Egg Based Breakfast Idea 3: "Roti John" Style Wholemeal Bread Slice With Minced Beef

Egg Based Breakfast Idea 3: "Roti John" Style Wholemeal Bread Slice With Minced Beef

   October 25, 2018       Lyn Alina

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Roti John is one of Malaysian's favorite night market and Ramadhan bazaar snack. It is basically a mixture of eggs, onion, meat along with other spices fry in a long bread, like the size of a baguette but softer in texture, such as the texture of burger bun.

According to the oral history, Roti John gets its name when a Malay hawker named Abdul used to sell a baguette filled with omelette at his stall at Koek Road to a group of British soldiers every Thursday after their meeting at the Union Jack Club in North Bridge Road.  So, every time the British soldiers came to his stall, he used to say "Roti" which refers to the bread and "John" which refers to the white men.  So every time Abdul was asking them, " Do you want bread, John?" That's how the name of Roti John was developed.

Roti John is originally made of French toast, but now most of the local sellers are using softer bun in order to meet the local taste.  So, Roti John is considered a local version of burger filled with fried omelette, dress with salads and other vegetables and drizzle with sauce and mayonnaise.

Today, what I'm going to share is another modification of Roti John, the healthier version using wholemeal bread slices with only little chili sauce for drizzle.  No mayonnaise and other fattening salad dressings added. The concept is all similar as I used eggs with salt, black pepper, diced onion and minced beef for the egg mixture.  Because I used slice breads, to make my own style Roti John look thicker, I stacked 3 bread slices, and have them cut into halves.  So for 3 slices of bread, I got 2 sets of "Roti John."

It is perfect to feel your stomach with these healthy and fulfilling breakfast.  It is easy to prepare and you can also pack some of these "Roti John" for your lunch in the office.

I used my homemade wholemeal bread for this recipe. You can find my wholemeal bread recipe here (wholemeal bread).

The Ingredients:

3 slices of wholemeal bread

3 large eggs

1/2 big onion (diced)

1 teaspoon of black pepper powder

1/4 cups of minced beef

1/2 teaspoon of salt

butter

salad

cucumber

chili sauce

Methods:

1. Prepare the egg mixture by adding onion, salt, black pepper and minced beef. Mix well and set aside.

2.  Cut the bread slices each into half and spread half teaspoon of butter on top of bread slices.

3. Heat a flat pan over a medium heat and add in a tablespoon of vegetable oil or butter and pour 1/3 of the egg mixture onto the pan and place 2 pieces of the bread with the buttered surface at the bottom on top of the egg mixture. Split the fried egg mixture into 2 following the size of the bread pieces. Flip the bread pieces over to make the other side little crispy.  Repeat the step for the remaining bread pieces.

4. Top each layer of the "Roti John" with salad and cucumber and stack the 3 pieces of the bread.  Drizzle chili sauce on top and pin the "Roti John" with wood skewers so that all the layers stay intact.

Serve immediately.

Alternatively, if you don't like beef, you can always replace with prawn, chicken and crab sticks. You may also add in green onion and capsicum in the egg mixture. 

Enjoy!