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White plate with cajun shrimp toast and hollandaise sauce. Blueberries, grapes on the plate. Plate is also dressed with babies breath for garnish.

The Best Cajun Shrimp Toast With Hollandaise Sauce

Carita
Have fun with this twist on traditional eggs benedict with the best cajun shrimp toast with hollandaise sauce! Rustic artisan bread and a poached egg topped with creamy hollandaise sauce and cajun shrimp.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine American, Cajun, French
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 teaspoon Garlic roughly chopped
  • 3 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 2 slices Rustic Artisan Bread (or bread of your choice)
  • 2 Poached Eggs see blog post for additional instructions
  • ½ lbss Medium Sized Shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 1 tablespoon Chives roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Parsley roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Cajun Seasoning
  • ½ Lemon
  • ⅓ cup Hollandaise Sauce

Instructions
 

Prep The Shrimp Toast Ingredients

  • First, prep all of your ingredients by peeling and deveining the shrimp. Pat shrimp dry with a paper towel and season liberally with cajun seasoning.
  • Then roughly chop the chives, parsley and garlic.
  • Finally, mix the olive oil and garlic in a small bow and set aside until later use.

Prepare the Toast

  • Next place a small pan on medium to high heat.
  • While the pan is heating, take both slices of bread and spread the oil and garlic mixture over the bread.
  • Sear or grill bread slices bread on both sides and set aside until further use!

Saute the Cajun Shrimp

  • Now with the same pan, add any leftover oil and garlic to the pan and saute the shrimp until cooked through.
  • Half way through the cooking process, add fresh lemon juice and continue sauteing.
  • It's important to note to not over cook the shrimp.

Preparing the Hollandaise Sauce

  • See blog notes under "Preparing the Hollandaise Sauce"

Preparing the Poached Egg

  • See blog notes under section header "Preparing the Poached Egg"

Assembling The Cajun Shrimp Toast with Hollandaise Sauce

  • First, place the seared toast on a plate.
  • Then, add the poached egg (or eggs of your choice) on top of the bread.
  • Then, layer the cajun shrimp on top of the toast and eggs.
  • Next, pour the hollandaise sauce over the toast.
  • Finally, garnish the toast with fresh parsley and chives and fresh cracked black pepper and enjoy!
Keyword Eggs Benedict, Hollandaise Sauce, Shrimp Toast