Korean Street Toast (aka Gilgeori Toast). A delicious toasted egg omelet sandwich with cabbage, cheese, ham, ketchup and sugar. Ready in 10 minutes!
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What is Korean Street Toast?
Korean Street Toast is a popular Korean sandwich made with fluffy white bread, eggs, ham, cabbage, ketchup, sugar, salt and cheese. Many street-food vendors popularly sell this sandwich as a quick and cheap meal.
This Korean street sandwich has become a worldwide sensation for its combination of flavors! It's a good breakfast sandwich that is filling and simple. Loved by many looking for a quick and affordable meal for on-the-go.
This sandwich was the very first time I was introduced to popular Korean street food! That buttery toast with ham and lot of veggies in between made a mark in my food memories.
Ingredients
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- Eggs: for best taste go for free-run or free-range eggs with bright orange-yellow yolks.
- Cabbage: We'll be using regular green cabbage and not napa cabbage. We want crunchy cabbage so the crunchy vegetables contrast in texture to the softer ingredients. The egg-to-vegetable ratio is key here! Not too much but not too little.
- Cheddar cheese: A slice of cheese is a must in these egg sandwiches! You may sub for any cheese you enjoy and if you're vegan, feel free to sub with a vegan cheese.
- White bread: Any white bread or even whole wheat bread will work. It's best to use square shaped white bread. Many Asian bakeries will sell this kind of bread.
- Ham: I recommend thinly sliced ham. But feel free to use what you like as well like turkey slices or bacon.
- Unsalted butter: We will need a tablespoon of butter per sandwich that you make. Unsalted is best since the sandwich is pretty salty with the ham and ketchup.
- Ketchup: One of my favorite condiments! But if you're not a fan of ketchup, feel free to replace it with mayo.
- Sugar: This is the key ingredient to balancing out the salty flavors in this sandwich. Many Korean Street vendors will add some sugar for that sweet taste
- Salt: to season the egg cabbage mixture.
- Green onion or spring onion: I highly recommend adding this to the egg cabbage mixture but this optional.
How to make Korean Street Toast
- In a large mixing bowl, add ½ cup shredded cabbage with egg and green onions. Season with salt. Mix until egg cabbage mixture is fully combined.
- In a large skillet on medium low heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter and evenly coat the pan with it. Place two bread slices into the pan and move them around to absorb the butter. Allow them to toast until golden brown on both sides of the bread. Remove and set aside.
- In the same large pan over medium-high heat, add 1 teaspoon of butter and pour egg mixture. Shape veggie omelet into the shape of your bread. Fry your omelet on both sides until cooked.
- Lower heat to low-medium. Place a slice of cheddar cheese on top of the omelet and let the cheese melt. Once melted, place each omelet with cheese on one of the slices of buttery toasted bread.
- Over medium heat, heat ham slices until it’s hot. Once hot, place it over the cheesy omelet.
- Squeeze ketchup and sprinkle sugar over the ham. Then place remaining shredded cabbage on top. Close the sandwich with the second slice of toast. Enjoy!
Expert Tips
- Shred the cabbage with a box grater or a vegetable peeler into thin strands. If you have a mandolin that’s a great way to thinly slice this veggie. If you don't own any of these kitchen tools, you can simply slice the cabbage on a cutting board using a sharp knife.
- Pre-mix your eggs, green onion, cabbage in a large glass measuring cup with a lip and mix with chopsticks. This will make things easier as you pour the egg vegetable mixture into the pan.
- Only heat your ham – do not cook it, about 30-60 seconds. Or it will dry out.
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📖 Recipe
Easy 10-min. Korean Street Toast
Ingredients
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Cabbage shredded
- 1 slice Cheddar cheese
- 2 slices White bread Asian style milk bread recommended
- 1 slice Ham
- 1.5 tablespoon Unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon Ketchup
- â…› teaspoon White granulated sugar
- â…› tsp Salt
Optional:
- 2 tablespoon Green onion finely chopped
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add ½ cup shredded cabbage with egg and green onions (optional). Season with salt. Mix until egg cabbage mixture is fully combined.
- In a large skillet on medium low heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter and evenly coat the pan with it. Place two bread slices into the pan and move them around to absorb the butter. Toast until golden brown on both sides of the bread. Remove and set aside.
- In the same large pan over medium-high heat, add 1 teaspoon of butter and pour egg mixture. Shape veggie omelet into the shape of your bread. Fry your omelet on both sides until cooked.
- Over low-medium. Place a slice of cheddar cheese on top of the omelet and let the cheese melt. Once melted, place each cheese omelet on of the slices of toast.
- Over medium heat, add remaining butter and heat ham slices until it’s hot. Once hot, place it over the cheesy omelet.
- Squeeze ketchup and sprinkle sugar over the ham. Then place remaining shredded cabbage on top. Close the sandwich with the second slice of toast. Enjoy!
Heidi | The Frugal Girls
How fun! Nothing beats tasty street food creations, and this ham, egg and cheese on toast looks just scrumptious! I can't wait to give this a try!
Texas Lady
Made this for my family (husband, 4 young adult kids) and myself. We all loved it! Something different from just a ham, egg and cheese melt. The flavors were very good, complimentary; bread buttery and toasted just right, melty cheese, the egg, finely shredded cabbage and green onion just so good, and the sweet/tart catsup and sugar topping the ham made it all come together with so much flavor. Thanks for putting this on the internet.
christieathome
I am so very happy to read this kind and mouthwatering review! Thank you very much for it and for making my recipe. Glad the family enjoyed it 🙂