Noah’s Go-To Breakfast Sando!

5 minutes prep 10 minutes active cooking 15 minutes total

Makes 1 serving

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This sandwich is in regular rotation for my wife and I before work...

and I’m getting pretty good at timing it so the egg is cooking while the English muffin is toasting and both are ready at more or less the same time. We are a toast family, Kate’s comes from a long line of toast people, when we visit the in-laws there is no less than 4 types of bread available for toast, it’s very serious. I know some folks may griddle the muffin in a cast iron skillet swimming in salty butter and keep it warm in a low oven but that feels like a Saturday situation.

~ Noah Cable, Wellspent Owner

What You'll Need

Ingredients

For the shopping list

1 English muffin
About 2 tablespoons of cheddar cheese
freshly ground pepper, to taste

From our shop

1 tablespoon of Everyday Extra Virgin
$22.00– Chico - California

1 tablespoon of Garlic Chili Crisp
$16.00– Seattle - Washington

1 Eggs - Farm Fresh
$8.50– Cloverdale - Oregon

To taste, Italian Fine Sea Salt
$7.00– Trapani - Sicily

1/2 tablespoon of Beurre de Baratte - Salted Butter
$13.00– Jura - France

1/2 tablespoon of Caramelized Onion Jam
$7.00– Greece

To taste, St. Augustine Style Hot Sauce
$12.00– Los Angeles - California

Equipment

From the kitchen

toaster
cast iron skillet
spatula
grater

What you'll have to do

Step 1

Put your English muffin in the toaster.

Set a cast iron pan over medium heat, then add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of chili crunch. Let that sizzle for a moment, taking care to not let the chili crunch burn.

Step 2

Crack your egg onto the chili crunch, add salt and pepper, and fry until the whites are beginning to set. Puncture or lightly break the yolk, and flip the egg.

Step 3

Grate a couple of tablespoons of cheese over the top (you can be a little reckless here: any cheese that spills over from egg edge to pan creates a deeply flavorful bit of crusty, cheesy lace). When the cheese is melted to your liking, remove the egg from the pan and transfer to your prepared English muffin.