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Sausage and Egg Muffin

12 min · 12 min active · makes ~540 g · Easy

Toasted English muffins filled with a crisp pork sausage patty and a fried egg under melted cheddar, for four.

Ingredients
0/7 gathered · 4 servings
4piece
20g
4piece
1pinch
1pinch
80g
4piece
Tools
10 items
Serveware
1 item
Procedure
18 steps
1 of 18

Heat the oven to 60 °C so you can keep each component warm while the rest finish cooking.

60°C
⏱ 5 min
2 of 18

Lay the sausage patties flat in the cold frying pan.

Pork sausage patties · 4 piece
⏱ 10s
ResultPork sausage patties
3 of 18

Set the pan over a medium heat and cook the patties, pressing them gently with a spatula and turning once, until deep golden on both sides and cooked through with no pink remaining. Check the centre of the largest one reads 71 °C on a thermometer.

⏱ 8 min
ResultPan-fried sausage patties
4 of 18

Using oven gloves, slide the pan into the oven to keep the patties warm while you cook the eggs.

⏱ 10s
ResultPan-fried sausage patties
5 of 18

Add the butter to a non-stick frying pan.

Butter · 20 g
⏱ 5s
ResultButter
6 of 18

Place the pan over a low-medium heat and swirl it as the butter melts and begins to foam.

⏱ 1 min
ResultMelted butter
7 of 18

Crack each egg into the foaming butter, spacing them apart so they do not touch.

Egg · 4 piece
⏱ 15s
ResultMelted butter and egg
8 of 18

Season the eggs with a pinch of salt.

Salt · 1 pinch
⏱ 5s
ResultMelted butter and egg and salt
9 of 18

Add a pinch of black pepper over the eggs.

Ground black pepper · 1 pinch
⏱ 5s
ResultEgg mixture
10 of 18

Cook without disturbing until the whites are fully set and opaque but the yolks are still soft, then remove from the heat. Use pasteurised eggs for runny yolks, or cook them 3 minutes more until firm.

⏱ 4 min
ResultFried eggs
11 of 18

Lay a portion of cheddar over each egg while the pan is still hot.

Cheddar cheese · 80 g
⏱ 10s
ResultFried eggs and cheddar cheese
12 of 18

Leave the pan off the heat for a minute so the residual warmth melts the cheddar onto each egg.

⏱ 1 min
ResultCheese-topped fried eggsused in step 19
13 of 18

Lay the English muffins on the chopping board.

English muffins · 4 piece
⏱ 10s
ResultEnglish muffins
14 of 18

Split each muffin with a fork, pulling the halves apart along the natural seam.

⏱ 30s
ResultSplit english muffins
15 of 18

Toast the muffin halves in the toaster until the cut faces are golden and crisp at the edges.

⏱ 3 min
ResultToasted english muffin halves
16 of 18

Set a toasted muffin base on each of 4 plates, keeping the tops beside them.

Into 4 equal portions
⏱ 20s
ResultToasted muffin bases
17 of 18

Using oven gloves, pull the sausage pan out of the oven.

⏱ 10s
ResultPan-fried sausage patties
18 of 18

Lift a sausage patty onto each muffin base with the spatula.

⏱ 20s
ResultToasted muffin bases and pan-fried sausage patties
Total Time12 min
Serving
  1. Slide a cheese-topped fried egg over each patty and press the toasted muffin top down firmly to finish each sandwich.
Nutrition
per serving
Estimated · pre-cooking · 86% ingredients covered
NutrientPer serving
318kcal
16g
16g
9g
26g
1g
1g
482mg
Ingredients0/7
Tools0/8