Sausage and Egg Breakfast Sandwiches with Pimento Cheese Recipe
Not only is this pimento cheese delicious on this sandwich, but it also makes for an ideal snack on its own. It's super simple to make - perhaps the only difficult part is resisting the urge to dive into the mixture while it's chilling.
Ingredients
Pimento Cheese
- 1 1/2 cups extra sharp yellow cheddar cheese finely grated with a box grater
- 1 1/2 cups extra sharp white cheddar cheese finely grated with a box grater
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup cream cheese
- 1/4 tsp hot paprika like simply organic
- 1/4 tsp salt plus more, to taste
- 1/2 cup pimentons minced
Sandwiches
- 4 english muffins
- pimento cheese
- 4 sausage patties you can also buy ground breakfast sausage or uncooked sausages (casing removed) and form your own patties
- 4 eggs preferably organic/cage free
- 2 tsp olive oil divided
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
Pimento Cheese
- Combine and mash all ingredients in a medium sized bowl with a fork until everything is well combined. Season with more salt as needed and chill in the refrigerator for at least two hours.
Sandwich Assembly
- Heat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Heat 1 tsp oil over medium-high heat in a medium skillet and cook sausage patties for 3-4 minutes per side until they begin to brown.
- Place the patties on the baking sheet in a single layer along with the english muffins. Put those into the oven while you cook the eggs (5-6 minutes).
- Crack eggs into a bowl and whisk them to combine - season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Heat the same skillet that you cooked the sausage in over medium heat and add remaining oil. Pour in the eggs and cook for 2-3 minutes undisturbed. Carefully flip the eggs on to the other side and cook for another 1-2 minutes undisturbed. Remove from skillet and cut/divide eggs into 4 even segments.
- To assemble the sandwiches add the egg to the bottom part of the muffin, then sausage and top with egg. Slather the top of your muffin with pimento cheese.
- Close up the sandwich and enjoy!
