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Bagel with Herbed Cream Cheese and Cucumber
A simple vegetarian bagel topped with creamy dill-chive cream cheese and crisp English cucumber. It is quick, fresh, and easy to assemble.
Recipe details
- Cuisine
- American
- Servings
- 4
- Total time
- 14 min
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 4 min
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
- 4 Count plain bagels, split - 4 (count), Split before toasting.
- 8 Ounce cream cheese, softened - 8 (ounces), softened
- 1 Count English cucumber, thinly sliced - 1 (count), thinly sliced
- 2 Tablespoon fresh dill, chopped - 2 (tablespoons), chopped
- 2 Tablespoon fresh chives, thinly sliced - 2 (tablespoons), thinly sliced
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice - 1 (tablespoon)
- 0.25 Teaspoon kosher salt - 1/4 (teaspoon)
- 0.25 Teaspoon black pepper - 1/4 (teaspoon)
Instructions
Prepare bagels, cucumber, and herbs
1. *Split the bagels*, *thinly slice the cucumber*, *chop the dill*, and *thinly slice the chives*.
Mix the herbed cream cheese
2. In a medium bowl, stir together *softened cream cheese*, *fresh dill and chives*, lemon juice, kosher salt, and black pepper until *smooth and evenly mixed*.
Toast the bagels
3. Toast the bagel halves until *lightly crisp* and *golden at the edges*, about 3 to 4 minutes.
Assemble the bagels
4. Spread each toasted bagel half with *herbed cream cheese*, then layer on *crisp cucumber slices*.
Serve
5. Serve immediately while the bagels are *warm and crisp* and the cucumber is *cool and crunchy*.