American
Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich
Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich is American home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 english muffins
- 4 large eggs
- 4 cheddar slices
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Split and toast the english muffins, then butter the cut sides.
- Melt a little butter in a nonstick skillet over medium heat.
- Crack in the eggs, break the yolks, season with salt and pepper, and cook until set, about 3 minutes, folding each into a neat square.
- Lay a slice of cheddar over each egg to melt in the last minute.
- Sandwich an egg between each muffin and serve hot.
Serve it with
A American breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Gluten | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Dairy, and Egg
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich takes about 12 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on egg, muffin, and cheese.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.