New York Style Avocado Bagel: A Magnificent Breakfast Option

So, the big win of the week of corporate meetings was a shopping bag with a half-dozen H&H bagels. A coworker bought a number to take home (Yes, they are that good) and discovered that she should not fit them all into her carry-on. Hence, some had to be sacrificed, and since I just happened to be in the office, well, my trip back on the train had people commenting on how delicious the bagels smelled.

I’ll break my rule about mentioning any business, but a true New Yorker will know of what I speak of. Think huge chewy bagels toasted to a crispy, nutty outside, smeared with just properly ripe avocado, dashed with a Louisanna-style hot sauce, then topped with a jammy fried egg and seasoned. Side this with a large (32 oz) hot coffee, and you have the makings of a magnificent breakfast.

The recipe, as written, is essential, but one can twist it in so many delicious ways. Start by adding other proteins: lox, thinly sliced baked ham, crispy fried bacon, or even thinly sliced fried chicken. Now, the avocado is great by itself, but if we make a small salad of it with minced onion, jalapeno, and a touch of garlic, this steps into another level of taste and texture. One can add more veggies, like tomato or kimchi, and other taste influences, like citrus or oils. Lastly, I used a Louisiana-style hot sauce; one might replace this with an Asian pepper sauce or even pepper rings.

From Wikipedia:
Avocado toast is a form of open sandwich, consisting of toast and mashed avocado, and any of a variety of spices and flavorful ingredients. The most popular include salt and black pepper, lemon juice or other citrus flavors, olive oil, hummus, vinegar, red pepper, feta, duqqa and tomato.

Avocado toast became a food trend of the 2010s, however has appeared on café menus since at least the 1990s. There have been several debates about where the dish first appeared on menus. Following avocado toast’s elevation to trend status, the act of ordering avocado toast at a café was criticized as a symbol of frivolous spending.

Avocado Egg Bagel

The Rogue Chef take on avocado toast.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Breads, Breakfast, Sandwich, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 1

Calories 130 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 ea Bagel H&H Style, Sliced, Everything preferred
• 1 ea Egg Large, Fresh
• 1 ea Avocado Peeled, Pitted
• Hot Sauce to taste
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp Cooking Oil

Instructions

 

• Toast sliced bagel until golden brown.
• Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat and add egg
• Pan-fry until just set, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Mash avocado in a medium bowl; sprinkle with salt and black pepper.
• Spread 1 tablespoon avocado on each toasted bagel half.
• Add hot sauce to taste
• Top with Egg

Notes

This is an essential play; there are SOOOO MANY ways to twist this.

1.) Use gochujang for the hot sauce; mince onion, and jalapeno into the avocado mash

2.) Poach the egg, soft boil the egg

3.) Add additional protein in the form of lox, ham, bacon, etc

Nutrition

Calories: 130kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 0.3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 7mgPotassium: 7mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 0.01gVitamin A: 7IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 1mgIron: 0.04mg

Keyword avocado, Bagel, Egg

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