9.27.2012

Kookin' in Korea - Bacon Avocado open sandwich

I really wanted to make something with avocado and after searching recipes for a few minutes I came across this. Not only does it look absolutely amazing, but I was inspired to try it out! What you see pictured below is my attempt at creating something similar. Doesn't look much like the website, but it was still pretty tasty and worth a post. Plus, I went through the effort of taking pictures so I'm posting it. For the most part this is a pretty simple recipe and not hard to put together; except for the egg bell pepper part. I had a little anxiety going into that and as you can see I had a lot to worry about.
 


Need:
sliced bread
bacon
avocado
bell pepper
eggs
lemon, salt, parsley
  





The ingredients are pretty basic and easily located at any mart. Avocados can be a little difficult to find, but are usually at Home Plus or Emart. I know I've randomly seen them in other marts so you just have to look around. They are a little pricey here. At home they are 2 for $1 (I think, it's been a while), but here in Korea they're more like ~6,000 won for two which is between $4-$5....I KNOW EXPENSIVE RIGHT?!

First, fry up that bacon! I like mine a little crispy, but it really doesn't matter how well you cook it - just get it cookin'.
 
Use any color of pepper you would like. I only had two options at Feel Mart. Moldy red or wrinkly yellow. I went with the yellow.
Next, cut the bell pepper. I originally saw this on Pinstrosity and didn't understand why so many people had difficulty doing this. I soon found out. I'm not sure if it's because I didn't cut the bell pepper wide enough our if it's because I flipped it; either way it did not look like the picture. I also don't care for sunny-side up so flipping was a must.
Still edible.
Once the egg disaster is complete cut the avocado. For this part feel free to go crazy. I chose to have long slices, but you can also cut the avocado into chunks or make a spread. Go wild!
Toast the bread...
...and let's start piling on the ingredients. Bacon!
Avocado: after placing them on the toast, I sprinkled salt and squeezed lemon juice on top. I just love what salt and lemon does to avocado.
And now the finale...egg/bell pepper mess. I also squeezed a little more lemon juice and added a little more salt and parsley.
I suppose it wasn't too much of a disaster. It still tasted pretty good and aside from the 4 pieces of bacon and 2 slices of bread pretty healthy! If you try this at home good luck with the egg!

2 comments:

  1. Yumm! I'll definitely have to try this. I will say about the eggs - as eggs age they become more runny (spreading out in the pan after you crack them). For some reason I've found that in Korea they are like that from the start! Possibly because they're not always refrigerated. Anyway, maybe that's why you had trouble? Either way, looks super yummy and I'll have to give pepper eggs a go - two of my favorite things!

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    1. I still don't really understand how eggs are not refrigerated! I think you will actually really like this...also I didn't have as many issues as some on pinstrosity, lol! http://pinstrosity.blogspot.kr/2012/09/bell-pepper-eggs-revisited.html

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