Bacon, Egg and Cheese Sandwich  Recipe (2024)

Do I need a *recipe* for a breakfast sandwich? No. Did seeing this recipe inspire me to make myself one today for breakfast? Yes. Five dang stars! It was delicious. :))

All we need is the Authentic hard roll recipe!!!!!!!!! PLEASE

the real question is how is it possible that the rest of America gets the roll wrong -- outside of a 90 mile NYC radius - all the rolls are bad. And the roll makes the sandwich - so sad indeed

Toasted leftover hamburger bun very lightly. Did the eggs in a frying pan and melted thin sliced ham and Swiss cheese on a paper plate in microwave for 30 seconds. Easy and quick. Tasty too.

Agreed that we need an authentic hard roll recipe. That is one of those ingredients that, try as I may, I cannot locate on the west coast. Been looking for 40 years.

Need a Meliss Calrk video on the breakfast sandwich fold.

For those asking for a Kaiser roll recipe: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/kaiser-rolls-recipe

Yes to the hot sauce but no to the ketchup.

Does anyone have a good recipe for aNew York ex pat that I can make my own Kaiser rolls? My location has pitiful bread.

I'm confused. How do you know what the top of the egg looks like if it's covered with cheese (as it should be)?

I now FINALLY know why my many attempts to make this home have failed—I was not griddling the roll, and I was not wrapping the sandwich so it can steam! Thank you!

"let sit for a couple minutes for all the elements to steam together." If you make any other changes to the recipe, can't get the proper roll, add avocado, whatever... do NOT eliminate this step!

Thanks for bringing back great memories. Too bad hard rolls are elusive outside the NYC metro area. I will have to settle for inferior rolls.

Try this with bright yellow mustard and pickled jalapenos. Cuts through all the fattiness - delicious!

For an encore, please share a recipe for a PB&J sandwich. Like KB, it did make me realize that I needed an egg sandwich

This sounds delicious. But, wonder how this can be 135 calories per serving. Just the roll/bagel/bread accounts for more calories than that!

I gotta have pickled on there.

Having grown up overseas, I remain disappointed with most of the breads available in America, except for isolated places that offer the "real" thing and are few and far between. I bake my own, and it has been so rewarding in so many ways. My favorite for recipes like this one is the chewy ciabatta rolls from the King Arthur Flour recipe on its web site. Today I am baking French baguettes. It is so easy to bake your own bread, folks, and I highly recommend it.

The only thing I will add is that the ham should be chopped (before or after cooking) so that you don't take a bite...and wind up dragging out an entire slice of ham from the sandwich. If you know, you know.

American cheese? With so many non-processed, great melting cheeses to choose from? Meh!

live in germany and forgot the roll: instead used pumpernickel... its absolutely delicious toasted

This sandwich works really well with a 5 inch piece from a loaf of po'boy bread. Here, in New Orleans, it's a great to a hard roll. Crystal hot sauce, please.

I've also had bacon, egg & cheese on seeded toasted rye. This makes a wonderful sandwich!

For those asking about the Kaiser rolls and what makes them great, it’s the water in NYC. The water comes from the Croton/Catskill watershed and is so clean that it’s one of the only sources of water in the U.S. that doesn’t need to be filtered. Even if you were to make the rolls at home (though they would be really good), they wouldn’t be the same.

Better with plant-based bacon

What about its cousin from NJ, the Taylor Ham, egg and cheese. Made with NJ’s own Taylor Pork roll-a spiced pork roll like bologna and Spam, combined! So good!

Have you heard the good news? It's chipotle mayo on your BEC.

Regrettable that this recipe has the eggs beaten and cooked hard. Runny-yolk BECs are the gold standard; we grudgingly accept bodegas making them scrambled and hard-cooked for portability. If you’re eating at home, why not make it right?

For the Jersey variation of the BEC, try the PREC/THEC (pork roll, egg & cheese or Taylor Ham, egg & cheese - name varies depending on what part of the state you're from). Previously unavailable anywhere outside the NJ/Philly area, Taylor Pork Roll can now be found in supermarkets in a few other states, and by mail order elsewhere. (If Taylor Pork Roll isn't available, Case Pork Roll is an acceptable substitute, but only the tangy version.) Can sub a (real) bagel if a hard roll isn't handy.

I lived in NYC for 18 years and then moved to L.A. and I cannot find a decent kaiser roll to save my life. I can make a breakfast sandwich but it will never compare to the classic B.E.C. When I visit NYC it is pretty much the first thing I eat and then repeat that meal several times. I even ask my friends visiting from NYC to bring me authentic kaiser rolls if they can. If I could open a food truck in L.A. that just served B.E.C.'s on REAL kaiser rolls I would be a millionaire!