Pressed Egg Sandwich

By jenlin

Ingredients

• 1 pound CHORIZO
• salsa
• 4 eggs
• 1 avocado
• 8 thin slices monterey jack cheese
• 2 cuban buns

Details

Servings 2
Adapted from cookingchanneltv.com

Preparation

Step 1

For the salsa: Combine the tomatoes, jalapeno, onion and cilantro in a bowl. Toss with some salt and pepper. Add the olive oil and lime juice and toss again to combine. Let sit at room temperature to allow flavors to meld.

For the sandwiches: Form the pork mixture into 4 thin patties. Heat a few teaspoons of canola oil in a large cast-iron skillet over high heat until smoking. Add the sausage patties in batches of 2, if needed, and cook until golden brown and just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Remove to a plate lined with paper towels and allow the excess fat to drain off.

Melt the butter in large nonstick pan over medium heat. Crack 4 eggs in and season the tops with salt and pepper. Cook until the whites are set and the yolks are slightly firm, about 2 minutes. Flip over and cook for 45 seconds longer.

While the eggs are cooking, open the buns on a flat surface. Put 2 slices of Jack cheese on each side of the open buns. Then, to the bottom halves of the buns, add 2 chorizo patties, some avocado slices, salsa, queso fresco and the 2 cooked eggs. Close the buns.

Press down on each sandwich. Brush the tops with the melted butter. Wipe out one of the pans. Add the sandwiches and weigh them down with foil-wrapped bricks, or put a piece of foil over the sandwiches and weight them down with another heavy skillet. Cook until the bottoms are toasted and the cheese melts, about 3 minutes. Wrap up and take on the run.