Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs with Crab and Chives

Name: Scrambled Eggs with Crab and Chives
Prep time: 8 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 3 large, about 165 g Egg; 80 g White crab meat; 8 g Butter; 40 g Watercress; A small bunch, snipped Chives; A squeeze Lemon juice; To taste Salt; To taste Black pepper

Slow scrambled eggs with white crab meat folded in at the last moment, chives, lemon and a handful of watercress. 36 g of protein for 372 kcal.

Calories: 372kcal
Protein: 36g
Fat: 23g
Carbs: 1g

Per serving, makes 1. 8 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Milk
Eggs
Crustaceans

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Ingredients

Egg3 large, about 165 g
White crab meat80 g
Fresh from the fishmonger or a chilled pot. Tinned works but is wetter; press it in a sieve first. Cooked, as sold.
Butter8 g
Watercress40 g
ChivesA small bunch, snipped
Lemon juiceA squeeze
SaltTo taste
Black pepperTo taste

Method

Beat the eggs with salt and pepper. Melt the butter in a small non-stick pan over a low heat and add the eggs.
Stir slowly and constantly with a spatula, scraping the base, for three to four minutes until the eggs are thick and creamy but still loose.
Take the pan off the heat, fold in the crab and chives and let the residual heat warm the crab through. Squeeze over lemon and serve with the watercress.

Worth knowing

Crab goes in off the heat. Cooked again it turns stringy and its sweetness goes.
Low heat and patience is the whole technique. Three minutes over a low flame gives a soft scramble; ninety seconds over a high one gives rubber.

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