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Sometimes it’s hard to get started. Like today. All week I planned to share a fried egg sandwich and now the day is here and I am at my desk, hands poised on the keyboard, struggling for words. So, I’ll follow advice from Hemingway and start with one true sentence:
The nice folks at Wolf Gourmet sent me a toaster.
A Fried Egg Sandwich
And the toaster is beautiful, if such a thing is possible. Before it arrived, I didn’t give much thought to my old toaster. It had two slots and a dial on the front to set the toasting level. Which boiled down to two settings: barely golden or on the edge of burnt. Sometimes I used a dinner knife to retrieve my toast because as soon as it emerged it would retreat back into the toaster like it was too tired to hold itself up long enough for me to pluck it out. I didn’t think much about any of this until my new toaster arrived.
I’m a sucker for red knobs and my new toaster has two. Each controls the level of “toastiness” for two slices of bread each, the thickness of which doesn’t matter because the slots are extra wide. Slot-size was another thing I didn’t think about with my old toaster. I can welcome thick-sliced bagels into my life now. They’ll fit in this new toaster.
And so I made a fried egg sandwich with toasted bread, creamy herbed mayo, and crispy bacon. I popped two slices of bread in the toaster set to level “5”. I melted some butter in a pan and once it was hot and frothy, I slid an egg in and watched the edges turn white on contact with the hot butter. The egg snapped and bubbled for a few minutes until I flipped it, careful to not break the yolk, and cooked it a minute or so more. I pressed gently on the yolk, it was encased in a thin layer of white, and it jiggled with a delicate resistance. I transferred the egg to a cutting board and let it rest for a minute. The yolk firmed up enough to hold its shape, like a small water balloon.
Meanwhile, my new toaster was set to “warm”, a feature my old toaster didn’t have. My old toaster waited for no one, once the bread was toasted its work was done leaving the toast to go cold while I finished the eggs. This new toaster has a thoughtful warming feature. It understands that breakfast is not always well timed.
I slathered herbed mayonnaise on the two pieces of toast. A pile of spinach – the leaves stacked, rolled, and sliced into ribbons – followed by mayo. I placed the egg on the bed of spinach with slices of bacon on top. Another piece of toast finished the sandwich.
Holding my breath, I sliced the sandwich in half. As I pulled the slices apart a dribble of thick, golden yolk made its way toward the plate.
This post was originally posted in 2010. The photos, text, and recipe have all been updated.
More Toast Recipes
In a pinch, there’s nothing better than toast smeared with cream cheese with sliced avocado, but when I have a little extra time I roll up my sleeves and load that toast up with all sorts of tasty treats.
Like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich except on toasted bread with fresh strawberries. Yum.
Vegetable Cream Cheese with Toasted Bagels
This vegetable cream cheese spread is very easy to make and is wonderful spread on hot toasted bagels.
Fried Egg Sandwich
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 1
- Category: Burgers & Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 1 slice thick-cut bacon
- 1/2 tablespoon butter
- 2 slices country white bread
- 1 egg
- salt & pepper
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh dill
- 6-8 baby spinach leaves, rolled together and sliced into ribbons
Instructions
- Cook the bacon in a small frying pan until crispy. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate. Wipe the the pan to remove the fat, and melt a 1/2 tablespoon of butter in the pan over medium low heat. While the butter is melting, pop the bread in the toaster to toast.
- Once the butter is melted, add an egg to the pan. Cook the egg for a couple of minutes until the whites are mostly cooked through and opaque. Top the egg with a pinch of salt and pepper. Flip the egg over and cook it another minute or so until the white is cooked through. Transfer the egg to a cutting board or plate and let it sit while you prepare the sandwich.
- Mix the dill with the mayo and spread it on each slice of toast. Pile the spinach on one slice of toast. Place the egg on top. Top the egg with the bacon and the other piece of toast. Slice and serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 593
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Happy Friday 🙂
simiple is always heavenly and the addition of spinach must have been devine
a lovely simple sandwich. I agree that sometimes fried egg alone feels like there’s something missing. beautiful photos.
This would make a wonderful lunch today! Easy and quick! Love it. 🙂
NIce simple sandwiches. Great for breakfast, lunch or dinner. And lovely photos!
looks great, I always love fried egg in my sandwich. I liked how you chopped the bacon in there.
Mmmm egg sandwiches are the BEST!
Love your pictures!
My grandfather never cooked anything except the occasional egg sandwich. Thanks for the memory! Yum!
my favorite food of all time is an egg sandwich! YUM!!!!! Yours looks amazing, kind of like a BLT but way better 🙂
This is one of my favorite comfort sandwiches, though love your variation of adding thyme to the mayo. My dad used to make a similar sandwich when I was kid and now I make it for my boys. Delicious!
wow this looks almost as delicious as your eggsalad post, hard to choose they are both yummy!
Gorgeous photos!! I am lovin’ you bloggy. Your ideas are simple (which I love) with a fresh take and great energy! Thrilled that I found u!!
I love meals like this. This looks AWESOME. Baking some (hopefully yummy) gluten-free bread, maybe I’ll have this for breakfast tomorrow!
Looks delicious! I just need a step-by-step of how to make that perfect egg! 🙂
This is one of my favorite sandwiches. Love the soft yolk. The photos are gorgeous.
I always love to add some hot sauce to my fired egg sandwich yum!
I want this to be served at every brunch restaurant in NY. Fried egg sandwiches are the best hangover food of all time.
Simplecan be delicious. Love how you jazzed up the sandwich without overpowering the fried egg!
Simply delicious.
Best sandwich ever! This sounds amazing!
Awesome, April! That looks so good!!
I have a dish called The Egg Thingy you might like. It isn’t quite as fancy as this, but it really hits the spot.
Doesn’t have to be fancypants to be delicious 🙂
Oh, I love fried egg sandwiches.. I put mayo and ketchup on mine!
This is amazing looking. If I hadn’t eaten my dinner already I would be making that!
We’re big bagel fans in my house! We love everything bagels with cream cheese. Thanks for the chance.
Can’t go wrong with everything bagels!
I would toast Belgian waffles with fresh berries and honey.
Now I’m craving waffles 🙂
We take toast seriously in our house. My dad who will be 90 this year likes everything well-done. I mean Crunchy. My mom on the other hand likes an English muffin just barely toasted with fresh jam. I have the privilege of caring for them both. Next month marks their 69th wedding anniversary. I hope I’m making toast, toasting waffles or English muffins for years to come.Lisa
Toaster? The bread will be homemade sweet rye with ample butter put on those 2 slabs when it’s toasted. The bottom will start with a thinnest slice of strong, raw onion. That will be followed by a good smear of homemade smoked trout spread. One nice leaf of lettuce will finish it. Put the well buttered top on.
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Sounds delicious, John!
I’d toast some of my sourdough bread!
And it would be amazing, I’m sure 🙂 You have the best bread recipes!
We love to eat peanut butter on our toast with honey on the peanut butter. My son eats a lot of toast each day.
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Yum! This looks and sounds perfect! I would definitely use a loaded mashed potato batter that i make into a waffle type consistency.I will then top them with butter,sour cream, fresh bacon pieces and chives. They are a great brunch idea. I also love to add a fried egg or avocado when available! Totally not gut friendly, though lol
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Loaded mashed potato waffles?! Love that idea – and, if it’s the weekend, the calories don’t count 🙂
Yummy sandwich! I would make some chicken and waffles drizzled with maple syrup!
Toast with mayo and sliced tomatoes for me, Simple and tasty with a little salt and pepper.
I’d toast up some homemade whole wheat toast and smother it with peanut butter and cut up bananas! So yummy!
Peanut butter and bananas are a great combo!
Hi April,
Thank you for the opportunity to win this beautiful toaster and thank you for your very inspiring site!
I would toast 2 pieces of my day old, homemade sourdough bread. Top the slices with a bit of dijonaise, followed by some fresh spinach, sliced, grilled chicken breast, a couple slices of bacon and some thin slices of fresh mango to form my go to sandwich! Thanks again, Rick
Thank you for your nice words, Rick! I love your sandwich idea -sounds delicious 🙂
The Fried Egg Sandwich looks great! We’ll be using the Wolf Toaster for English Muffins to make Breakfast Sandwiches!
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Yes! Breakfast sandwiches are always great 🙂
I would make the same sandwich you did. Fried egg, bacon, lettuce, and tomato. Yummy !
Great minds think alike!
If you saw my toaster, you would know that I need this. And this will match my Wolf range perfectly (red knobs and all)!! Honestly, now that you’ve tempted with this, if I don’t win, I’m pretty sure I’ll go buy one, because you’ve got me drooling for the toaster and the egg sandwich!
Love the red knobs!
I’d love to use it for bagels topped with avocado and tomato.
Avocado + tomato = 🙂
It’s been so long since I had toast I’d start by making plain, well brown, crispy toast on thick sliced bread with butter and strawberry preserves.
Sounds like a great way to get back in the toast game 🙂
I’ll toast up some delicious Boudin sourdough for our BLTs…..yum!
Love that! BLTs are one of my favorires
I would make a bacon, lettuce and fried green tomato sandwich with pimento cheese. I want to recreate what I had while visiting Charleston this week.
I made my first grilled pimento cheese sandwich last week – it was amazing. Love the fried green tomato idea – sounds delicious!
I would toast blueberry bagels, thanks.
Know this doesn’t sound too creative but I would make toast. my husband and I eat a piece each morning with peanut butter. Hey gotta have a quick go to!
Toast and peanut butter – nothing wrong with that!
First thing would be my whole grain toast for avocado toast. Second would be angel food cake slices for angel s’mores.
Angel food s’mores! What a great idea 🙂
I’d toast a lot of home-made sourdough and banana bread. I love toast with good butter.
I’ve never toasted banana bread… adding that one to the list 🙂
I would toast some whole wheat bread for avocado toast!
One of my favorites! You can’t go wrong with avocado toast 🙂
I’m feeling like a little comfort food today. I would toast some good old white bread; butter lightly and smother in creamed eggs….then back for seconds.
Ooh, creamed eggs sound delicious 🙂
I would first try it out on a bagel.
The toaster has a bagel setting that toasts the cut side of the bagel and warms the outside 🙂
I will be making a toasted everything bagel sandwich with cream cheese and chives, topped with ham and egg.
That sounds like a great way to start the the day 🙂
This recipe sounds very good! I love almost anything on a nice piece of rye toast, everything bagel or English muffin. I do think my 1st sandwich using this gorgeous toaster would be rye with mayo & liverwurst and thin red onions…like the german deli makes…yummy!
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ok first of all YUM this sandwich looks awesome and #2 i would make club sandwiches, and am stealing your herbed mayo and using on my club!
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That is a beautiful toaster! And I love your fried egg sandwich pics. They’re making me so hungry. I’d definitely make avocado toast and would also like to try sweet potato toast. Thanks for the opportunity!
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Sweet potato toast! That’s new to me – need to check that out 🙂
I always have homemade waffles in the freezer, not much for the cardboard variety they sell at the market. I would heat up one and top it with caramelized bananas, walnuts and pure maple syrup!
I need a waffle maker – love the idea of having homemade ones in the freezer 🙂 I have to admit I usually have the cardboard variety on hand – a scoop of ice cream on one goes a long way to improve it 🙂
I would get some of those cooking bags that can be used in a toaster then the Camper and I would hit the road.
Traveling toaster! Sounds like fun 🙂
I would toast large slices of Sour Dough bread, with a homemade burger, bacon, and blue cheese.
I love all those flavors!
Yum, who says breakfast has to be a quick bowl of cereal…this recipe rocks!
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Toast over cereal every time 🙂
just my plain ol’ sandwich bread, which i toast every morning to make my lunch. boring but so important to a good sandwich. 🙂
Toasted bread is a must 🙂
I love toast! I love jam! My big thrill this weekend was going to the opening of the local farmer’s market and picking up a loaf (yes, loaf!) of English muffin bread and a jar of blackberry jam (with seeds). So great with a fresh cup of coffee!
Toast and jam sounds good to me 🙂
I would just toast the usual stuff, like bread,, bagels, english muffins, etc.
I’d make breakfast pizzas.
My favorite isnt that tanatalizing…Just a toasted all grain english muffin, and while that is working, heat up some santa fe smoked turkey, place it on the toasted muffin, add some grueyer, and some great hatch green chile….
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Thanks April for this one. I always make sandwiches for breakfast with new filling every time. But this one was just lovely. Made it in just 15 minutes. A great time saver, when late for office. Thanks for sharing once again!