Post-pub nosh neckfiller: The Red Dwarf chilli chutney egg sarnie

nom nom nomenclature problem

I dont have a copy of the episode to watch but surely its is 'chilli chutney' namely a chutney made with chillis?

Hmmm....

No bacon? <aghast>

porkers eat better

Clearly you're scraping the bottom of a deep pit bringing this example of a culinary wasteland. Breaks all the rules and even real porkers (not the ones in the photos) would turn up their noses at such offal.

Oversold it, major fail!

You had me going right up to the part when you tried to tell me a Red Dwarf fan was married (and to a girl!).

Listers chutney

Having just had this dish yesterday in the final hours before daylight ...

I suspect the original Lister chutney may have been of Indian origin. I get my "spicy mango", by that name even, from an import shop for new immigrants and it comes with a healthy lacing of chilli cooked right in before you go near it with the additional spices.

I can also confirm the recipe cures the common colds, or in the worst cases at least delays it enough for a more pleasant evening out.

Aha! Another use for my habanero chutney

Recipe: saturate water with sugar. Add onions and many, many habaneros. Add favourite spices. Jar. Place toilet roll in freezer for emergencies.

Mr Vikki's hell hot habanero is what you need.

It's like chilli marmite - a smear on a buttery slice of bread is the perfect accompaniment to a well fried egg butty.

Ah takes me back to uni, I'd eat these on a regular basis after a couple of pints. None of that girly mango chutney in there though, I found somewhere selling a chutney made from chillies, that really put hairs on your chest.

Student fayre

Beat three large eggs together with curry powder, fry in butter, and serve between two doorstep wedges of granary bread with liberal amounts Sharwoods lime pickle. Delicious.

Deeper research needed

I think for a proper story, you should trace back the blokes who came up with this brilliant non-sense and ask where they got the idea.

Also, the only thing that could have made Red Dwarf more awesome is more episodes per season. Incredible show. Wish more of it existed.

I remember trying this as soon as the episode aired and I can contest that this indeed is a winner, although I would lightly fry the bread to stop the collapse.

Also if you find yourself without chutney or chilli then you I would also say using raspberry jam and English mustard also works a treat.

State of the art sarny?

"It's the state of the floor I'm worried about." </Holly>

An explanation

Sean Haines here; the devilishly fine specimen in the article.

The white bread used was indeed to mirror the fact that Lister would not have chosen a nice granary or wholewheat. I could have gone for the 'value' options available but I couldn't bring myself to do it. In the episode it is clearly white bread so I tried to replicate it as best possible.

The line in the episode is "a triple fried egg butty with chilli sauce and chutney." Not a chilli chutney. As Lister is well known for is love of indian curry I came to the conclusion that the only chutney he would use was a mango chutney.

Now the Encona chilli sauce debate; I agree it is not the best choice. Unfortunately it was the only option available to me at the local supermarket.

I was attempting to recreate the recipe as true to form and believe believe I did quite well except on the severity of the chilli sauce.

Proper chili sauce

Ok who's going to try this wih maddog 357 or 4 am chili sauce.

Is *that* what that was? Huh. I picked up on the "Fried egg" part but I had no idea what "mango chutney" was (I saw the episode like 20+ years ago, forgive me my youth and no google in 1994).

Hot sauce and eggs on toast are my thing, I bet I'd like this. Like a bit of cheese, too, tho.

May be authentic to the show....

But by god, this beast needs some juicing up. For starters, slather the outside surfaces of the bread with loads of butter and grill to a nice greasy hot crispness. A cheesy comestible and some bacon layered on top of the grilled bread so the cheese gets good and melty would also be more than welcome (dairy a proven counterpoint to mass alcohol effects). And as for the chili sauce, yeah, buy something seen outside of your grandma's pantry.

May be authentic to the show.....

But by god this beast needs some juicing up. That bread - at least the outside surfaces - need to be slathered in butter and grilled to a crunchy greasy crispness. And some cheesy comestible and bacon on at least one level of sammich goodness is required. Layer the cheese on the bread you're grilling and get it good 'n melty. As for the chili sauce, yeah, buy something seen outside of grandma's pantry.