Chicken and Swiss Cheese Toastie with Harissa Fried Egg
Ingredients
2 slices sourdough
2 slices gouda cheese
2 slices jarlsberg cheese
1 chicken breast
2 rashers smoked streaky bacon
3tbsp pickled onion
2tbsp mayonnaise
Salted butter 
Parmesan for grating
Harissa Fried Egg
1 egg
50g salted butter
2tsp harissa paste
For the Pickled Red Onion
1 red onion
Juice of 1 lime
2tsp caster sugar
2tsp cider vinegar
Instructions
- Cut the chicken breast into thick slices.
- Thinly slice the red onion and mix with the lime juice, caster sugar and cider vinegar.
- In a frying pan, heat 1 tsp oil on a medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook for 2-3 minutes or until the bacon is golden and crisp. Turn the bacon and repeat on the other side before removing from the pan and draining on some kitchen paper.
- Arrange the cheese slices, chicken, bacon and pickled onions within the two sourdough slices.
- Spread the outside of the sandwich with mayonnaise. Heat a small knob of butter and oil in a frying pan. Once foaming, place the sandwich in the frying pan and cook until golden brown. Turn the sandwich over and repeat on the other side.
- Once golden, finely grate parmesan over the top using a microplane and flip again to create a parmesan crust. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- In a clean frying pan, heat the 50g salted butter with 2 tsp harissa paste. When foaming, crack the egg into the pan.
- Baste the egg with the harissa butter for 2-3 minutes. Once cooked, place on top of the toastie.