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    Best Fried Egg Sandwich

    Published: Jul 3, 2023 · Modified: Aug 23, 2023 by Comforting Eats · 3 Comments

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    A good fried egg sandwich is the ultimate comfort food. Crispy, buttery toast, gooey fried egg, savory cheese, sweet onions and a delicious sauce will give you the best egg breakfast sandwich and we show you how to do it step-by-step.

    Fried Egg Sandwich With Cheese & Onions
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    • ℹ️ Recipe Overview 
    • 🍳Ingredients
    • 👩‍🍳 How To Make Fried Egg Sandwich 
    • 🥓 Variations
    • 📖 Recipe

    ℹ️ Recipe Overview 

    If you’re feeling like a comforting, satiating breakfast that’s also fit for a cafe menu, this fried egg sandwich recipe is the ticket. 

    Made with light rye sandwich bread (you can use any bread you like), free-range eggs, creamy Cheddar cheese and grilled onions, this breakfast sandwich hits many nutritional requirements: protein, fats, carbohydrates, fiber, and plenty of vitamins and minerals. 

    When it comes to the sauce, you can choose between mayonnaise, ketchup or BBQ sauce OR you can do what we recommend and combine all three. It makes a wonderful sauce for any breakfast sandwich and works well in this fried egg creation.

    Fried Egg Sandwich With Grilled Cheese & Onions

    🍳Ingredients

    You will need:

    • Sandwich bread - we went with traditional sliced bread by you could use burger buns here just as well.
    • Large eggs
    • Yellow or red onion
    • Cheese - sliced Cheddar cheese or other type of cheese like Swiss or Provolone
    • For sauces: mayonnaise, BBQ sauce and ketchup

    👩‍🍳 How To Make Fried Egg Sandwich 

    Find the full recipe ingredients, steps and nutritional information below. Here are step-by-step pics to guide you along.

    Step 1. Slice the onions. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add olive oil and crack two eggs on one side and add the onions to the other. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for a couple of minutes, until the egg whites are almost cooked through. Stir the onions once or twice.

    When the egg whites are almost done but the egg yolks are still runny, use a spatula to flip the eggs over and after a few seconds, flip them back. This will seal the egg yolks and finish any uncooked whites. Turn the heat off and set aside.

    Step 1 cut the onions
    Step 2 fry eggs and onions
    Step 6 Flipping eggs easy over

    Step 2. Mix together the mayonnaise, ketchup and BBQ sauce.

    Step 3 whisk sauce for breakfast sandwich
    Step 4 Sauce for breakfast sandwich in a bowl

    Step 3. Heat up a separate clean frying pan or remove the onions and eggs. 

    Butter the bread slices on one side or simply place a few thin slices of butter on top. Place the bread in a hot frying pan, butter side down, and cook for about a minute or until golden brown and slightly toasted. Place the cheese slices on the top, then flip the bread over with the cheese facing down. Cook for 30 seconds, until the cheese melts and grills slightly, then use a spatula to slide under the cheesy bread and transfer to a plate or a cutting board.

    Spread the sauce on the side, top with fried eggs (you can cut them in halves), and grilled onions. Close the sandwich and serve as is or cut it in halves.

    Step 5 sandwich bread with butter
    07 Grille the bread in a skillet
    08 Grill the bread with cheese side down
    09 Fried sandwich bread with grilled cheese
    10 Fried Egg and sauce on sandwich bread
    11 Grilled onions on top of the egg

    🥓 Variations

    • Add crispy bacon or sliced ham/turkey for extra protein.
    • It’s delicious with pan-fried or grilled mushrooms
    • Add sliced avocado for extra healthy fats
    • Try fried eggs and smoked salmon combo with some cream cheese.
    • Add arugula or baby spinach for leafy greens or sliced tomato.
    Fried Egg Sandwich With Cheese and Onions

    If you love yummy fillings between bread, check out our avocado turkey sandwich with sun-dried tomato aioli and our chicken patty sandwich with honey mustard sauce.

    📖 Recipe

    Fried Egg Sandwich Feature 1

    Best Fried Egg Sandwich

    Comforting Eats
    This fried egg sandwich is delicious, satiating and comforting. Made with buttery toast, gooey fried egg, grilled cheese, sweet onions and a delicious sauce, this breakfast sandwich is so good that you will want it for lunch and dinner, too. This recipe is for 1 substantial sandwich so it’s simple to multiply the ingredients for more servings
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 10 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine American
    Servings 1
    Calories 656 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 tablespoon olive oil for cooking
    • 2 eggs medium
    • ¼ onion yellow, thinly sliced
    • 1 oz cheddar cheese sliced or your favorite cheese (about 28 g)
    • ¼ teaspoon salt to season + pepper

    Sauce for a breakfast sandwich

    • 1.5 teaspoon mayonnaise
    • 1 teaspoon ketchup
    • 1 teaspoon barbecue sauce
    • 2 slices sandwich bread we used light rye
    • 2 teaspoon butter

    Instructions
     

    • Slice the onions. Heat a large skillet or frying pan over medium-high heat. Add a splash of olive oil and once hot, crack two eggs on one side of the pan and add the onions to the other side.
    • Season the onions and the eggs with a little salt and pepper. Cook for a couple of minutes, until the egg whites are almost cooked through. Stir the onions once or twice.
    • When the egg whites are almost done but the egg yolks are still runny, use a spatula to quickly flip the eggs over and after a few seconds, flip them back. This will seal the egg yolks and finish any uncooked whites. Turn the heat off and set aside.
    • Mix together the mayonnaise, ketchup and BBQ sauce. This can be done while the eggs are cooking. This step is optional as you can also add each sauce to the sandwich separately. However, if making more than one serving, it’s quite efficient to get the sauce mixed up so it’s ready to go.
    • Let’s get the toast ready. Heat up a separate clean frying pan or remove the onions and eggs. Butter one side of each bread slice or simply place a few thin slices of butter on top. Place the slices in a hot frying pan, butter side down, and cook for about a minute or until golden brown and slightly toasted. Place the cheese slices on the top, then flip the bread over with the cheese facing down. Cook for 30 seconds, until the cheese melts and grills slightly, then use a spatula to slide under the cheesy bread and transfer to a plate or a cutting board.
    • Spread the sauce on the side, top with fried eggs (you can cut them in halves), and grilled onions. Close the sandwich and serve as is or cut it in halves.
    • Option 2: Use a toaster to brown the bread, then butter it and add the cheese without grilling. This is simpler but not as delicious as grilled cheese takes on a slightly different flavor profile and texture.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 656kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 24gFat: 47gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 380mgSodium: 1357mgPotassium: 292mgFiber: 3gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 1052IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 332mgIron: 4mg
    Keyword egg and cheese sandwich, egg breakfast sandwich, egg sandwich, fried egg sandwich, fried eggs, sauce for breakfast sandwich
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    Fried Egg Sandwich With Cheese & Onions

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    Comments

    1. Helen

      July 13, 2023 at 12:01 pm

      5 stars
      Wow this was good! The barbecue sauce was brilliant!

      Reply
      • Comforting Eats

        July 18, 2023 at 6:55 pm

        Thanks, Helen. I love the BBQ sauce on this as well.

        Reply
    2. Stephanie

      July 12, 2023 at 6:44 am

      5 stars
      This is one delicious fried egg sandwich! I liked the combination of the sauces - thanks for the detailed instructions.

      Reply

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