No-bread Bacon and Egg Sandwich

This bacon and egg sandwich is the love child of a hangover and frittata. True story.

I used to eat a LOT of sandwiches. Or toast. Or toasted sandwiches. They were easy. And cheap. I didn’t know any better. I don’t tend to think back too much on food like that; it was bland, boring and pretty uninspiring stuff. But add in one too many alcoholic beverages and the following morning, a sandwich was ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT. Yup, sometimes I make bad decisions. Involving wine. Because it’s made of grapes. That is my logic and I’m sticking with it. So, anyway, sandwiches. There’s no way – even in the thrall of post-alcohol-misery – I’m ever going to eat a sandwich. But the idea of a lovely bacon vehicle I could pick up in two hands was too good to pass up. Several months ago, Mr Meatified’s favorite breakfast had been what we dubbed “the egg cake”. It was kind of a cross between a pancake and a frittata: half the thickness of a frittata because it used fewer eggs, but cooked until firm so that it almost was like a savory pancake. Remembering that, I took the idea and ran with it. If I could get it to hold up firmly enough, I could use it as “bread”.

How to make a bacon and egg sandwich – without bread!

Cooking eggs like this is kind of going against everything you’ve ever been told when it comes to making eggs. You don’t want it “soft” or “fluffy” or “light”. You want to cook it very slowly so that it becomes firm and even a little dense. It needs to hold up to some manhandling in order to stand in for bread; so the trick is to manhandle it a little. Essentially, you want to cook the egg over a very low heat so that it doesn’t brown too much, but you need to cook it for quite some time for it to all set. It feels counter intuitive for sure and can take up to 15 minutes depending on your stovetop. I like to add veggies to mine – in part to combat the denseness of the egg with some crunch and also to give more texture to the “sandwich”. It’s best not to use anything with too high a water content (mushrooms!) as that will dilute the egg mixture down. For this reason, I saute the vegetables first to give them a head start so that they don’t release a lot of water into the eggs later.

So, first saute your vegetables. When they have softened a little and cooked off some water, beat your eggs. Scoot the vegetables away from the very edges of the pan. This means you get a nice curved edge from the eggs when you add them in later, like this:

Egg Sandwich 1

Now, over a low heat, you want to slowly cook the eggs without browning them too much on the bottom. See here at the edges? They’ve rounded off and set. Now you need to watch those bubbles on the top of the eggs. Once they’ve stopped moving, test the doneness of the eggs at the top. They probably won’t be set yet: cover with a lid and cook for a few more minutes.

Egg Sandwich 2

When the top of the egg mixture is set, remove the eggs to a plate and cool. Slice into quarters and use as the base for your two mini bacon and egg sandwiches!

Egg Sandwich 3

Print

No-bread Bacon and Egg Sandwich

Mini frittata bacon sandwich – no bread required!

  • Author: Rachael Bryant / Meatified
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 20 mins
  • Yield: 2 servings 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1/2 tbl avocado oil
  • 12 cups sliced vegetables of your choice – I used mini peppers & cabbage
  • 3 eggs
  • 4 slices bacon

Instructions

  1. In a 10 inch nonstick frying pan at medium, heat the oil.
  2. Add the veggies of your choice and saute until softened. You must make sure to saute long enough to get rid of any excess water.
  3. While the vegetables are cooking, heat another pan and cook the bacon.
  4. Turn the heat down to low on your vegetable pan; remove from the heat while you flatten down the vegetables and move them away from the edge of the pan.
  5. Beat the eggs and add them to the pan with the vegetables, making sure they are spread out evenly and that the egg mixture reaches the edge of the pan.
  6. Put the eggs back onto the heat.
  7. Remove bacon from the pan when done and drain of excess fat. Slice each piece in half and set aside.
  8. When the egg mixture is no longer bubbling and the edges have pulled away from the side of the pan, about 8 minutes, cover with a lid and cook until the top is set.
  9. Once the eggs have set, remove from the pan and slide onto a plate. Cut into quarters. Let cool slightly so that they are not too hot to pick up in your hands.
  10. Use two quarters as a base for the “sandwich”, placing 1/2 of the bacon slices on each. Top each quarter sandwich with the remaining two egg quarters.

 

27 comments

  1. Pingback: Wednesday 022713
  2. I just made this for breakfast. Fantastic! I added a little paleo mayo and some avocado. A new favorite. Thanks for all your great recipes. We had the pineapple salsa with sausages last night. Yum!

    1. Wow, thank you! So glad you enjoyed them, thank you for stopping by to let me know 🙂

  3. I eat these nearly every morning now! I just use the fat from the bacon (or sausage if I’m changing it up) to grease the pan for the veggies & eggs. Thanks so much for the recipe!

  4. I added 1/2 tsp of almond flour to the egg mix. That helps make the egg more sturdy. Great recipe.

        1. You can use any cabbage you like! This was some thinly sliced red cabbage from a coleslaw mix that I purchased 🙂

  5. Where did you find the whole30 approved bacon? Everything I’ve seen in my stores has sugar added.

  6. This was amazing! Thank you for sharing…one of the best things I have eaten on Whole30 so far. I used proscuito not bacon, still good!

  7. I made this Awsome recipe & simplfied it by using a “muffin top” baking pan so it made six perfectly round egg vehicles to sandwich in any and all that you’d like to eat without a bread or muffin or biscuit. Sometimes a little “over indulgence” can create wonderful ideas! 😋 Surprised I haven’t seen this recipe idea anywhere….yet.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe rating 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.