Friday, November 21, 2008

Omelet Sandwich

For the past couple months or so, my go-to breakfast has been this egg sandwich cooked in the style of late-night Ghanaian street vendors. It is also ridiculously simple. You need:

A good sized omelet pan (about 10 inches is ideal, maybe a little bigger).
Eggs (however many you want, I find 3 is best).
Bread.
Some butter.
Fixins (whatever you like).

This is how it goes: Whip up the eggs in a small bowl like you would if you were making an omelet. Grease the pan with butter or cooking oil, turn to just below medium heat, and throw on the fixins. It can really be whatever you want. Onions are always a good call. I normally like a little bit of meat--chunks of sausage are quite delicious. My favorite fixins besides that are habanero and red chili peppers. I normally dice up one whole pepper of each variety to put in the omelet. For maximum spicyness, I throw the peppers in right before I pour the eggs onto the pan. Once you pour the eggs on, make sure the fixins are evenly distributed about the omelet, then don't touch it. Prepare your bread--I prefer small hoagie rolls here, but again, you can use whatever you like. Once the base layer of the omelet is cooked, go around the sides with a spatula and make sure that it is not stuck to the pan. Right before you put the bread on, you might like to throw on some cheese, or some gourmet lunchmeat. Trust me, it's delicious. When the egg on top of the omelet is still uncooked, put two pieces of bread that will make up your sandwich on top of it. Let them cook like that for a while, then fold the omelet in half between the two slices and cook the outsides of the bread for a little while until all the egg is cooked. Feel free to take liberties with this recipe--make the omelet however you like. It is always delicious.

3 comments:

Jacob said...

Sounds like a lot of effort when I can just go down the road and get one for 70 pesewas. I win.

Nice to know you have a super interesting presence on the internets. I will keep an eye on it.

Your photos are... coming...

Bye.

Wilson said...

I can vouch that these are indeed tasty. Half of one made the perfect start to a great Thanksgiving.

I Like Your Folk said...

Damnit, Jacob. Also, damnit and damnit.

In my defense though, when somebody asks me how many eggs they want, I am able to comply with their request. AND I never have to deal with Theofu harassing that poor woman. And I can have them in the morning, when you're supposed to have omelet sandwiches. And you're boring, too.