Korean Street Toast

During our recent trip to Korea, we had many of this sandwiches to go with my morning coffee and it has become one of our favourite. Specially with the kids, since It is a vegetable loaded sandwich it is very healthy. I recreated this sandwich at home many times and it has become our staple. In this blog post, I have shared recipe for this sandwich and also variations you can make. 

About Korean Street Toast (Gilgeori Toast)

Korean street toast is a popular street food dish in Korea. It is known as gilgeori toast in Korea. Gilgeori means street in Korean. This is a delicious Korean sandwich made with lots of veggies and egg. Perfect to put in lunch box. It is simple to make and taste absolutely delicious. This street toast has an addition of sugar added in them which makes it super duper good. Street toasts in Korea were highly popular and it look very big and loaded with tons of veggies for 5000 won. I like to use cabbage, carrots, spring onions, garlic chives in the sandwich. Traditionally green cabbage known as yangbaechu is added, you can add 1 sliced onions as well. For more filling toast, you can add a slice of cheese, ham on top of the vegetable patties which adds more taste to the sandwich.  Korean street toast consists of toasted bread, egg vegetable patties, cheese, tomato ketchup and some sugar. The key point you have to remember is to load the patty with lots of vegetables which is important for the taste. Bread has to be toasted till crisp in butter. There has to be some kind of sweetness added in the sandwich like a layer of jam or a sprinkle of sugar. Condiments like ketchup, mustard and kewpie mayo. 

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Korean Street Toast Ingredients

Bread Slices - For traditional Korean toast, white bread slices is used. But for a healthy alternative, you can use whole wheat bread. You can toast the bread in a toaster or in a pan with butter. Make sure your bread is toasted till crispy. Vegetables - I like to use cabbage, carrots, spring onions, garlic chives in the sandwich. Traditionally green cabbage known as yangbaechu is added, you can add 1 sliced onions as well.  Egg - Egg in this recipe is used as a binding for vegetables rather than an ingredient. For 1 to 1.5 cup of vegetables you need 1 egg.  Butter - For getting authentic taste in the sandwich, you have to cook the whole sandwich in butter. Bread is toasted in butter and the vegetable patties is cooked in butter.  Condiments - I used only tomato ketchup. But some recipes using kewpie mayo as well. Sugar | Jam - There has to be some kind of sweetness added in the sandwich like a layer of jam or a sprinkle of sugar. If you are using jam, apply a thin layer on top of the bread. Sprinkle sugar over the vegetable patties.  Optional - extra shredded cabbage can be topped over the vegetable patties when cooking. For more filling toast, you can add a slice of cheese on top of the vegetable patties which adds more taste to the sandwich. 

How to Make Korean Street Toast (Stepwise Pictures)

Make Vegetable Patty Mix

1)Crack open egg in a small bowl or jug. 2)Season egg with salt and black pepper. Use a fork or chopsticks to mix it completely. 3)Add in shredded cabbage. You can use a knife to shred it finely or use a grater. 4)Add in carrot. You can grate the carrots in a thick side of the grater or use a knife to cut into julienne. 5)Add in spring onions. 6)Mix this really well. This is your patty mixture.

Toast Bread Slices

7)Heat some butter in a pan. 8)Place bread slices on the butter, toast the bread on low heat. Cook on both sides till golden and crispy. Once golden, remove and set aside.

Cook Vegetable Patty

9)Now melt some more butter in the same pan. Pour the egg mixture in the butter. 10)Shape the egg and veg mixture like a square. Let it cook on low heat for 5 to 6 minutes. 11)Flip the vegetable and egg over and cook on other side as well. Make sure you cook this on low heat. 12)This is your vegetable patty.

Assemble the sandwich

13)Take your toasted bread slice. Place the vegetable patty on top. 14)Drizzle some tomato ketchup over the patty. 15)Sprinkle with sugar on top. 16)Cover with other slice of bread. 17)Slice and serve.

Expert Tips

Make sure you toast the bread in butter for extra flavour. You can toast the bread in a toaster till crisp and spread some butter once toasted. Make sure you use at least 1 cup of vegetable mix for 1 egg. This makes the vegetable patty taste great. Never skip on the sugar, it is very important for the taste. You can add a slice of cheese on top of the vegetable patty. Drizzle the vegetable patty with some kewpie mayo for taste. 

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