Fried Sourdough Bread

Or, What Toasts Hopes To Be When It Grows Up

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My Thoughts

Toast is great, or so I used to think. Then I had fried bread. Seriously there's no going back now. Fried bread isn't like a doughnut. It's simply taking a slice of bread, dipping it in oil (olive oil this time) and searing it until crispy. The difference is instead of getting that super dry, scratch the roof of you mouth, result that is toast, you get a moist, chewy and oh-so-flavorful slice of bread that doesn't need butter or anything else. It makes amazing sandwiches or as a side for your St. Patrick's Day Feast!

The How To Do It

  1. Heat a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
  2. Take 8 slices of sourdough bread. I use San Fransisco-style, pre-sliced, sourdough from the grocery store bakery. You could bake your own, but I haven't done that yet. With the exception of the soda bread elsewhere on the site, I really don't bake breads much.
  3. Once the oil is hot, briefly place 4 of the slices into the hot oil.
  4. Quickly flip the slices and let them fry on the other side until they start to turn golden brown, about 1-2 minutes. I do this flip so that the first side doesn't soak up all the oil. Now, when we flip them over again, to fry the first side, they already have oil on them.
  5. Flip the and fry for another 1-2 minutes and remove them from the pan.
  6. This is sort of a lather-rinse-repeat sort of thing. Add another 2 tablespoons of oil to the skillet and repeat steps 3-5.

Ingredients

Fried Sourdough Bread
8 slices
sourdough bread
4 tbsp
olive oil
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