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Taiwanese breakfast toast with egg
Ham dàn tǔsī (火腿蛋吐司): soft white toast with a griddled egg, ham, cucumber and sweet mayonnaise
Walk past any Taiwanese breakfast shop between six and ten in the morning and the griddle will be covered in eggs and slices of white bread, being turned into these sandwiches for commuters and schoolchildren to carry off with a cup of milk tea or soy milk. Pillowy, lightly toasted bread is spread with a sweet, creamy mayonnaise and layered with a flat griddled egg, a slice of pork ham (or pork floss) and crisp cucumber, then cut into triangles. The mistake is toasting the bread hard and dry: breakfast shops only warm it on the griddle so it stays soft, with a faint crisp on the outside. Chef's tip: break the yolk and flatten the egg on the griddle so it is the same size as the bread and cooked right through, which keeps it neat and ideal for kids.
- Total time
- 10 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
- 4 slices soft white sandwich breadthick-cut
- ⅓ oz buttersoftened
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp neutral oil
- 2 slices cooked hamor 4 tbsp pork floss
- ½ cucumbercut into thin slices or fine matchsticks
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tsp sugarstirred into the mayonnaise until dissolved
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Method
0/8 doneStep 1: Stir 1 tsp sugar into 3 tbsp mayonnaise until it dissolves; Taiwanese breakfast mayo is noticeably sweet.
Step 2: Slice ½ cucumber and pat it dry with kitchen paper, so it doesn't make the bread soggy.
Step 3: Spread one side of each slice of 4 slices soft white sandwich bread thinly with ⅓ oz butter. Warm them butter-side down in a large frying pan over a medium heat until just golden but still soft.
2 minStep 4: Add 1 tsp neutral oil to the pan, crack in 2 eggs and break the yolks. Spread each egg into a square the size of the bread and cook for 1 minute per side, until fully set.
2 minStep 5: Lay 2 slices cooked ham in the pan for 30 seconds per side to warm through.
Step 6: Spread the untoasted side of each slice with the sweet mayonnaise. Layer egg, ham and cucumber on two slices, then close with the other two.
Step 7: Press down lightly, cut off the crusts if you like and cut each sandwich into two triangles.
Step 8: Eat warm, or wrap each sandwich in baking paper to carry, breakfast-shop style, with a cup of milk tea or soy milk.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 470 kcal
- Protein
- 20 g
- Carbs
- 34 g
- Fat
- 28 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
KrazyBadal
Good to know
- How long does taiwanese breakfast toast with egg take?
- About 10 minutes in total: 5 minutes to prepare and 5 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 2 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
- What can I use instead of eggs?
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water per egg, left for 5 minutes (baking only; vegan).
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