are just bread that is toasted, buttered, and cut into strips.  The soldiers are perfect for dunking into the delicious thick and runny egg yolk!

A soft boiled egg is a perfect combination between poached and hard boiled egg.  To make soft boiled eggs you bring a pot of salted water to a boil.  Gently add your eggs to the boiling water and cover the top of the pan.  Reduce the heat to low and let them cook for 5 minutes.  (While your eggs are boiling make your soldiers.)  Remove the eggs from the boiling water and rinse the eggs with cold water.

Once your soft boiled egg is done cut off the top and serve immediately with your toast soldiers!  After you are done dunking all your soldiers and your egg yolk is gone you can peel and eat the rest of your egg.

My daughter loves this breakfast.  I think dunking the soldiers in the egg yolks has a certain appeal, but she enjoys the taste too.  Always love it when we come up with fun and healthy recipes!

Dunking her soldiers into the soft boiled egg yolk.

Typically we do one piece of toast per two eggs, but it really depends on how much you want to dunk or the amount of yolk you want on each soldier.