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Fried Egg Sandwich
BY MILLY |
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Fried Egg
Sandwich
An egg sandwich is a sandwich
with some kind of egg filling. Sliced boiled eggs are a popular
option - some people use egg slicers to make slicing more convenient.
Fried egg and scrambled egg sandwiches are an alternative for
those who want a hot meal. A popular combination in the United
States is an egg sandwich on a kaiser roll, bagel, or biscuit,
with the option of some sort of breakfast meat (breakfast sausage,
bacon, or ham), and cheese making a breakfast sandwich. Another
variation is an omelette served on bread, cornbread or toast.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon unsalted butter,
softened
2 slices white bread
1 slice ham
1 large egg
Pinch salt
Pinch ground black pepper
Optional ingredients of your choice |
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Directions
Spread 1/2 tablespoon of the
butter on 1 side of each slice of bread (3/4 teaspoon butter
per slice).
Heat a large skillet over medium
heat and add the buttered slices, buttered side down. Push the
bread to the side of the pan and add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon
butter to the other side. Add the ham and egg to the buttered
side of the pan, and season the egg lightly with salt and pepper.
Using a spatula, pierce the egg yolk so that it runs. Cook until
the egg begins to firm and the ham browns, about 30 seconds.
Using the spatula, flip both
the ham and the egg and cook for 30 seconds. Stack the ham and
egg on 1 unbuttered side of the toast and top with the other
slice, buttered side up.
Place the egg sandwich on a
plate. If desired, top with grated cheese or other toppings,
and serve immediately.
The Humble Fried Egg Sandwich
Sometimes when looking for
something good to blog about, the answer can be right under your
nose. That's what happened to me recently when I was making a
fried egg sandwich for breakfast. I make one of these probably
3 times a week nowadays and have been making them off and on
since my dad showed me how when I was just a wee lad.
Now, as I understand it, Alton
Brown has some sort of Unified Sandwich Theory which says...well,
what do you know, you can read it yourself on the interweb. Relevant
here are two of the corollaries (corollary to what I'm not sure):
soft fillings best on soft breads. Check. I use a soft challah-type
roll. And avoid placing layers of slippery substances next to
one another. Check. That's the bit about where to apply ketchup.
Does everyone do ketchup and
Tabasco? I'm guessing people grew up with other toppings to their
fried egg sandwiches. Once I had no ketchup so I did pesto. Not
bad.
Fried Egg Sandwich
1-2 t butter
2 eggs
Ketchup
Tabasco Sauce
1 soft roll
Crack two eggs into a small
bowl and set aside. Melt butter in an 8" pan on high heat.
When it has bubbled a bit, slide the eggs from the bowl to the
pan (so as not to break the yolks). Fry those for about two minutes
on high. Meanwhile, cut your roll in half and lay it on your
plate in butterfly fashion. Turn down the heat to medium and
here is where you have some decisions to make. If you like your
yolks broken, do it now. Also, do you like your eggs fried "soft"
or "hard"? If you like them fried soft, then flip them
now. If you like them fried hard, as I do, keep them on this
side for another two minutes and then flip. Cook on the flip
side for about two minutes or until you are happy with how runny
the eggs are.
Put ketchup on one side of
the roll and 2-20 drops of Tabasco as well. Then lay the egg
across the bread and close up the sandwich. I once made the near
fatal flaw of putting the eggs on the bread and ketchup on the
egg. When I closed it up, the ketchup was between two layers
of egg. Slip-sliding all over the place. I shed one tear. I had
really messed up.
That's a lot of bytes for a
simple fried egg sandwich, but I have no job. So there you go.
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