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The Perfect Fried Egg Sandwich

April 20, 2010

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I love cooking with eggs. They are easy, satisfying, and nutritious. Eggs contain high-quality protein and 13 essential nutrients (in varying amounts) including choline and riboflavin.

During the week I make scrambled and hard-boiled eggs but I like something different on the weekend. Last weekend I got picture happy making fried egg sandwiches. So I just had to share.

I choose eggs that contain DHA. Trader Joes’ omega-3 eggs contain 75mg DHA per egg (for more on DHA see this article).

egg carton from Trader Joe's with omega-3 eggs

I spray a nonstick pan with canola spray. If I’m making sandwiches for everyone I make three at a time.

three fried eggs on a pan

While the eggs are cooking I put the English muffins in the toaster oven. I use Orowheat 100% whole grain. (more…)

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Categories: Food & Cooking 24 Comments

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  1. Jennifer says

    April 20, 2010 at 10:47 pm

    Nope – not the only one! We love them in our house…and I add a very, very thinly sliced tomato to mine. Yum!

    Reply
  2. Michelle says

    April 21, 2010 at 5:41 am

    We love fried egg sandwiches as well. My favorite way to eat them is on very un-nutritious white bread with mayo but I mostly make them the way you described above.

    Reply
  3. Toni Alabakovski says

    April 21, 2010 at 6:38 am

    I LOVE fried egg sandwhiches, and so does my 3 year old daughter. I could eat one every day!!! I like to fry a little lunch meat and add to it if I have some too!

    Reply
  4. Andrea says

    April 21, 2010 at 7:14 am

    We eat them too, but we add some sort of breakfast meat & we break the yolk before we flip to cook the other side. 🙂 http://atasteoftheblogosphere.blogspot.com/2010/01/egg-mcdreas-real-world-wednesdays.html

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  5. Meal Plan Mom (Brenda) says

    April 21, 2010 at 8:19 am

    We make them too! But ours are open-faced and we eat them with a fork (cut up like French toast). I put a slice of American cheese on a piece of whole-grain bread. Then pop it into the toaster oven to melt the cheese and add the fried egg on top. Yummy! I may have to add both of these ideas to my Breakfast Challenge when I update it!

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  6. Amy says

    April 21, 2010 at 8:48 am

    Love them! But I use an egg ring and pour the eggs into this. When it is done on one side then I flip it. It makes a perfectly round egg for the english muffin!

    Reply
    • Maryann Tomovich Jacobsen, MS, RD says

      April 21, 2010 at 10:16 am

      Good idea!

      Reply
  7. Mary Ann Dames - Reading, Writing, and Recipes says

    April 21, 2010 at 9:43 am

    I’m with Michelle on this – fried egg, mayo, and squishy white bread. Now Maryann, it must be the kid in me but looking at the photo, the sandwich looks like Pacman eating two yellow thingies with googlie eyes. Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

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    • Maryann Tomovich Jacobsen, MS, RD says

      April 21, 2010 at 8:50 pm

      OMG, you’re right!

      Reply
  8. Katja Rowell says

    April 21, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    I make these, but I cook the muffins on the griddle. I also bought a griddle just so I could make more than one at a time! I call them “McMommy” sandwiches. Like Burger King’s new muffin breakfast sandwich, it’s not very original, but really good! I use Morning Star Sausage Patties. Yummy!

    http://familyfeedingdynamics.blogspot.com/2009/03/who-says-food-jags-are-just-for-kids.html

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    • Maryann Tomovich Jacobsen, MS, RD says

      April 21, 2010 at 8:51 pm

      I like the McMommy! I’m going to get more creative after all these ideas.

      Reply
  9. Lee says

    April 21, 2010 at 7:20 pm

    We love egg sandwiches at our house! My fave way to fix them is to toast a slice of wheat bread or a seeded hamburger bun, slap a slice of Velveeta cheese on the warm bread, then put a fried egg (yolk still runny!) on top of that, and top off with crispy bacon or fried ham. My sweetie will eat TWO of these while I’m still fixing my own!

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  10. Jorge Salinas says

    April 21, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    It’s so funny because I stumbled into your post just tonight after eating an almost exact replica of your fried egg sandwiches. I have been a fan of them since forever, the only difference is that I use the butter to fry the egg instead of spreading it on the muffin, and that I use manchego cheese instead of cheddar. I do sometimes add a slice of ham and its a perfect little breakfast or dinner. I love eggs for dinner, that’s just me.

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  11. Liz - Meal Makeover Mom says

    April 21, 2010 at 8:24 pm

    We’re huge fried egg fans at my house – especially the omega-3 eggs. I like adding a slice of low fat American or mozzarella cheese, and I typically serve it on a whole grain English muffin. For me, a few slices of avocado are perfect.

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  12. Angi says

    April 23, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    I usually have an open egg sandwich. Sourdough is the best, but I rarely have that around. When I have avocado, I spread that on the bread instead of butter to cut down on my butter intake. I also enjoy putting a tomato on it. The ideas about putting the cheese on the bread is genius! It bugs me how the melted cheese sticks to the top of my mouth.

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  13. Karen says

    July 11, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    One Trader Joe’s whole grain muffin. One scrambled egg in an egg ring. And one big layer of smoked salmon. My 9-year-old’s new favorite lunch. Just add a carrot and some grapes.

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  14. Dan says

    July 13, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    We had them all the time as kids and LOVED them.

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  15. chris davidson says

    May 29, 2011 at 8:08 am

    I am sitting eating a fried egg sandwich right now which is what inspired me to google them!!!Try frying it with a small amount of sliced onion too.It goes illuminous green on the egg white but tastes great.Then just a pinch of salt and black pepper and enjoy!

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  16. Barbara Bailey says

    January 8, 2013 at 12:09 pm

    Hi Maryanne,

    I am wanting to send my son to school with a “Perfect Fried Egg Sandwich” in his lunch. Would the egg still be safe to eat?

    Thanks!
    Barbara

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  17. Steven says

    April 1, 2013 at 11:06 am

    I make fried egg and cheese sandwiches to bring to work for lunch all the time. I don’t even cook the yolk all the way–never had a problem (but for your kid I guess you should make sure it’s cooked completely just to be sure). Oh, and I also put ketchup on it!

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  18. Palace Gypsy says

    November 16, 2014 at 11:24 am

    I tried following your recipe, until I got to, “Once the eggs are formed I flip them over half way”.
    I couldn’t get the eggs to stand on edge with a half way flip, so I just flipped them all the way over.
    How will this affect the flavor?

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    • Maryann Tomovich Jacobsen, MS, RD says

      November 20, 2014 at 12:30 am

      how did it turn out?

      Reply
  19. bob says

    October 1, 2015 at 10:45 am

    so much better to not cook the yolk and sprinkle the running yolk with some salt. and cheddar cheese no way I would use American

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