Breakfast Smashburger
An easy recipe for a hearty breakfast smashburger
Equipment
- Foil covered brick
Ingredients
- non-stick cooking spray
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 lb sausage meat
- 3-4 tbsp butter
- 1 small yellow onion
- hot sauce
- 4 eggs
- 4 slices cheddar cheese
- 2 English muffins king sized
- salt and pepper
- ketchup optional
Instructions
- Cover a brick in aluminum foil. Spray lightly with non-stick cooking spray. See the tips for other things you can use.
- Split the 1/2 pound of sausage meat in two and form two large meatballs.
- Place the meat on a cutting board and gently "smash" with the brick. Keep tapping gently until the burger is very thing - about 1/8 at most.
- Use a spatula to gently lift the burgers and set them aside.
- Cut the onion into very thin slices.
- Sprinkle the onions with hot sauce to taste. Always start light and add more.
- I used two frying pans for the next steps. If you only have one, start by cooking the onions and then move on to the sausage.
- Melt one tablespoon of butter in a frying pan over medium high heat. Add the onions and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
- While the onions cook, add 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the frying pan. Sausage meat has quite a bit of fat, so you don't need to overdo the oil. Start light and add more if the burger stick.
- Cook the burgers about three minutes on each side until completely browned and crispy. They are quite thin, so the inside will cook rather quickly.
- Set aside the cooked onions and the cooked sausage.
- I cooked two separate omelets, but you can cook one larger one and cut it in half. The choice is yours.
- Crack two eggs (for one omelet) into a bowl and mix until lightly frothy.
- Add 1 tbsp of butter to the frying pan ( I used the one that had the onions) and add the eggs. Lightly sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Cook the omelet over medium high heat until it is mostly firm (about four minutes). Flip the omelet and lower the heat.
- Place two slices of cheddar on top and cook gently until melted. I usually put a lid on the frying pan, leaving one side open, to encourage the cheese to melt.
- Toast an English muffin while the cheese melts.
- Make your second omelet and toast the second muffin.
- Put your sandwich together: muffin on bottom, omelet and cheese, sausage smashburger, onions, muffin top.
- Serve with ketchup or more hot sauce - or both!
Notes
Tips:
What do you mean you don't have a brick? Of course you don't. We just do a lot of construction. You can use a cast iron skillet, a meat mallet, or probably even a rolling pin. Use whatever will help you create a super thin patty.
You can use whatever type of melty cheese you would like: American, mozzarella, provolone.
You can also use different types of bread as your base. Bagels and rolls each work well.
As I mentioned in the directions, you can make one large omelet and cut it in half.