Breakfast Sandwich
English muffin, fried egg, melty cheese and crispy bacon.
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Toast the muffins in the leftover bacon fat. It's the upgrade that takes this from cafeteria to better-than-McDonald's - every bite tastes faintly of bacon, even the bread.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 2 servings.
- 2English muffins or bagelssplit
- 4 slicesthick-cut bacon
- 2large eggs
- 2 slicesAmerican cheese slices
- 2 tbspunsalted buttersoftened
- ¼ tspkosher salt
- ¼ tspblack pepper
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 571calories
- 22gprotein
- 29gcarbs
- 41gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Split English muffins, butter the cut sides.
Bacon (start cold)
Lay bacon in cold large skillet, turn heat to medium. Cook 8-10 min, turning, until deeply crisp. Transfer to paper towel. Leave 1 tbsp bacon fat in the pan.
9 min · hands onToast muffins in bacon fat
Lay buttered muffin halves cut-side down in the bacon-fat skillet. Toast 90 sec until deep golden.
2 min · hands onFry eggs
In small nonstick over medium-low, fry eggs to your liking (3 min for runny yolks, 4 min for jammy, 5 min for hard). Top each egg with a cheese slice in the last 30 sec - covers with a lid help it melt.
4 min · hands onBuild
On each bottom muffin: 2 strips bacon (folded to fit) to egg with melted cheese to top muffin. Press gently.
1 min · hands onServe
Eat hot. The cheese will still be molten if you don't dawdle.
1 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Turkey bacon cooks faster and crisps differently - 3 min/side. Saves about 2 minutes.
Brown 2 sausage patties 3 min per side; replaces bacon entirely.
Skip meat entirely; double the cheese; add tomato slice. Saves about 8 minutes.
Cook hash browns in bacon fat during sandwich assembly. Adds about 8 minutes.
What keeps
Eat hot. Pre-cook bacon up to 3 days ahead and refrigerate; reheat 30 sec in skillet day-of.
Wrap finished sandwich in foil - holds 15 min max.
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