12 Best Breakfast Sandwich Recipes

Beaten Biscuit Breakfast Sandwich with Tomato Jam
Photo: © Abby Hocking

A hearty breakfast sandwich is simple to make and can be easily modified to satisfy your morning hunger with ingredients you already have on hand. Whether you're craving a classic egg and cheese sandwich or buttery biscuits with tangy tomato jam, find your new favorite morning meal in this roundup of our best breakfast sandwiches.

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Scrambled Egg and Avocado Breakfast Sandwiches

Egg Sandwiches with Avocado
ABBY HOCKING

This easy, satisfying breakfast sandwich recipe calls for American cheese, but it's equally delicious with Gruyère or sharp cheddar. Feel free to use your favorite toast if you don't have English muffins. A dash of vinegary hot sauce is a great addition here.

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Breakfast Biscuit Sandwiches

Breakfast Biscuit Sandwiches
© QUENTIN BACON

A great take on the breakfast sandwich, this buttermilk biscuit is topped with fried eggs, cheddar, country ham, and an optional dollop of raspberry jam. The tender biscuits have a salty edge, but you can decrease the amount of salt if you prefer.

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Linguiça Breakfast Sandwich with Avocado and Salsa Verde

Linguiça Breakfast Sandwich with Avocado and Salsa Verde
Winnie Au

Chef George Mendes serves this Portuguese take on the classic egg and cheese sandwich. In place of breakfast sausage, he uses a smoky pork variety called Linguiça. If you can't find it, look for another smoky sausage like fresh chorizo.

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Open-Face Egg and Griddled Ham Breakfast Sandwiches

Open-Face Egg and Griddled Ham Breakfast Sandwiches
© Nicole Franzen

Food & Wine Culinary Director at Large Justin Chapple poaches a dozen eggs at once in a muffin pan in the oven, making his cute and tasty breakfast sliders extraordinarily easy to prepare for entertaining.

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Breakfast Banh Mi Sandwiches

Breakfast Banh Mi Sandwiches
© Con Poulos

This outstanding and unconventional Vietnamese breakfast banh mi features duck pate, spicy pickles, Chinese five-spice-tinged bacon, and a fried egg.

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Ham and Deviled Egg Breakfast Sandwiches

Ham and Deviled Egg Breakfast Sandwiches
© Christina Holmes

This irresistible breakfast is a hybrid of an egg salad sandwich and an Egg McMuffin. It combines spicy, pickle-laced egg salad on a toasted English muffin with warm smoky ham and crispy frisee.

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Ultimate Breakfast Sandwiches

Ultimate Breakfast Sandwiches
© Ian Knauer

This version of the classic breakfast sandwich — topped with bacon, a fried egg, and cheddar cheese — is quick and easy to make.

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Cake Doughnut Breakfast Sandwich

Cake Doughnut Breakfast Sandwich
Abby Hocking / Food & Wine

This super-easy breakfast sandwich can be made in less than 10 minutes in the microwave. For an extra morning pick-me-up, serve with a dash of hot sauce.

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Beaten Biscuit Breakfast Sandwich with Tomato Jam

Beaten Biscuit Breakfast Sandwich with Tomato Jam
© Abby Hocking

Chef Marcus Samuelsson makes incredible biscuits, adding a little bit of nutty brown butter to amp up the flavor. He serves them warm, spread with tangy-sweet tomato jam, fried ham, and perfectly scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese.

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BLT Fried Egg and Cheese Sandwich

BLT Fried Egg-and-Cheese Sandwich
© Kana Okada

Chef Thomas Keller's scrumptious recipe combines three of the world's most popular sandwiches — bacon, lettuce, and tomato; fried egg; and grilled cheese.

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Smoked Salmon and Chopped Egg Sandwiches

Smoked Salmon and Chopped Egg Sandwiches
© Tina Rupp

This classic smoked salmon and chopped egg sandwich is exactly what we need after a long night out. The recipe calls for rye or pumpernickel, made extra flavorful with a slather of mayo-horseradish spread.

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Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches with Fried Eggs

Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches with Fried Eggs
© Tina Rupp

A buttery, toasty ham and cheese sandwich with a fried egg on top. Could there be anything better? We think not.

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