Sausage and Egg Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Grilled cheese sandwich with sausage, eggs, and melted cheese on a plate.

Sausage and Egg Grilled Cheese Sandwich

This sausage and egg grilled cheese sandwich features crisp, buttery bread layered with melted American cheese, a seasoned breakfast sausage patty, and over hard eggs, all cooked until golden and hot throughout.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Servings serving

Calories 1277kcal

Author Diane Gail

Ingredients

4 ounces loose breakfast sausage
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 large eggs
2 slices artisan style bread any variety
2 tablespoons butter
4 slices American cheese

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Form loose breakfast sausage into a thin patty sized to your bread. Cook in a skillet over medium heat until fully cooked through. Remove and set aside.
Heat a small amount of olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat. Crack eggs into the skillet, break the yolks, and cook until the bottoms are set.
Flip and cook until fully set with no runny areas. Remove and set aside.
Butter one side of each slice of bread. Place bread butter side down in the skillet.
Add two slices of cheese to each slice. On one slice, layer the sausage patty and cooked eggs over the cheese.
Cook until the bread is golden brown and the cheese has melted. Close the sandwich, remove from the skillet, and serve.

Notes

Keep the sausage patty thin: Forming a thinner patty helps it cook evenly and fit the bread without shrinking too much.
Start with a preheated skillet: Adding the bread to a properly heated skillet helps it begin browning immediately.
Use medium-low heat for the bread: This allows the bread to brown evenly while giving the cheese time to melt.
Assemble before closing: Let the cheese begin to melt before closing the sandwich so it holds the layers together.
Serve immediately: This sandwich is best eaten right after cooking while the bread is crisp and the cheese is fully melted.

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