This veggie-packed Korean street toast is easy and delicious! Experience the streets of Korea with a few ingredients you most likely have in your fridge.
Korean street toast, known as gilgeori toast (길거리 토스트), is a popular grab-and-go egg sandwich that’s delicious and filling. Gilgeori means street in Korean. Whenever I’m in Seoul, I enjoy one of these from a street cart to go with my morning coffee as often as I can.
There are infinite variations created by street vendors and fast food joints. The classic street egg toasts, however, typically include thinly sliced cabbage and other vegetables and are topped with sugar and condiments such as ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard. Often, a slice(s) of ham and/or cheese is added or offered as an option.
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I’ve had several different ones, but my favorite is this veggie-packed egg toast by famous Halmeoni Toast (할머니 토스트) in Changdong neighborhood of Seoul. Halmeoni means grandma in Korean. Years ago, I saw a TV program featuring this 84 year old halmeoni who had been cooking up gilgeori toasts for 20 some years, and was still running the business because she wanted to stay active and interact with people. How inspiring!!
Her street toasts were highly popular for being very big and loaded with veggies for 2, 000 won (less than $2) each at the time in 2018. She would sprinkle a heaping spoonful of sugar on top of the veggie omelet, followed by a good squirt of ketchup.
Sadly, Halmeoni passed away in February 2021, and her street cart was eventually closed down by the local government. Recently, her Vietnamese daughter-in-law, who used to help the aging mother-in-law with the business, reopened it at a different location in the same neighborhood. It’s wonderful to see the legacy of Halmeoni Toast being continued by her daughter-in-law. I can’t wait to visit the place next time I go to Korea.
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Most gilgeori toasts are made with simple white bread slices toasted in a pan with margarine. You can also use whole wheat, multigrain or Asian milk bread. I usually use multi-grain milk bread from a Korean bakery.
For vegetables, Halmeoni Toast uses thinly sliced green cabbage, onion, carrot and buchu (garlic chives). The cabbage is the main vegetable. If you don’t have garlic chives you can use a scallion. To make it as big as hers, use about 4 to 5 ounces (1 cup packed) of sliced veggies for each sandwich.
Halmeoni Toast uses one egg per sandwich with lots of vegetables. You can adjust the egg-to-vegetable ratio to taste, but to truly experience Halmeoni toast, try it with one and then increase to 1.5 (3 for 2 sandwiches) to 2 eggs next time, if you like.
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Korean street vendors generally use margarine to toast bread and cook other ingredients. Butter is a great substitute. Olive oil is a healthier option if preferred, but I recommend you use margarine or butter if you’re trying it for the first time.
To make a toast, place the veggies (reserving about 1/5) and egg in a deep bowl or cup and mix everything up by hitting them down and stirring with a pair of tongs or a fork. This breaks down the veggies and incorporates everything together, reducing the volume.
To finish up, place the veggie omelet on top of a toast. Sprinkle it with sugar and squirt ketchup to taste on top. I know some of you are skeptical about the sugar. I was too. In her TV interview, Halmeoni said sugar makes it more delicious. And I agree. It really enhances the sweetness of the veggies and taste of the savory toast. Again, to experience Halmeoni toast, try it once and decide how you like it.
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This recipe makes one sandwich, but to make more, you can easily multiply the measurements by the number you want to make. I usually slice enough vegetables at once for several toasts, and keep them in the fridge. It comes in very handy when you need a quick breakfast or brunch.
You can adjust the egg-to-vegetable ratio, but to truly experience Halmeoni toast, try it with one egg and then increase to 1.5 (3 for 2 sandwiches) to 2 eggs next time, if you like.toast, are easy to make at home. It is not that different from an American egg sandwich, but the addition of cabbage and a sweet dusting of brown sugar offers a tasty Korean twist that makes this recipe stand out. Cabbage, carrots, and onion are whisked together with the eggs and cooked omelet-style; the egg is topped with a generous amount of tomato ketchup and a sprinkling of brown sugar and sandwiched between two pieces of white bread that have been toasted in butter.
Although, traditionally, a Korean breakfast consisted of rice, a few side dishes, and a bowl of soup or stew, nowadays, people in Korea start their day with cereal, pastries, or egg sandwiches, similar to people in the West. This egg sandwich, also commonly called
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The vegetables in this recipe are traditionally included in the Korean egg sandwich, but feel free to eliminate any or substitute others to suit your family's tastes. If you are cooking for more than two people, you can easily double the recipe; just make sure to use a skillet that is large enough to hold the egg mixture.
Although it may not be just like the gilgeori toast sold from Korean food trucks, you can swap out and add other ingredients to the omelet. Shredded cheese, chopped tomato, fresh spinach, and mushrooms are all great choices. You can also add some sliced avocado to the sandwich if you like.
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2, 000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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So this time I wanted to share my Korean street toast recipe with you. It is steamy hot, sweet, sour, juicy, and crispy with buttery toasted bread. It is not only delicious but very filling, so you can eat it as a meal! Most of all, it has a lot of cabbage so it makes me feel so healthy!
When I was in university in Seoul, I used to buy this street toast from a vendor on the sidewalk. She cooked it right in front of me in her tent. She brushed and melted a big chunk of margarine on the griddle and then made a kind of omelette-looking patty and toasted the bread there too. She never forgot to sprinkle white sugar and drizzle ketchup on top. It was a good breakfast along with the sweet and nutty instant coffee she made. That’s my memory about Korean street toast decades ago!
When I visited Korea a couple of years ago, I tasted so many different kinds of Korean street food. I found this style of street toast so interesting because it uses a lot of shredded cabbage and it looked super easy to make! The vendor was cooking it in front of me, adding lots of sugar and ketchup just like the vendor in my old memories. She wrapped it and rolled it in tin foil and gave it to me, which was different from the old way, just putting on the plastic plate.
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I hope you guys make this at home and enjoy the taste! You can modify some ingredients as you like, but I wanted to show you the real traditional Korean street toast!
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