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Ultimate Lox Bagel

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  • Author: Erin Jensen
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 1 bagel 1x
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Counter Top
  • Cuisine: American

Description

Ultimate Lox Bagel – epic lox bagel recipe with scallion cream cheese, optional homemade lox. Make it your own with all the add-in options!


Ingredients

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Scallion Cream Cheese Spread:*

  • 1 cup plain cream cheese spread (regular or dairy-free)
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup scallions, sliced (use more or less, as desired)

Lox Bagel:

  • 1 everything but the bagel seasoned bagel, halved
  • 12oz lox (cured salmon), either regular or smoked**
  • 2 teaspoons capers
  • fresh dill (just a few little sprigs)
  • 12 thin slices red onion
  • (optional) 2 slices tomato
  • (optional) 2 slices avocado

Instructions

  1. If you are making the Scallion Cream Cheese Spread, combine those ingredients in a bowl and set aside. 
  2. Take the bottom half of your bagel and spread a thick layer of scallion cream cheese on the bottom, spreading it on the cut side.
  3. Next, add the lox (you can add as much or as little as you want). 
  4. Top the lox with some capers and fresh dill sprigs (not too much dill – just a bit) and you can also give a little squeeze of fresh lemon juice too. 
  5. Top that with the red onion – you can stop at this point if you want a more classic Lox Bagel. 
  6. If you want to keep going, add your tomato and avocado slices on top.  
  7. Spread a little more cream cheese on the other half of the bagel (on the cut side) and place that down on top of the avocado. Gently press down a bit and then cut in half. 
  8. Enjoy! 

Notes

  • *Scallion Cream Cheese: this recipe will make enough for more than one lox bagel sandwich so store the leftovers in the refrigerator for later use. Of course, you can always use store-bought cream cheese if you prefer. 
  • **Lox: we have a recipe for Homemade Lox on the site or you can buy store-bought lox (either plain or lots of store bought lox is smoked as well) – use whatever works best for you!
  • Avocado + Tomato: feel free to use these if you want – if you want more of a classic lox bagel then feel free to skip these, but if you want to go all out add them both in!
  • Make Ahead: you can make these about a day ahead of time if you want – just wrap in foil and place in the refrigerator.  I wouldn’t do more than a day or the cream cheese might make the bagel soggy.