Description
Start your day with a delicious Breakfast Grilled Cheese that combines fluffy scrambled eggs, savory sausage, and melty Colby-Jack cheese between crispy sourdough slices. This recipe is perfect for busy mornings or leisurely brunches. In just 30 minutes, you can create an irresistible meal that’s not only satisfying but also customizable—add your favorite ingredients like bacon or veggies for extra flavor. Whether enjoyed solo or paired with fresh fruit juice and coffee, this breakfast dish promises to impress everyone at the table.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 pound ground breakfast sausage
- 6 large eggs (beaten)
- 8 slices Colby-Jack cheese
- 4 tablespoons soft butter (divided)
- 8 slices sourdough bread
Instructions
- In a non-stick skillet, cook and crumble the ground sausage until browned. Transfer to a bowl lined with paper towels.
- In the same skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of butter and scramble the beaten eggs until fully cooked.
- Combine the scrambled eggs with the sausage in the bowl.
- Butter one side of each slice of bread and place one slice in the skillet, buttered side down.
- Layer one slice of cheese, followed by about 1/2 cup of the sausage-egg mixture, another slice of cheese, and top with another buttered slice of bread (butter side up).
- Cook until golden brown on both sides, then serve hot.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 550
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 880mg
- Fat: 36g
- Saturated Fat: 18g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 28g
- Cholesterol: 280mg