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Gilgeori toast
Gilgeori toseuteu (길거리 토스트): Seoul street-stall toast with a cabbage omelette, sugar and ketchup
Outside Seoul subway stations at 7 am, stall owners butter bread on a big griddle, fry a thick omelette packed with shredded cabbage and carrot, and stack it all with a slice of cheese, a sprinkle of sugar and a squiggle of ketchup. Sweet and savoury together sounds odd but is exactly why commuters queue for it. The common mistake is a thin, floppy omelette: make it as wide as the bread and about 2 cm thick so it holds the vegetables. Processed cheese slices are often made with animal rennet; choose a vegetarian slice if that matters to you. Chef's tip: shred the cabbage as thinly as you possibly can, almost like hair, so it softens in the egg in the short frying time.
- Total time
- 20 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
For the omelette
- 3 eggs
- 2 ⅞ oz white cabbagevery finely shredded
- ½ carrotfinely shredded
- 1 spring onionthinly sliced
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
To assemble
- ⅔ oz butter
- 4 slices white sandwich bread
- 2 processed cheese slicesvegetarian if needed
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Beat 3 eggs with 1 pinch salt, then stir in 2 ⅞ oz white cabbage, ½ carrot and 1 spring onion.
Step 2: Melt half the ⅔ oz butter in a large frying pan over a medium heat and toast 4 slices white sandwich bread for 1–2 minutes a side until golden. Keep warm.
4 minStep 3: Add 1 tbsp neutral oil to the pan and pour in half the egg mixture, pushing it into a square about the size of a slice of bread. Cook for 2 minutes until the base is set, flip and cook 1–2 minutes more until firm in the middle. Repeat with the rest.
7 minStep 4: Put an omelette on a slice of toast, add a 2 processed cheese slices slice, sprinkle with half the 1 tsp sugar and squeeze over half the 2 tbsp tomato ketchup. Top with the second slice and press lightly. Make the second toast the same way, using the remaining ⅔ oz butter to brush the tops if you like, and eat hot, wrapped in paper.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 480 kcal
- Protein
- 17 g
- Carbs
- 50 g
- Fat
- 23 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does gilgeori toast take?
- About 20 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 2 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of eggs?
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water per egg, left for 5 minutes (baking only; vegan).
- What can I use instead of white cabbage?
- Savoy or spring greens, same weight.
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