Recipe: Japanese-style bacon and egg on toast

Forget boring bacon and eggs - this Japanese-styled version is a mouthwatering start to the day. Photo / Fresh Media

Enjoy a delicious Japanese take on a breakfast favourite! This sweet miso-glazed bacon and egg on wasabi-mayo avocado toast is a burst of exciting flavours, served with a refreshing quick-pickled cucumber “tataki-kyuri” salad. There are a few different elements to this recipe, but they are all easy to put together.

Japanese-style bacon and egg on toast

Serves 4

Ingredients

Spicy Pickled Cucumber

½ telegraph cucumber, sliced lengthways

½ small red chilli, seeds removed, sliced into thin rounds

2 Tbsp sushi vinegar

1 Tbsp soy sauce

1 Tbsp sesame oil

1 Tbsp white sesame seeds, lightly toasted

Smashed Avocado

2 avocados, flesh removed

1 Tbsp mayonnaise

3﹘4 cm wasabi paste

Salt and pepper

Maple Miso Bacon

250g streaky bacon

2 Tbsp miso paste

1 Tbsp maple syrup

To Serve

Oil, for frying

4 large eggs

4 slices of thick bread

1 spring onion, finely sliced

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Lay the bacon rashers on an oven tray lined with baking paper. Mix the miso paste and maple syrup in a small bowl. Add a little water to thin it if necessary. Brush the mixture generously over the bacon and bake for 10-12 minutes until golden. Set aside and keep warm.
2. Make the spicy pickled cucumber. Place cucumber halves in a zip-lock bag. Lightly pound with a rolling pin to smash them into pieces. Add all the other pickled cucumber ingredients in the bag, seal the bag and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
3. While the bacon is cooking, crush the avocados lightly with a fork and stir in the mayonnaise and wasabi paste. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
4. Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat and fry the eggs for 3-4 minutes until whites are just set.
5. Toast the bread and spread each piece with the smashed avocado. Top each portion with the bacon, a fried egg and pickled cucumber. Sprinkle some sliced spring onion over the top before serving.

NOTE: Adjust the amount of wasabi to suit your taste – some like it eye-watering and others prefer a subtle zing!

-fresh.co.nz