I tried TikTok's grated egg toast trend, and the taste wasn't good enough to justify the experience of shaving a cold egg

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I tried TikTok's grated egg toast trend, and the taste wasn't good enough to justify the experience of shaving a cold egg
  • I tried making grated egg toast, a new TikTok breakfast trend with over 11 million views on the app.
  • The simple recipe uses toast, avocado, and grated egg as well as optional sauce or seasoning.
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Every month it seems like the powers that be on TikTok create a new way to make breakfast toast exciting. This time, the trend involves a classic utensil — the grater.

Every month it seems like the powers that be on TikTok create a new way to make breakfast toast exciting. This time, the trend involves a classic utensil — the grater.
The recipe is simple and only requires three ingredients.Armani Syed

Just as fashion trends come and go, it would seem that so too do TikTok food trends. In January, we saw custard toast taking center stage on the app.

This time, users are recommending grated egg toast, which consists of simple breakfast favorites — eggs and avocado on toast — but with the added twist of grating a hard-boiled egg.

The tag #gratedeggtoast has amassed over 11 million views at the time of writing, so I tried making it with the following ingredients:

  • Bread, any kind
  • Half an avocado
  • An egg
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Chili sauce or flakes.

While the recipe is low effort, it's not as quick as other breakfast egg recipes can be because you have to boil and cool the egg.

While the recipe is low effort, it's not as quick as other breakfast egg recipes can be because you have to boil and cool the egg.
Eggs hard boiling and sourdough bread sliced for toast.Armani Syed

While it's hard to trace the origin of the trend, TikToker @healthyishfoods posted a recipe tutorial on January 12, which has garnered more than 3.5 million views at the time of writing.

Due to personal preferences with mayonnaise and avocado, I followed a recipe by @nutritionbykylie, who did not create the trend but has over 650,000 views on her take.

I began by hard boiling my eggs for 10 minutes and slicing sourdough bread that is so good that I often pretend I do not have a gluten intolerance so I can eat it. I toasted the bread when the eggs were nearly done.

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I cut an avocado in half and scored cubes into one half.

I cut an avocado in half and scored cubes into one half.
A whole avocado cut in half and cubed with a knife.Armani Syed

Some of the recipes under the #gratedeggtoast tag, such as the one by @healthyishfoods, saw creators remove the avocado skin, and cut the half into slices to lay on the toast but I prefer to cube mine so I can spread it, as @nutritionbykylie does in her tutorial.

I squeezed the cubes out of the avocado skin and spread them on the toast using a knife.

I squeezed the cubes out of the avocado skin and spread them on the toast using a knife.
Avocado cubes on sourdough toast before and after spreading.Armani Syed

Once the toast is ready, I spread the avocado on top. Up until this point, this was also how I made my morning avocado toast but I usually poach my eggs.

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I waited about 20 minutes for the hard-boiled egg to cool before peeling it and grating it on top of my toast.

I waited about 20 minutes for the hard-boiled egg to cool before peeling it and grating it on top of my toast.
The author grating a hard-boiled egg onto toast, and the result.Armani Syed

A lot of the videos trying out the meal indicated that the easiest way to grate the egg was to wait for it to cool, rather than trying it immediately when it's warm and softer.

Grating a cold egg, and I don't say this lightly, was one of the most gag-worthy cooking experiences I've had and it unleashed an egg odor that lasted all evening.

Once the egg was fully grated, it almost looked like I had sprinkled cheese on my toast but as I would learn when I tucked in, that would have been a tastier option.

I then added salt and pepper. The recipe I was following added dollops of chili sauce to the top of the grated egg toast, but I opted for chili flakes.

I then added salt and pepper. The recipe I was following added dollops of chili sauce to the top of the grated egg toast, but I opted for chili flakes.
The finished grated egg toast with chili flakes on top.Armani Syed

The grated egg toast looked the part, and it seems like a great way to evenly distribute your egg. It ensures there's a good ratio of everything in each mouthful.

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I tucked in and found that, while the taste was okay, I didn't enjoy eating cold eggs and it wasn't worth waiting for the egg to cool before grating it.

I tucked in and found that, while the taste was okay, I didn't enjoy eating cold eggs and it wasn't worth waiting for the egg to cool before grating it.
The grater after making grated egg toast.Armani Syed

If I'm investing time into making my breakfast on a lazy Sunday, I'd want it to be worth the wait. The grated egg toast looked visually pleasing, but I'm not sure the added wait time was worth it for such a forgettable taste in my opinion.

All the meal left me with was a mild sense of disappointment, this gross-looking grater, and a lingering egg smell that filled my apartment for the rest of the day.