0 a dish consisting of poached eggs (= cooked by cracking them into boiling water) served on two halves of an English muffin (= a small, round, flat type of bread), with ham or bacon (= sliced meat from a pig) and hollandaise (= a creamy sauce made from eggs and butter):
A half-block away, you can get a seat at an empty cafe and eat eggs benedict in complete tranquillity.
Eggs Benedict are a speciality.
The eggs benny came on a croissant instead of an English muffin.