12 Best Breakfast Sandwich Recipes (2024)

A hearty breakfast sandwich is simple to make and can be easily modified to satisfy your morning hunger with ingredients you already have on hand. Whether you're craving a classic egg and cheese sandwich or buttery biscuits with tangy tomato jam, find your new favorite morning meal in this roundup of our best breakfast sandwiches.

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Scrambled Egg and Avocado Breakfast Sandwiches

This easy, satisfying breakfast sandwich recipe calls for American cheese, but it's equally delicious with Gruyère or sharp cheddar. Feel free to use your favorite toast if you don't have English muffins. A dash of vinegary hot sauce is a great addition here.

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Breakfast Biscuit Sandwiches

A great take on the breakfast sandwich, this buttermilk biscuit is topped with fried eggs, cheddar, country ham, and an optional dollop of raspberry jam. The tender biscuits have a salty edge, but you can decrease the amount of salt if you prefer.

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Linguiça Breakfast Sandwich with Avocado and Salsa Verde

Chef George Mendes serves this Portuguese take on the classic egg and cheese sandwich. In place of breakfast sausage, he uses a smoky pork variety called Linguiça. If you can't find it, look for another smoky sausage like fresh chorizo.

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Open-Face Egg and Griddled Ham Breakfast Sandwiches

Food & Wine Culinary Director at Large Justin Chapple poaches a dozen eggs at once in a muffin pan in the oven, making his cute and tasty breakfast sliders extraordinarily easy to prepare for entertaining.

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Breakfast Banh Mi Sandwiches

This outstanding and unconventional Vietnamese breakfast banh mi features duck pate, spicy pickles, Chinese five-spice-tinged bacon, and a fried egg.

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Ham and Deviled Egg Breakfast Sandwiches

This irresistible breakfast is a hybrid of an egg salad sandwich and an Egg McMuffin. It combines spicy, pickle-laced egg salad on a toasted English muffin with warm smoky ham and crispy frisee.

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Ultimate Breakfast Sandwiches

This version of the classic breakfast sandwich — topped with bacon, a fried egg, and cheddar cheese — is quick and easy to make.

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Cake Doughnut Breakfast Sandwich

This super-easy breakfast sandwich can be made in less than 10 minutes in the microwave. For an extra morning pick-me-up, serve with a dash of hot sauce.

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Beaten Biscuit Breakfast Sandwich with Tomato Jam

Chef Marcus Samuelsson makes incredible biscuits, adding a little bit of nutty brown butter to amp up the flavor. He serves them warm, spread with tangy-sweet tomato jam, fried ham, and perfectly scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese.

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BLT Fried Egg and Cheese Sandwich

Chef Thomas Keller's scrumptious recipe combines three of the world's most popular sandwiches — bacon, lettuce, and tomato; fried egg; and grilled cheese.

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Smoked Salmon and Chopped Egg Sandwiches

This classic smoked salmon and chopped egg sandwich is exactly what we need after a long night out. The recipe calls for rye or pumpernickel, made extra flavorful with a slather of mayo-horseradish spread.

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Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches with Fried Eggs

A buttery, toasty ham and cheese sandwich with a fried egg on top. Could there be anything better? We think not.

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12 Best Breakfast Sandwich Recipes (2024)

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How to spice up your breakfast sandwich? ›

Spice up your avocado and fried egg sandwich with spicy harissa paste or roasted red peppers, or use pickled vegetables to add extra moisture to your sandwiches. Take your simple grilled cheese to another level by turning it into a Croque-Monsieur with Gruyére and Parmesan cheeses, ham, and béchamel sauce.

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What's the healthiest breakfast sandwich to eat? ›

Turkey Bacon & Egg White Sandwich

Not only is this sandwich packed with flavor, but “the 17 grams of protein that it provides will help you stay full longer and balance blood sugar throughout the morning,” says Vanessa Imus, M.S., RDN, in Bothell, Washington.

What type of cheese is best for breakfast sandwiches? ›

This easy, satisfying breakfast sandwich recipe calls for American cheese, but it's equally delicious with Gruyère or sharp cheddar. Feel free to use your favorite toast if you don't have English muffins. A dash of vinegary hot sauce is a great addition here.

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What else to add to an egg sandwich? ›

Egg Sandwich Toppings

At a minimum, I recommend meat and a slice of cheese, with crispy bacon and cheddar cheese being my go-to favorites. However, breakfast sausage patties, ham, or even venison bacon are favorite alternatives of mine. For a more non-traditional route, you can add sliced avocado and / or tomato.