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Gilgeori toast (Korean street toast)

This veggie-packed Korean street toast is easy and delicious! Experience the streets of Korea with a few ingredients you most likely have in your fridge. 

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Servings: 1
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Korean

Ingredients

  • 2 lices bread (white, wheat, multi-grain, or milk bread)
  • 3 ounces green cabbage, yangbaechu (양배추) up to 4 ounces 1 cup, packed
  • ½ small carrot (about 0.5 ounces)
  • ¼ small onion (about 0.5 ounces)
  • 2 talks garlic chives, buchu (or 1 small scallion)
  • 1 large egg see note
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons butter (or margarine or olive oil), or to taste, divided
  • sugar to taste Halmeoni Toast uses a heaping tablespoon
  • Ketchup to taste

Instructions

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  1. Thinly slice the cabbage, onion, and carrot. Cut the garlic chives into about 1.5-inch long pieces. If using a scallion, thinly slice diagonally.
  2. In a large non-stick pan, melt butter or margarine (use as needed or to taste) over medium heat. Place both slices of the bread, moving them around and flipping over. Toast until golden-brown, 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Transfer to a plate.
  3. In a small, deep bowl or cup (2-cup size), place the veggies (reserving about 1/5) along with a pinch of salt. Crack the egg in it. Mix everything well by hitting them down with a pair of tongs or a fork until the veggies and egg are well incorporated and reduced in volume, about 20 seconds.
  4. In the same pan, melt some more butter or margarine over medium heat. Add the egg and veggie mixture, flattening and shaping it to a large round with a spatula. Place the reserved veggies on top. Cook the mixture until it turns lightly golden, about 3 minutes. Carefully flip it over with a spatula, add more butter or margarine, and cook the other side for about 2 minutes.
  5. Place the omelet on one piece of toast. Sprinkle it with sugar and top with a good squirt of ketchup to taste, and place the other slice of bread on top and serve.

Notes

  • You can adjust the egg-to-vegetable ratio, but to truly experience Halmeoni toast, try it with one egg and then increase to 1.5 (3 for 2 sandwiches) to 2 eggs next time, if you like.