One Double Sausage and Egg McMuffin with Cheese Sandwich cut in half.
The Best McMuffin’s
I realize some people aren’t fans of McDonalds food. If that’s the case with you, what are you doing here? Oh I get it… you know my recipes are usually better. Okay, that’s cool, you can stay. I mean, get a load of this Double Sausage and Egg McMuffin with Cheese, yo! It’s a lot of fun to make, too. Especially if you’ve got a griddle.
1 bag of a dozen English Muffins.
McMuffin Bread
It’s essential to have the right bread when you’re making a sandwich. You’ve got to have Rye bread, when you’re making a Rueben, Sub Rolls, when you’re making a Philly and you’ve got to have English Muffins, which is a sour dough bread, when you’re making McMuffin’s.
16 oz Farmland Original pork sausage still in the wrapper.
Sausage and Egg
The Sausage and Egg McMuffin is made with 1 breakfast sausage patty, 1 egg and 1 piece of processed American cheese. Personally I prefer Jimmy Dean sausage but Farmland was on sale so, use what you like. I portion the patty’s into a 1/4 pound each.
The egg is cooked in an egg mold to keep it round. It’s cooked sunny side up and with a little trick I show you in the video to keep from flipping the egg over. The yolk is cooked all the way through.
Double Sausage and Egg with Cheese Ingredients:
2 English Muffins 1 lbs Ground Breakfast Sausage 2 Eggs 2 pc Cheese, processed American 1 tbsp Butter
Watch the short video tutorial and I’ll show you exactly how to make these Double Sausage and Egg McMuffin’s with Cheese.
Six stacked Breakfast Combo Bar Patties on a small purple plate.
The Best Breakfast Combo Bar
If I’ve never expressed my love for breakfast foods, particularly hot breakfast foods, I can sum it up in a word… GIMMIE! This Breakfast Combo Bar is no exception. What is it? It’s a crispy fried scrambled egg, ham and cheese patty and, if you’ve never tried one before, believe me when I say, they’re amazing. These can’t be purchased by the average consumer, by the way, and you don’t usually find this item on a restaurant menu so, you’re going to have to learn how to make these and try them your self.
One carton of 20 chicken eggs.
Where does it come from
I learned about the Breakfast Combo bars over 25 years, when I attended trade school, and I fell absolutely in love with them. I’ve never seen them served any where else but I have since learned that they are a bulk product, made by Hormel, and they’re only sold to distributors and restaurant supply companies like Sysco; which also explains why my school cafeteria was serving them up in the mornings.
Eggs are the main ingredient in this recipe, mixed with minced ham and cheese so, be sure you’re stalked up to make these because it takes 2 eggs to make 1 Breakfast Bar.
One box of Original Velveeta Cheese.
What Kind of Ham and Cheese
The ingredients in the Hormel recipe says that the cheese in these Breakfast Combo Bars is pasteurized and American so, I chose to go with Velveeta Cheese. You can use what ever you want but, I’m telling you, the Velveeta, in my opinion, is spot on the way I remember these bars tasting. So, it’s something to consider if you prefer real cheese.
Cooked ham and cheese with scrambled eggs.
The Ham I use is just a classic hickory smoked ham that I add to the eggs, chopped, after they’ve cooked. I melt down the Velveeta cheese in a smaller pan with a few tablespoons of whipping cream to make it creamy and easy to poor over the eggs and ham mixture. Then, I mix everything together, remove from the heat and form patties on a cookie sheet.
Eggs, ham and cheese mix formed into patties on a cookie sheet for the freezer.
It’s good to use a non-stick cookie sheet or some non-stick spray that will keep the eggs, ham and cheese mix from sticking, once you’ve made patties. I use an egg pan mold approximately 3″ inches in diameter. The mold is only about one 1/2″ inch so, it makes it easy to press them flat too. The patties must be frozen before they’re battered for frying or they will not sustain their shape. 1 hour, minimum, in the freezer is required to obtain a frozen patty. In fact, I usually keep half of them in the freezer while I’m frying the first batch because they soften quickly and fall apart in the egg wash.
2 canisters of both Seasoned Panko and Bread Crumbs.
Breading and Batter
Once the egg, ham and cheese patties are fully frozen, they can be put through a 3 step breading. First the flour, then the egg wash and the seasoned Panko and bread crumb mix. Each patty only needs to go through these steps once. There’s no need for a second coating, trust me. Now all you need is a half inch of oil, in a hot pan, for frying. Fry at 350° Fahrenheit for approximately 2 minutes, or until golden brown, on each side. Then remove from the heat and let them rest on a rack or paper towels, to remove the grease, and serve.
Breakfast Combo Bar video tutorial by PoorMansGourmet
Breakfast Combo Bar Ingredients: Makes 6
12 eggs, scrambled and pre-cooked with Salt and Pepper to taste 1/2 cup Ham, minced 1/3 cup Velveeta Cheese, melted 2 tbsp Whipping Cream or Milk
1/3 cup flour 2 eggs 3 tbsp water 1/3 cup Bread Crumbs, seasoned 1/2 cup Panko, seasoned
Oil for Frying
Watch and follow all of the instructions in the Breakfast Combo Bar video tutorial.
I said, a Grilled Cheese sandwich with an Egg in the Basket. It’s not that complicated is it? It’s two of my favorite comfort foods molded into one delicious sandwich, and it’s got Brunch written all over it! I suppose there are probably recipes for each of these all over the web these days because they’re both really popular items and they’re both very easy to prepare, but can you do both at the same time in the same recipe? You’ll be able to after you watch this little step by step tutorial, I promise you. Especially once you realize that this Brunch sandwich is smothered with a sausage country gravy!
Grilled Cheese with an Egg in a Basket Ingredients:
2 pieces of Bread
2 tbsp Butter
1 egg
1/4 cup Cheddar Cheese
Butter only one peice of bread. Cookie cut the other for the egg in a basket. Melt 1 tbsp of butter in a hot pan over medium and place the cookie cut slice in the pan, then crack one egg in the middle and add salt and pepper. After one minute, flip the bread over to the other side, using a spatula, and cover the top with cheese immediately. Then place the other piece of bread on top and wait 1 minute to flip the whole sandwich over, to cook the other side. Once you’ve flipped the Grilled Cheese Sandwich over, the Egg in a Basket side will be facing up. Cook for another minute then plate. I like to serve my Grilled Cheese with an Egg in a Basket, with sausage or country gravy!
