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Lox and cream cheese omelet on a plate with a fork and knife.

5-Ingredient Lox and Schmear Omelet

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This is an everything-but-the-bagel Lox and Schmear Omelet for when you're craving your breakfast favorite, but don't want all the carbs. Salty, creamy, delicious.
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine Pescatarian
Keyword 30 Minutes or Less, Easy, Omelet, Quick, Smoked Salmon
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 2 servings
Author Marley Goldin

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter or olive oil
  • 1 ounce cream cheese
  • 3 ounces lox or smoked salmon
  • ¼ teaspoon everything but the bagel seasoning
  • 1 stem scallion optional
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Instructions

  • Crack your eggs into a shallow bowl and use a fork or whisk to beat until the eggs and yolk are well-combined.
    3 large eggs
    Getting butter hot and melted in a pan before adding eggs.
  • To a frying pan over medium heat, add the butter and allow it to melt. Tilt the pan to coat the bottom with an even layer of butter.
    1 tablespoon unsalted butter
    Beating eggs in a bowl with a fork
  • Add the eggs to the pan with the butter and tilt the pan again so that the eggs are completely covering the pan. Allow them to cook for about 30 seconds until the edges firm up.
    Eggs cooking in a pan with butter to make an omelet.
  • Spread little dollops of cream cheese out over half of the eggs.
    1 ounce cream cheese
    Little dollops of cream cheese spread out over half of eggs cooking in pan.
  • Lay the lox flat on top of the cream cheese.
    3 ounces lox
    Lox on top of cream cheese in an egg omelet.
  • Slide your spatula under the empty half of eggs and fold it over the cream cheese and lox. Allow to cook for about 1-2 minutes.
    Folding eggs in half in a pan to form an omelet.
  • Flip and cook for another 1-2 minutes or until the eggs are completely firm. A good test to see if it's done is pushing down on top with the spatula. If no raw egg oozes out, it's done!
    Flipping omelet to cook thoroughly on both sides.
  • Top with everything but the bagel seasoning and chopped green onion (optional). Enjoy!
    ¼ teaspoon everything but the bagel seasoning, 1 stem scallion
    Lox and Schmear Omelet with everythign but the bagel seasoning and green onion on a plate.

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Notes

  • You can buy bagel seasoning, make your own (just combine poppy seeds, sesame seeds, and dried onion and garlic), or simply save the extra toppings that fall off your bagel. If you're not a fan. just sub in salt and pepper as needed. 
  • While I usually always recommend salting your eggs, I would urge you not to for this recipe. The lox and bagel seasoning are both salty components that add enough salinity to the dish.