I’ve been trying to perfect a breakfast sandwich at home for quite a while now. I have had several different combinations over the years – some are too dry, some are too greasy, and some taste fine but the bread is too hard and the filling comes out when you try to take a bite.
I think I’ve finally come up with a recipe I like with this attempt. Mayonnaise never gave me what I wanted as a spread for a breakfast sandwich, but a little bit of dijon mustard and an even littler bit of ketchup is a little spicy, a little tangy, and a touch sweet, but not enough to be overpowering. Just what I wanted.
If you make the caramelized onions and form the sausage patties in advance, then you can take everything out of the fridge, build it all in an 8-inch skillet, and have the croissant assembled and ready to eat in about 10-15 minutes, so while you could make these in advance and reheat them, it’s certainly possible to make them up quickly in the morning instead,
Homemade Breakfast Croissants
Ingredients
ONIONS
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 onions
- 2 pounds breakfast sausage
- 6 croissants store bought is fine
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 4 tablespoons dijon style mustard
- 6 eggs
- salt and pepper
- 6 slices mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- In advance, prep the onions. French 2 onions and cook in olive oil and butter over medium heat stirring often until deeply caramelized, about 30-40 minutes. Refrigerate.
- Form sausage into 6 equal-sized patties. Start cooking sausage in the pan over medium heat.
- Prep the croissant. Cut in half and spread with a light coating of dijon mustard and and even lighter amount of ketchup.
- When the patty is flipped, add onions to the pan to begin reheating.
- When sausage is done, put the onions on top of the sausage patty then top with cheese to melt. The cheese will keep the onions from sliding around too much when the sandwich is bitten into.
- While the cheese melts, crack the egg into the pan, lightly scramble, and add salt and pepper. When desired doneness is reached, put egg on top of cheese.
- Transfer assembled stack to prepared croissant, cut in half, and serve.
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