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Easy Breakfast Smashburgers

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Easy Breakfast Smashburgers put breakfast sausage, eggs, American cheese, and English muffins together on the griddle. The sausage patties cook with one muffin half pressed right onto them, then the other half toasts alongside.

Watch How to Make It

This is a straightforward griddle breakfast built around four sausage patties, four eggs, and four assembled sandwiches. Season the eggs with salt and pepper to taste, then serve as soon as the muffins, sausage, cheese, and eggs are stacked.

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Why You'll Love This Recipe

These Easy Breakfast Smashburgers use the English muffins in two ways during the cook. One half is pressed onto each sausage patty before flipping, while the remaining halves toast on the griddle.

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Each sandwich gets one slice of American cheese and one egg. The egg doneness is up to you, so the final assembly follows your preferred way of cooking eggs.

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Ingredients You'll Need

Breakfast sausage is divided into four equal patties for the base of the sandwiches. Four English muffins are split in half, giving each sandwich a bottom half pressed onto the sausage and a toasted top half.

American cheese goes on the sausage after the patties and muffin halves are flipped. Four eggs are cooked separately, then seasoned with salt and pepper to taste before being added to the sandwiches.

A person places an English muffin and raw burger patty combo on a griddle with three others. The griddle sits on a wooden counter.

All purpose seasoning is listed for this recipe. Use it with the breakfast sausage as directed by the recipe.

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How To Make It

Break the sausage up into 4 equal sized patties. Place the sausage on a medium heat griddle.

Split the English muffins in half. Take one half of the English muffins and put them on the sausage patties.

Use a burger press to smash down the English muffins onto the sausage patties. Cook the sausage for 4-5 minutes, you want it about 90% cooked through.

Flip the sausage English muffins over, and finish cooking the sausage while toasting the English muffins. Toast the other halves of the English muffins on the griddle.

Top the sausage with the American cheese. Cook the eggs to whatever doneness you like, salt and pepper them to taste.

Put the eggs on top of the sausage and cheese and top with the other half of the English muffin. Serve and enjoy.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many breakfast smashburgers does this recipe make?

This recipe makes 4 breakfast smashburgers.

What temperature should I use for the griddle?

Use a medium heat griddle.

How long should the sausage cook before flipping?

Cook the sausage for 4-5 minutes before flipping, until it is about 90% cooked through.

What cheese is used for these breakfast smashburgers?

The recipe uses 4 slices of American cheese.

How should I cook the eggs?

Cook the eggs to whatever doneness you like, then season them with salt and pepper to taste.

Wrapping Up

These breakfast smashburgers bring the sausage, cheese, egg, and English muffin together in one griddle-cooked sandwich. Serve and enjoy. Recipe created by cookingwithcj for Trust Me Try It.

A breakfast sandwich with egg, cheese, and sausage on an English muffin sits on a black plate, with two more sandwiches on a blue and white plate in the background.

Easy Breakfast Smashburgers

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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 lb breakfast sausage.
  • 4 English muffins.
  • 4 slice American cheese.
  • 4 eggs.
  • 1 tsp all purpose seasoning.
  • Salt and pepper.

Instructions

  • Break the sausage up into 4 equal sized patties.
  • Place the sausage on a medium heat griddle.
  • Split the English muffins in half.
  • Take one half of the English muffins and put them on the sausage patties.
  • Use a burger press to smash down the English muffins onto the sausage patties.
  • Cook the sausage for 4-5 minutes, you want it about 90% cooked through.
  • Flip the sausage English muffins over, and finish cooking the sausage while toasting the English muffins.
  • Toast the other halves of the English muffins on the griddle.
  • Top the sausage with the American cheese.
  • Cook the eggs to whatever doneness you like, salt and pepper them to taste.
  • Put the eggs on top of the sausage and cheese and top with the other half of the English muffin.
  • Serve and enjoy!

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