Tangientially inspired by this thread and leading to thinking about what I enjoy on a really good burger, I wondered who else likes fried eggs on their burgers.
My first experience with fried eggs on a burger came from eating at Fatburger, one of my favorite burger chains (although if you’re mostly out of luck if you aren’t in California or an adjacent state). The only other place I knew of as a kid that had fried eggs as a regular addition to burgers was Hamburger Hamlet, and when I’ve asked about getting a fried egg there as an adult, I’ve been looked at as though I were crazy. Currently, the only other place I visit that does this is Red Robin.
I’ve talked to friends and coworkers about having a fried egg on a burger, and many have never heard of this and find the idea extremely strange – almost as strange as the lovely combination of chicken and waffles. So I’m trying to figure out just how common (or not) the fried egg on a burger is. And if you’ve never tried it, how does it sound do you?
There was a Simpsons episode once where they had a mock commercial of something called the Good Morning Burger. If I remember the recipe, it was two burger patties, ham, bacon, Canadian bacon (isn’t that the same thing as ham?), four slices of cheese, and topped off with a fried egg.
Well, one night my friends and I decided we were hungry when we saw this commercial. One thing led to another and we were at Denny’s. It took three entrees to get all the necessary ingredients, but OH MAN was that good.
We all agreed that it was the fried egg that really made the burger special.
You might ask McDonalds: IIRC they offer such a beefburger. But what sort of burger do you have in mind? Beefburger? Chickenburger? Sausage? Bacon? Sausage and bacon? Or just an egg in a bap?
I meant with beef, and you may be thinking of Carl’s Jr., which serves some sort of “breakfast burger” that involves a beef patty, cheese, hash browns, a fried egg, and probably other things I’m not thinking of. That one just doesn’t sound good to me.
If McDonald’s has such a thing, it’s not available in my area.
Lord Ashtar, I’m impressed that you were able to get across such a…unique order. I’m sure they were at quite a loss figuring out how to charge you.
Yes, when I’m in the mood for an old fashioned one “with the works” from my local fish and chip shop: all the usual stuff plus fried egg, bacon, pineapple and beetroot.
Fried egg burgers are fairly common here, even outside of the fast food chains. I haven’t had one for a while (now and then, eggs wreak havoc on my gastric system) but – done well, they’re tasty.
Around here, most diners have a “Texan Burger” listed on the menu, which is exactly that: a burger topped with a fried egg. Back when I used to get this all the time, I’d order the egg over easy (runny) with cheddar cheese. Then eat it up with lettuce, tomato and onion, and heavily peppered (with ground black pepper) and Tabasco sauce. While letting the egg yolk and falling off bits of burger and sogged bun (since I get them medium rare) drip onto the french fries to be consumed in a hash after the burger was done. Delicious!
(And very fattening – I can’t eat this anymore, but thanks for the trip down memory lane!)
Ugh a while back I went to Jack in the Crack at about 2am (after work) and ordered a Ult. Cheeseburger meal. It was a bit more expensive than usual but it didn’t click at the time. So I get my food and driving along the freeway and start eating the burger. WTF? There’s something weird in it. Gah! It’s soft but firm! White too! D: What IS IT!? Driving down the freeway at 60 in the middle of the night doesn’t make it too easy to examine the contents of a burger. So I set it aside, feeling a little queasy. When I got home I found out there was a fried egg in it! Where in the WORLD did she get the idea I wanted a fried egg in it? How does “Can I have a #7 please?” sound like “I’d like you to put a fried egg on my Cheeseburger so I can freak out on the freeway please.”
burger patty, ham, cheese, grilled chicken, fried egg, smoked boneless pork chop, salad, avocados, sauces in sufficient quantity to flavour everything and dribble down to your elbows. All this inside a real crusty bun, of course. There is no way a regular limp-o-bun can hold a manburger like this.
I’d have to chop it up and eat it as a burgery salad, because no damn way is my jaw going to handle that unless I unhook it like a snake.
Egg on a burger? Is it supposed to be runny, or cooked through? What sort of condiments are added to it afterwards? I can’t imagine it with relish or mustard… someone educate me so I can try it at home. I think I still have a couple of coronary arteries that aren’t totally blocked yet.
Yes, that monster (called los Tres Amigos) takes some creative biting to get it all in. It is worth it, though. Best eaten at 5 a.m. pissed drunk, wearing a rental tuxedo.
as for sauces, mustard, ketchup, mayo come included. There are also several squeeze bottles with assorted sauces. The most popular are garlic mayo, and some green “guasacaca” (mostly cilantro, green peppers and onions, cooked and blended)
I first had them in Venezuela but there are several places that carry them in Miami (most owned by Venezuelans in the Doral area)
If you’re looking for another place in L.A. to get one, you can also find it at Cafe 50’s on Santa Monica near the 405. Their breakfast burger comes with jack cheese, bacon strips, and a fried egg, sunny-side up. Yummy! I order it sometimes when I want lots of cholesterol … .
I’m not much one for your traditional burger bun, but one of my favorite breakfasts for quite a while was two pancakes, two over easy eggs, a hamburger patty, maple syrup, and country gravy smothering the entire stack of ingredients. I’d eat that in the morning and then not have to eat again for the rest of the day. It wasn’t on the menu at the restaurant my family owned, but all of the ingredients were there so I could get it anyway. Never got an order for a fried egg with a burger, but we got orders for hamburger patties with breakfasts all the time.
Eggs, meat, and bread do seem to go well together in general.
At 18 it was a fantastic thing though.