Bodega-style Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich

Name: Bodega-style Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Breakfast
Ingredients: 2 eggs, lightly scrambled; 1 slice canadian bacon, chopped; 1 slice american cheese; 1 deli kaiser roll, split; to taste salt and pepper; 1 tbsp butter

December 02, 2017

The New York Bodega egg sandwich is a beautiful thing to see, and it’s easy to recreate at home. I recommend using a heavy cast iron skillet and a really thin, flexible spatula.

We add water to the egg mixture so it can spread very thin, similar to how you might make a crepe. We are going to fold the egg over on itself multiple times, and the desired goal is to get “lamination” so when you cut into the sandwich you will see the distinct layers of egg with the cheese and meat mixed throughout.

You can leave out the canadian bacon if you like, or add chopped up bits of crispy bacon instead.

More recently I’ve been experimenting with serving this on a whole wheat roll and I’ve been really pleasantly surprised by the texture, although the end effect is something different than what you’d find at a bodega.

1 serving

10 mins

20 mins

30 mins

Ingredients

2 eggs, lightly scrambled
1 slice canadian bacon, chopped
1 slice american cheese
1 deli kaiser roll, split
to taste salt and pepper
1 tbsp butter

Equipment

Cast Iron Skillet
Spatula

Instructions

Heat a skillet over medium heat and fry the chopped canadian bacon until heated through. Remove from the skillet and set aside.
Toast the kaiser roll lightly on both sides in the same skillet. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk the eggs with 1 tablespoon of water and a pinch of salt and pepper.
Melt the butter in the skillet over medium-low heat until it foams lightly.
Pour the eggs into the pan in a thin layer. Let it cook for about 1 minute until the edges begin to firm up.
Add the slice of American cheese to the center of the egg and sprinkle with the chopped canadian bacon.
Fold the edges of the egg over the cheese, then continue to fold the egg over itself to form a small square.
Flip the egg packet and cook for another 30 seconds to lightly sear the other side.
Place the folded egg square onto the toasted kaiser roll and cut the sandwich in half to serve.