Avocado Bacon Egg Stack
Halved avocado as the bun, bacon and a fried egg in the middle. Cooked on a grate at the trailhead.
- calories
- 520
- weight
- 9 oz
- cal / oz
- 58
- protein
- 18 g
- serves
- 1, scales
- prep
- 5 min
- cook
- 8 min
- total time
- 13 min
- water
- none
- cost
- $$
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Breakfast
- Grill grate
- Campfire coals
- Canister stove
- Car camping
- Basecamp
- Day hike
- Gluten free
- Dairy free
- Nut free
- One pot
- Grab and go
- Needs a cooler
- Basic
Ingredients
| Avocado | 1 whole | firm-ripe, not soft, or it collapses |
|---|---|---|
| Smoked bacon | 2 rashers | |
| Egg | 1 | |
| Black sesame seeds | a pinch | |
| Salt and black pepper | a pinch each | |
| Chili flakes | a small pinch |
Method
- Set a skillet on the grate or stove over medium heat. Lay in the bacon and cook until it stiffens, about four minutes, turning once.
- Move the bacon to the lid of your pot. Leave the fat in the pan.
- Crack the egg into the hot fat. Cook until the white sets, two or three minutes. Break the yolk if you would rather not wear it.
- Halve the avocado, twist it apart, and lift out the stone with the spoon you are about to eat with. Peel the skin off both halves.
- Stack it: one avocado half cut side up, bacon folded on top, then the egg, then the second half cut side down.
- Season the top with salt, pepper, chili flakes, and sesame seeds. Eat it standing up.
This is a car-camping breakfast, not a trail one. Avocado, bacon, and an egg all need a cooler and none of them survive a week in a pack, so this is a first-morning meal at the trailhead or a basecamp day.
The reason it works is the fat. An avocado half is most of a stick of butter’s worth of energy, and it digests slowly, which is the opposite of what a pastry does to you before a climb. The bacon fat also does double duty: it is the cooking medium for the egg, so there is no oil bottle and only one pan to wipe out. Firmness matters more than ripeness here. A soft avocado turns to paste under the egg and you end up eating it with a spoon.
Packing
Avocado goes in the cooler or in a rigid container in the top of the pack. It bruises against anything hard. Bacon and the egg need a cooler and should be cooked the first morning out.
Variations
- Cook the bacon down to fully crisp and crumble it instead of laying it flat. The stack holds together better.
- No egg on hand: two more rashers of bacon and a squeeze of lime on the avocado.
- Cooking for two, use one avocado each. Half an avocado is a garnish, not a breakfast.
https://www.baldhiker.com/a-keto-avocado-breakfast-burger-recipe