PrintRestaurant-Quality Smoked Salmon Bagel Assembly
Create a luxurious, no-cook breakfast featuring silky Nova lox, tangy chive cream cheese, capers, and red onion on a perfectly toasted bagel. This assembly delivers effortless luxury for a special weekend treat.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 3 min
- Total Time: 13 min
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Assembly
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Low Fat
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 bagels (plain or everything)
- 4 ounces Nova lox smoked salmon
- 4 tablespoons chive cream cheese (or plain cream cheese mixed with fresh chopped chives)
- 1 tablespoon capers, drained
- 1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped (optional)
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Slice your bagels in half horizontally.
- Toast the bagel halves until they are golden brown and slightly crisp.
- Spread a generous layer of chive cream cheese evenly over the cut side of each bagel half.
- Arrange the Nova lox smoked salmon artfully over the cream cheese layer on each half.
- Sprinkle the drained capers evenly over the salmon.
- Top with thin slices of red onion.
- Garnish with fresh chopped dill, if using, and a light grind of black pepper.
- Serve immediately for the best flavor and texture contrast.
Notes
- For the best flavor, use high-quality, cold-smoked salmon, often called Nova lox.
- If you do not have chive cream cheese, mix 4 ounces of full-fat cream cheese with 1 tablespoon of finely chopped fresh chives.
- Thinly slicing the red onion is key; use a mandoline if you have one for uniform, delicate pieces.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bagel
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 5
- Sodium: 950
- Fat: 18
- Saturated Fat: 9
- Unsaturated Fat: 9
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 55
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 22
- Cholesterol: 75