Egg, Ham and Cheese Bagel Sandwich with Creamy Sriracha Sauce

Egg, Ham and Cheese Bagel Sandwich with Creamy Sriracha Sauce

adapted from Grilled Cheese Social

We have always liked hot sauce on your egg sandwiches but never thought of mayo.  The Creamy Sriracha Sauce is a Sriracha Mayo. Yum!

Makes 2 servings

2 Everything Bagels, split and toasted
1 Tbsp. butter
2 large eggs

2 slices deli ham
1 slice cheddar cheese
1 slice American Cheese
1 mini avocado
1 Tbsp. Creamy Sriracha Sauce
Kosher salt and Freshly ground black pepper to taste

1. Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat.
2. Once melted, add the eggs and sprinkle them with a pinch of kosher salt. 
3. When the edges are done and the inner white is starting to turn opaque, flip them and turn the heat down to low.
4. Place one slice of deli ham on top of each egg then top the ham with one slice of each of the cheeses
5. Add the ham to the other side of the skillet to warm it up and slightly brown it.
6. Cover the pan and cook until the cheese melts.
7. Smear half of the avocado on the bottom of each bagel; Season lightly with salt and pepper.
8. Transfer the ham and egg stack to the bottom of each toasted bagel.
9. Smear the top half of the bagel with the creamy spicy sriracha sauce and close up the sandwich.
10. Serve immediately with additional sriracha sauce on the side of dunking if desired.

Enjoy!

Open Faced BLT With Mixed Veggie Cream Cheese

Yesterday, we spent the day in Intercouse, PA. For those of you who are not familiar with Lancaster County, it is the heart of Amish country.  I, of course, had to make a stop at Stoltzfus Meats. I just love locally owned meat markets selling food sources from the area. We picked up some buffalo chicken and blue cheese sausages, tomato and basil sausages, Amish roll butter and bacon. The bacon was the inspiration for lunch.

Open Faced BLT With Mixed Veggie Cream Cheese
adapted from EveryDay with Rachael Ray March 2014

6 slices bacon
4 ounces whipped low fat cream cheese
3 scallions, chopped
1 large radish, chopped
1/2 small carrot, chopped
1/2 rib celery, chopped
1/4 bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 small clove garlic, chopped
2 Tbsp real bacon bits (I didn't want to waste the good bacon in the cream cheese spread)
1 bagels, split and toasted
Spring Mix Lettuce
Thin red onion slices
Thin  tomato slices
French Vinaigrette
Salt and pepper

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees . 

Arrange the bacon a rack in a rimmed baking pan. Bake until crisp about 15 minutes. Drain on paper towels

In a small food processor, combine the scallions, radish, carrot, celery, bell pepper and garlic. Process util finely minced. Fold the vegetable mixture and bacon bits into the cream cheese.
Slather  a bagel half with the cream cheese mixture. Top each with red onion. half of the  bacon, tomato slices and some spring mix that was tossed with just a little bit of the vinaigrette. Season with to taste with salt and pepper.

This is what the veggie cream cheese looks like.

What to do with leftover smoked salmon? Breakfast!

Bagel Thins with Light Philadelphia Chive & Onion Cream Cheese, Smoked Salmon, chopped red onion and capers! 

Yummy!