Breakfast Sandwich – One Pan Breakfast (Video)
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This breakfast sandwich is cheesy, juicy, easy and so darn delicious! All you need is 5 minutes, 5 ingredients and 1 pan – perfect for breakfast on-the-go! This breakfast sandwich is loaded with eggs, ham and cheese and is hugged by a warm English muffin that toasts in the same pan. And it can all be cozied up between your fingers… Yuuum!
You can easily scale this recipe up or down depending on how many mouths you’re feeding. Watch this video tutorial to see just how quick and easy it is…
This recipe has completely won us over. The inspiration came when My husband’s cousin Vicky shared a video on Facebook for a breakfast sandwich. After making our version 4 days in a row, we knew it needed to be shared with you.
This is also a kid-friendly breakfast. Our son requests this sandwich all the time.
Ingredients for 1 Breakfast Sandwich:
1 english muffin, cut in half
2 eggs
2-4 slices of ham (we ❤️ black forest but any kind will do)
1/3 cup finely shredded cheese (we used Mexican cheese)
1 tsp chives, finely chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 Tbsp olive oil or butter to saute
Tip: to make 2 sandwiches at a time, toast the English muffin in the toaster and sauté two sets of eggs in the pan.
How to Make this Easy Breakfast Sandwich:
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Breakfast Sandwich - A One Pan Breakfast (Video Recipe)
Ingredients
- 1 english muffin, cut in half
- 2 eggs
- 2-4 slices of ham, we love black forest but any kind will do
- 1/3 cup finely shredded cheese, we used Mexican cheese
- 1 tsp chives, finely chopped
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1 Tbsp olive oil or butter to saute
Instructions
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat and drizzle with 1 Tbsp oil.
- Place your Engish muffin on half of the pan cut-side down. Crack 2 eggs side by side on the other half of the pan and break the yolks with a spatula.
- Once eggs are mostly cooked through, sprinkle tops with salt and pepper to taste, 1 tsp fresh chives and half of shredded cheese. Place toasted english muffins cut-side-down over the eggs and lightly press on the tops with a spatula.
- Flip the sandwich over (egg-side-up). Place ham over half of your sandwich and top with more cheese. Fold the sandwich together and and remove from heat.
Notes
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What is your go-to quick breakfast?
Natasha Kravchuk
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Is this freezer friendly?
Your website is awesome. A freezer friendly section would be well received by your viewers. Thanks!
Hi Esther, thank you for that suggestion! I haven’t tried that but all of the ingredients are freezer friendly so I think it would work fine.
Hi natasha love your recipe’s.i make a lot ov your recipe’s as they are easy to under stand iv never made a focaccia bread but made your’s turned out perfect.so just asking if you make your own english crumpet’s and muffins as i can not find them.if so could you send me the recipe for the both ov them please
Kind Regard’s Tina
Hello Tina, thanks for your good comments and feedback. I don’t have a recipe yet for english crumpets but I have a recipe for muffins on my website like the Blueberry Muffins or Cinnamon Muffins. you may also visit my website and type muffins in the search bar for more recipes.
Hi Natasha
I’ve been making this sandwich for years. Its our family’s” GoTo” Airport sandwich for taking on a plane. Sometimes I make it with croissants. When we pull the sandwiches out, everyone around just drools. Airlines don’t feed us anymore, so we bring our own. So economical too! I also heat the ham up in the microwave while the eggs are cooking and add it at the end. It helps to melt the cheese too. So yummy!
Hi Mary! What a great idea. I’m glad your family enjoys this recipe. Thank you for sharing with us.
Far better than the fast-food version!
With today’s recipe prep, I subbed the ham with 4 slices of fully-cooked Canadian Bacon for each sandwich, and used recipe amounts of fine shredded Monterey Jack cheese – instead of Mexican. I used onion greens to replace the chives, and made no changes to the original recipe instructions. Cooking times were the same and ingredient changes resulted in another awesome grilled sandwich, with different great flavors.
Thank you for sharing, Robert! I’m so glad you loved them.
Just made this for my son and I this morning. I only had 2 eggs left, so had to make with 1 egg apiece (which ended up being perfect!). These were so good – Egg McMuffin……what? Won’t be getting those anymore, there’s no comparison. I might try with bacon or sausage in the future. I had diced ham today, which didn’t want to be contained and popped like popcorn when it sat in the frying pan…lol. After I go grocery shopping and buy more eggs, we’ll be having these again. Maybe with a side of hash browns on the weekend.
Thank you for sharing, Cheryl! I’m glad to hear that.
Just made this breakfast sandwich today and it was delicious. I love how grilling the muffins soften them up. Will be making these again, soon. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed this sandwich for breakfast!
I think your recipes are the best and tastiest dishes on line or any where. Thanks for your delightful presentations.
Thank you for that wonderful compliment, Dorothy!
I’m going to add some dijon mustard to this. Thanks for your wonderful recipes!
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you’re enjoying my recipes!
It looks so good that I am going to try it and I also love your recipes as I have already tried some of them and my family loves them
Hi Ernest! I’m glad to hear that. I hope you love this recipe as well! 🙂
I love all your recipes. This one looks delicious as always.
Thank you so much for sharing that with me, Ann Marie! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I was excited to see this recipe. When we camp, I cook everything in a skillet over a propane burner. This is perfect! My sandwich was pretty messy to eat. My husband suggested that I try using only one egg. I’ll try that next.
Hi Kat! I’m glad you enjoy this recipe. Thank you for sharing with us. 🙂
This is the best egg sandwich I’ve ever had! I used a large croissant, a little plain jack cheese, and only 2 pieces of nitrate free ham. I was so surprised at how perfectly delicious it was and fun to make! I can always turn to your website for the best recipes. THANK YOU!
You’re so welcome! I’m so happy to know that you love this recipe, thanks for sharing.
Great breakfast sandwich or for lunch or supper. It’s easy and sooo delicious. This was my first time making but I’ll be making a lot more.
It’s a keeper!!!
Wahoo! Awesome to hear that you enjoyed this sandwich recipe. Thank you for sharing that with us, Lissa!
Natasha. This was our first go at the breakfast sandwich. It was easy to make and produced an excellent breakfast. Thank you for so many wonderful recipes.
That’s wonderful, Mike! So glad you enjoyed this recipe.
Hi Natasha. We make this once or twice a week. We live full time in our 25 ft camper van and once when an visitor arrived at lunch time I served them for lunch and they are now on her boating menu.
Sounds great! So happy to hear that you always have this on your menu. Thanks for the review, Robyn.
I chose To try this for breakfast because it seemed fast, easy, and looked delicious. After trying it myself, all of these things apply. Amazing breakfast this is probably what I will be eating before class from now on! Thank you for the recipe!
Easy breakfasts are the best! I’m so glad you enjoyed loved this one, Kerstin! Have a wonderful Monday!
I make a breakfast sandwich most mornings but this looks so much easier. Love it!
I hope you try this one soon, Maggie!
Easy Perfect egg ham & cheese
Breakfast sandwiches.
Thanks
I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing your great review!
One it was sooo delicious!!! Thank you for recipe
You’re welcome! I’m happy you enjoyed it April!
This recipe is the absolute easiest! It’s hands down my favorite breakfast adventure next to Nadiya Hussain’s egg roll ups. The video Natasha posted for this makes it a one-time doable recipe without needing to review it over & over to understand. Thank you so much Natasha! 🥳💜
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Rebecca!
Do this a lot. Jelly is really good with it….
A bread French toast version by coating both sides of bread(bottoms touching) in the 2 eggs with milk added and cook until you can flip the eggs and bread over then fold extra egg onto bread and add cheese and meat…flip together into your sandwich. Edge cook if needed until browned. Best sandwich ever.
Thanks for your great feedback and suggestion, Brent!
I love your recipes. It is really helpful when nutrition information is provided. I understand you cannot guarantee accuracy, but a ballpark of calories, proteins, fat and carbs is really helpful. I definitely use this information when deciding on a new recipe. Thanks!
I’m so glad you’re enjoying our recipes! Thank you for that great feedback!
Made it for the first time today. I won’t say it came out as good as yours but I was proud of my first attempt. Very good and super easy. Appreciate the recipe.
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us!
The sandwich was delicious! However, I did throw the ham in the skillet to warm it up a bit. This is a winner!
Thanks for sharing that with us and for your great review!
In the video you just have the avocado sitting there at the end. lol It doesn’t serve any purpose in the video and is only used as a prop in the picture. Of course avocados have many health properties and are good at any time of the day for dietary reasons. I just find it odd to have a cut avocado sitting there that serves no purpose.
Also. You didn’t even heat the ham up? Just let the surrounding heat of the egg heat it? Why not lightly grill it? The “pepper”, you can’t even see that you used any on the sandwich. Of course that is a personal preference
Thank you for that feedback Topher, we do love to add avocado to our sandwich. You can put it in the sandwich or just serve it on the side for breakfast which is what we did. I sprinkle avocado with salt and pepper and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil. So yummy!
Thanks! I now make this breakfast sandwich 1-2x weekly however, I only use one egg and one sausage. Plus, I do toast the English muffin in a toaster. Do enjoy very much.
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite!
Hey Natasha just made this for my husband and I Omg it was so good I will be making it again thank you for the recipe
That’s so great! Sounds like you found a new favorite!
As a breakfast sandwich addict, couldn’t wait to try this. Now on my fourth time and so call for a comment. It was great!! I did change the chives to chopped jalapeno and used cooking spray instead of oil. This is a great breakfast sandwich. I have friends coming over next weekend so will prepare this, omit the cheese and jalapeno, but make a white cheese sauce with onion and jalapeno to pour over them.
Thanks!!!!!
Sounds like you found a new favorite, Bill! Thank you for that wonderful review!
Thank you for the recipe Natasha! My sandwich didn’t look as pretty as yours, but it was still delicious! And so easy to make!
I’m so happy you enjoyed that, Irina!
How could I make the breakfast sandwich for a crowd of 40 people? I work at a hotel that has complementary breakfast. We use liquid eggs instead of regular eggs. Everything but the liquid eggs come precooked. Or can u give me other ideas for making breakfast sandwiches
Hi Greta! I love that you are thinking of your guests. You can always make it a “make your own” breakfast sandwich bar!
Hi! What temp is the ham? Do you just take it out cold from the fridge and put it on the sandwich or do you heat it up?
Hi RM, I use it straight from the refrigerator.
Has anyone tried making and freezing for easy grab and go work week breakfasts?
Hi Michelle! I haven’t tried that but all of the ingredients are freezer friendly so I think it would work fine.
thanks dear and good luck
You’re welcome!
I definitely will try this. Looks awesome.
Hi Mike. I’d love to hear your feedback on this one! Enjoy!
Oh my these are absolutely delicious 😋!!! My hubby loves them!!! They are super simple to make and don’t need too much ingredients. So that makes a delicious breakfast not far away!!!! Thank you Natasha for your amazing recipes!!! They’re all so easy to follow and I absolutely love when your recipes come along with a video cuz for a visual person like me it makes it so much easier to follow and remember!
What an amazing review! Thanks for following and taking the time to leave such thoughtful comments!
It was SO good!! Your pictures are absolutely stunning and I am so jealous!
I’m glad you love the recipe and enjoy the photos! Thanks for sharing your encouraging review Dona!
I do not have a picture as my family gobbled them down so fast! That is how much they enjoyed the sandwiches. Thank you!
Lois Klarenbach
I’m happy to hear the recipe is an absolute HIT with your family! Thanks for sharing your fantastic review Lois!
I have done something similar with left over hamburger buns.
They work well and are more tender than the muffins.
Great suggestion, thanks for sharing!
This sandwich will be today’s breakfast…looks yummy!
It’s so easy and delicious! I hope you love it Edythe!
Natasha,
Thank you for such an easy and yummy recipe. My husband calls it “ a manwich” and asks me quite often to make him one for breakfast.
You’re welcome Nadia! I’m glad you both love the recipe. Thanks for sharing!
I’m having a wedding shower brunch on Saturday and I think I will serve these sandwiches. I will start cooking them up 30 minutes early and wrap in foil then keep in a warm roasting pan. Do you think it will work?
Hi DeAnn, the only concern I would have about that is the muffin would get soft from the trapped steam inside the foil. It sounds like a good idea, but I would suggest testing by wrapping one in foil for 30 minutes to see if the moisture doesn’t make the muffin too soft.
I am seriously drooling over here lol cannot wait to make this in the morning!
I would love to hear how it turns out 😀
Yummy Natasha! I am watching this video from work. as soon as i get time i will definitely make one for my daughter.
Please let me know what you both think of the recipe!
Good day Natasha! I am sorry to say I couldn’t ooen the video. It says error loading media: file couldn’t be played.
Oh no! Sorry about that! I am able to play it now so hopefully it as a temporary glitch. Please let me know if you continue to have trouble seeing our videos. If it helps, all of our videos are available on our Youtube channel as well.
Natasha – Your clip on this breakfast sandwich was Awesome! Great job – sometimes, you just need someone to “show” you. Love reading all the comments with the different variations. Thank you for sharing!
Tracy, I’m so glad to hear that and you are welcome 😁.
I love this sandwich!!!! I make it very often. What do you think it would taste like with Russian malochnaya kalbasa?
I think that would work or just about any thin-sliced sausage. We’ve made it with polish kielbasa and it was so yummy!
Natasha,
Thank you so much for as a brilliant idea. I have tried today in the morning and it was delicious. I didn’t have any ham, but still it turned out delicious.
Thank you
You are so welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed it 😁.
Hello Natasha, I just made this for lunch. Didn’t have English muffins but it worked great with marble rye, turkey meat, and grated asiago cheese. Thanks for the quick idea! Janet
Janet, thank you for the nice review and you are welcome 😁.
That is soooo smart wow.post more video s cause I already watched all of them:)
Thank you Amelia, I have another video in the works for the next week 😁.
Can these be frozen and later reheated in the toaster oven?
Hi Alina, I haven’t tried that but all of the ingredients are freezer friendly so I think it would work fine.
Do you think i can make a few of these for the week? Will they be any good for next day?
I think these are best served fresh. I would recommend prepping the ingredients for the sandwiches in advance so it only takes 5 minutes to prepare a hot and cheesy sandwich. I do think it would still work to make them ahead and then put them in the oven or microwave before serving to warm them and melt the cheese.
How is the breakfast sandwich different from McDonald’s Eggmcmuffing ? Same ingredients except for chives and Mexicheeses.
You have much higher quality ingredients, it tastes much better and it is much more satisfying – egg mcmuffins have nothing on this sandwich! 😉
Agreed, Natasha. McD’s eggs come in a big plastic bag. Real eggs are always better than bags of liquid eggs. I hear it is possible to ask for a real egg in the shell at McD but have not tried it. Also, I maje these on hamburger buns and add grape jelly. The salty ham and sweet jelly is so good.
This sandwich may not be much different than an egg mcmuffin in ingredient makeup, but it is so much more satisfying and better tasting than the corporate version. And, you can tailor the ingredients to fit any family member’s personal taste. My vote is for Natasha’s recipe.
Yay thank you so much! Your comment is much appreciated.
This is an awesome recipe. It’s super easy and quick, and super delicious. I usually don’t cook breakfast for my husband (he is too picky about his breakfast), but I decided to give it a try. He loved it, and asked for it again the next morning. I used turkey instead of ham (that’s what we had in the fridge), and added a slice of bacon! You can’t beat this recepi! Natasha, thank you!
Diana I’m so happy you and your husband loved it! I think bacon is a great idea! 🙂
Ha Ha! Still chuckling at how easy this is Natasha! Easy, but Genius! Soooo tasty and wonderfully quick! I substituted some sliced red onion for a crunchier texture (I hope you don’t mind!) which I really love!
Yet another brilliantly handy recipe from Natasha’s Kitchen! Thank You so much!
Keep up the great work on these fabulous videos with hubby!
K
Keith, that’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite! Thank you for the encouragement 😀.
I’ve made this before but not like you did in one pan. Now I’m hungry. I noticed you had an avocado on your counter. Do you use it on the sandwich or was it just for decoration? Just curious, because I love avocado.
You can put it in the sandwich or just serve it on the side for breakfast which is what we did. I sprinkle avocado with salt and pepper and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil. So yummy! 🙂
My son has requested this sandwich every morning this past week! Its so quick and easy to make! I love it! Thank you Natasha! As always my picky eaters approve!!!
Olga that is the sweetest!! I’m all smiles reading your comment. Thank you for sharing that with us 🙂
Looks great! By the way, did you share with the poor guy behind the camera? 🙂
Olga, why of course 😋, I’ve made one for him as well.
Omg yo Natasha made this just now only thing is next time need to toast the English muffin a little bit more but omg wowsa I am in such food heaven now in place of the chives which I didn’t have in hand I used parsley flakes and in place of the ham I definitely did sprinkle extra cheese (my fave part lol) and placed a few hot sliced jalapeno peppers and came out really very hooked mmmmm this one is a winner babes dd (dunkin donuts will definitely see less of me now lmao) such a gr8 economical saver and way creative with the English muffin love it
I’m so happy you loved it! And thank you for sharing your jalapeno tip! My husband would love that! 🙂
Awwww thanx darlin must’ve watched the video a thousand times lmao to get right just the toasting part also forgot to tell u I added hot sauce @ the end definitely tell vadim in addition to the sliced jalapeno peppers he can also add hot sauce my pleasure Natasha anytime happy eating
Delicious breakfast sandwich! Definitely a favorite at our house. Made this twice already. I used to make something similar, but your version turns out a lot better! Im sure my husband will request this every weekend from now on 🙂
Lily, I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us!
Wow Natasha another way cool sammie creation sometimes I wonder what to do with an English muffin will definitely be making sometime soon gotta also tell mom and maybe I’ll make this for Wednesday for me to take along my mouth is totally watering right now tho I cannot eat ham for kosher dietary reasons what’s another good substitute @ usual your videos r da bomb gr8 on camera personality will also pass along to my bestie Ariella she has six kiddies and it would definitely totally benefit her and the whole family keep them recipes coming gurl
Tzivia, thank you for your sweet comment 😀. Feel free to use any deli meat like turkey or just omit it and keep this sandwich meatless 😁.
Ur very welcome my dear wish I could mix milk and meat lol but yea vegetarian would be way good wonder if it’ll work with say mushrooms and peppers and extra cheese love cheese am a total cheese addict thanx again @ always luv enjoy the rest of your weekend have a very blessed awesome sweet hot Sunday cheers
What a genius idea! Looks like a good, quick, easy way to start the day….or anytime. Only one pan to clean makes it even better. Pinned. Thanks!
I absolutely agree. I definitely try to consider the dish factor and it is perfect any time of day! 🙂 Thank you so much for pinning 🙂
This is awesome!!! Made it twice already saw it yesterday evening and decided to make it right away .and also this morning. Yummy!!! My husband said or I am hungry or this sandwich is great! Good job.
Ha ha! That’s awesome!! Thanks for sharing your great review 🙂
Yes my mouth is watering! Natasha this is a fabulous recipe, can’t wait to make it tomorrow for breakfast! 😉 what brand of ham do you use?Thanks!
Thank you Nina, I used Boar’s Head brand for this recipe. Let me know how it turns out 😀.
Looks so delicious! Cant wait to try this on a busy morning. Thank you Natasha for yet another awesome recipe!
You’re so welcome! I hope you love it as much as we do! It really is perfect for busy mornings 🙂