Ultimate Egg and Bacon Sandwich

Ultimate Egg and Bacon Sandwich I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.'

Ultimate Egg and Bacon Sandwich

Crispy Bacon with a Quick Homemade Tomato Chutney, topped with Egg in a Hole Toast - This truly is the ULTIMATE Bacon Egg Sandwich!

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Course: Breakfast / BrunchCuisine: American / BritishPrep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 25 minutesTotal Time: 35 minutesServings (click & slide): 2Calories: 676kcalAuthor: Chris CollinsCost per serving: £3 / $4

Equipment:

• Large Frying Pan
• Small Pot or Pan (for chutney)
• Sharp Knife & Chopping Board
• Wooden Spoon
• Tongs

Ingredients (check list):

• 4 large thick Slices of Bread
• 6 rashers of Smoked Streaky Bacon
• 2 Eggs
• 3 medium Tomatoes, very finely diced (3 medium is approx 9oz/250g)
• 1 medium Red Onion, very finely diced (1 medium is approx 3.5oz/100g)
• 1/4 cup / 50g Light Brown Sugar
• 2 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
• Butter, as needed
• Olive Oil, as needed
• Salt & Pepper, to taste

Instructions:

• Tomato Chutney
• In a pot or small pan begin frying 1 very finely diced medium onion in a drizzle of oil over medium heat. Once the onion begins to soften and take on colour, add 3 very finely diced tomatoes, 1/4cup/50g light brown sugar, 2 tbsp red wine vinegar and stir to combine. Season to taste with salt.
• Bring to a rapid simmer until it thickens (5-10mins). Remove from heat.
• Egg in a Hole
• Fry 6 rashers bacon in a drizzle of oil over medium heat (no higher) and fry until nice and crispy, with as much fat rendered as possible.
• Meanwhile, lay 4 slices of bread on a chopping board and slice an egg-sized-hole in 2 of them. Spread one side of each slice with butter.
• Remove bacon from pan and leave the fat. Place each slice of bread in the pan butter-side-UP. If you don't have room you will have to do two at a time. Fry bread for a few mins until it starts to turn golden (don't completely toast, will finish toasting under the grill), then flip each slice so they're butter-side-down.
• Carefully crack an egg in each of the holes, season with salt and pepper, then leave to fry for 3-5mins until the egg whites almost fully turn opaque.
• Pop under the grill and broil just to finish off the top of the eggs.
• Combined
• Spread a heaped tbsp chutney on the plain toast, top with 3 rashers bacon each, then finish with the egg in a hole toast!
• Quick 1 min demo!

Notes:

a) Different Pots / Make Ahead Chutney - You can either make the chutney in a separate pot as you cook the bacon, or, you could make the chutney ahead of time and store tightly covered in the fridge until needed.
b) Finely Dice or Blitz - Important to finely dice the tomato/onion for a finer texture of chutney. Alternatively you can use a hand blender to blitz in the pot.
c) Bacon Heat - Important to fry at no higher than a medium, otherwise the fat won't render probably (meaning no fried bacon fat toast!). Fairly low and slow will tickle out the oil.
d) Leftover Chutney / Making 4 - If you want to make 4 of these, I recommend toasting the uncut slice of bread in the toaster (or under grill). That way you can fit the 4 egg in a hole toasts in the pan at once. The chutney already makes quite a lot for 2, so probably won't need it all (can store for another time). So just double all the ingredients apart from the chutney (unless you want a lot of chutney of course!).
e) Calories - Based on using all chutney (slight overestimate), 1 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp butter. 2 sandwiches.

Nutrition:

• Nutrition Facts
• Ultimate Egg and Bacon Sandwich
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories 676Calories from Fat 340
• % Daily Value*
• Fat 37.73g58%
• Saturated Fat 6.679g33%
• Trans Fat 0.019g
• Polyunsaturated Fat 3.287g
• Monounsaturated Fat 10.075g
• Cholesterol 744mg248%
• Sodium 646mg27%
• Potassium 938mg27%
• Carbohydrates 61.04g20%
• Fiber 4.8g19%
• Sugar 28.52g32%
• Protein 23.49g47%
• Vitamin A 2095IU42%
• Vitamin C 29.4mg36%
• Calcium 217mg22%
• Iron 6.49mg36%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.