It’s presumed that the first breakfast sandwich appeared in London during the 19th century. This initial form of sandwich was composed of meat, cheese, and fried eggs, served in a soft and round bread roll the British call a “bap,” sold to factory workers in the early morning.
However, instead of it finding its way in the rough hands of a 19th-century factory worker, the breakfast sandwich finds itself on the kitchen counter each morning, with the same combination of egg, meat, cheese, and then some, to be eaten before heading off to work or school.
In order to make sure that your breakfast in the morning is the best it’s ever been, here’s a set of steps leading up to the very last bite:
- Wake Up in the Morning
- Get Out of Bed
- Get Dressed
- Make Sure You Have the Required Ingredients
- Prepare Ingredients
- Toast English Muffin (to desired crisp)
- Cook Slices of Bacon
- Fry 2 Large Eggs
- Assemble your Breakfast Sandwich
- Take a Bite
- Enjoy!
1. Wake Up In The Morning
Whether or not you’re a morning person, waking up in the morning is a vital step to this walkthrough. If you don’t complete this step, the title of this step-by-step guide would be “How to make a Breakfast Sandwich in the Afternoon.”
It’s recommended to set an alarm and to go to bed early to ensure you obtain your 7-9 hours of recommended sleep. It’s additionally recommended to plan to wake up right as the sun peaks over the horizon or a little later.
2. Get Out of Bed
Getting out of bed after waking up in the morning is an important step in the process, you can’t walk to the kitchen without getting out of bed, can you? (If you can, disregard this step.)
So make sure to get out of bed to start the day and begin the preparation of your breakfast sandwich!
3. Get Dressed
This step is technically optional. If you wish to enact this sacred breakfast ritual in one’s birthday suit, go wild. Otherwise, dress in something comfortable and easy to move around in to make your experience in this sandwich-making scenario the easiest it can be.
4. Make Sure You Have the Required Ingredients
You can’t assemble the perfect breakfast sandwich if you’re lacking in the ingredients. Even the smallest absence will completely alter the integrity of your sandwich! If you don’t complete this step, the title of this step-by-step guide would be “How to make a Breakfast SAD-wich in the Morning.”
You need these ingredients:
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup shredded cheddar (or a preferred cheese)
- 2 slices of bacon
- 1 English muffin
- A frying pan
- (Optional) a toaster oven or oven
- (Optional) 1 sausage patty
5. Prepare Ingredients
This step works hand-in-hand with the previous one. After confirming you have all your required ingredients, be sure to have them all in the same place. This place can be your kitchen counter, your dinner table, your bed, your bathroom, your desk, your roommate, or any other surface that you can balance each ingredient on.
6. Toast English Muffin
Your english muffin is the foundation of your breakfast sandwich. A light crisp is recommended for the authentic breakfast sandwich aesthetic, but whatever you might prefer is more than fine enough.
Slice your muffin in half, butter your frying pan, and place both sides of the muffin innards facing downwards. Fry until a golden brown or your desired crisp has been achieved.
7. Cook Slices of Bacon
The bacon slices are the pillars of the breakfast sandwich, adding unique flavor necessary for the true flavor profile of the breakfast sandwich. Make these however you like in your oven or toaster oven. These can be replaced with a sausage patty, if you desire.
8. Fry 2 Large Eggs
The eggs define your sandwich as a breakfast sandwich and add a necessary texture to the combination. Without your eggs fried lovingly on a buttered frying pan, the breakfast sandwich will simply not be complete, and you will have failed your mission, completely ruining the experience.
While frying your eggs, add your ¼ cup of shredded cheddar (or preferred cheese) to them while they´re still cooking and take them off once you’ve reached your preferred level of meltiness.
9. Assemble your Breakfast Sandwich
Congratulations! You have completed the creation of your ingredients, and now your mission is to assemble the sandwich properly. Obviously, the bottom of your English muffin is placed first. Then, one of your two fried eggs. Next, place your desired amount of cooked bacon and above those your second egg.
Finally, place the top of your toasted english muffin down and press onto the sandwich with your palm with roughly enough force to click a pen.
Finally, your sandwich is assembled!
10. Take a Bite
This fateful moment has finally arrived for you, and you are finally able to sink your teeth into a delightful breakfast sandwich created with your own two hands (if you have two hands), and you are rewarded.
Now, take your bite… slowly now…
11. Enjoy!
Rejoice! Congratulations on making a breakfast sandwich! Enjoy your breakfast now or wrap your sandwich in foil to store in a refrigerated environment until you can enjoy later.
