This easy Ham and Fried Egg Sandwich is piled high with tasty ingredients and generously topped with a spicy harissa mayo. It’s a delicious way to start any day or even enjoy for a hearty lunch!
Ham and Fried Egg Sandwich
I love a good sandwich. Love it! Besides ‘bowl’ meals (basically a protein, like chicken, roasted veg and quinoa thrown in a bowl), sandwiches are a staple in our home. This ham and fried egg sandwich comes together in minutes, so even if you woke a little later than usual, you could still whip up a delicious breakfast and start the day on the right foot!
The only cooking involved here is to prepare the egg to your liking and toast the English muffin. Other than that, assemble the whole thing and dig in!
Tips for Making this Fried Egg Sandwich
- Use the best quality eggs you can get your little hands on.
- Speaking of eggs, everyone has a different preference on how they like their eggs cooked. I like my eggs a little runny, so for this fried egg sandwich I cooked the eggs for about 2-3 minutes. Sometimes a runny egg can make for one heck of a mess, so I kinda go in the middle when preparing eggs for a sandwich (not too runny, but not firm). If you like them well done, do that 😉
- Don’t forget to toast those English muffins….and butter them. It adds crunch, flavour and makes the whole breakfast sandwich that much better.
- Rather use Canadian bacon (or as us Canadians call ‘ham’) or bacon (like, bacon bacon) instead of the sliced stuff? Feel free to use either of those.
- Want to have these breakfast sandwiches straight up vegetarian? No worries! Just omit the ham.
- Not digging the harissa mayo? Sriracha and a touch of lime juice works lovely with mayo or even some pesto.
Other Easy Sandwich Recipes you May Enjoy
Hope you love this fried egg sandwich too! And how do you like to prepare your eggs?
Until next time take care and chit chat again soon 🙂
~Dawn
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Ham & Fried Egg Sandwich
Ingredients
- 3 tsp unsalted butter
- 2 eggs -I used large
- 4 slices tomato
- 4 slices red onion -thinly sliced
- 150 g black forest ham -about 6-8 thin slices
- 2 slices jalapeno harvarti -or your favourite cheese
- Handful baby kale -or baby spinach
- 2 English muffins
Harissa Mayo
- 1/2 tbsp harissa paste
- 1/2 tbsp mayo
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
Harissa Mayo
- Combine ingredients in a small bowl and stir until smooth and combined.
Fried Egg and Ham Breakfast Sandwich
- Place 1 tsp of butter in a non stick pan on medium low heat. Add eggs and cook to desired doneness. I like to leave mine a tad runny. Place on heat, cook for about a minute or two, carefully flip and cook another minute or two until whites are set and yolk still a little runny.
- Toast English muffins and butter with remaining 2 tsp of butter.
- On bottom half of each English muffin, place tomato, onion, ham, egg, cheese and kale. Drizzle with harissa mayo and top with other English muffin half. Enjoy!
Notes
- I didn't warm my ham, but you can if you like. Just place in a non stick pan of a minute or two to heat through.
- If you like things a little more 'saucey' double the harissa mayo recipe.
- Use the best quality eggs you can get your little hands on.
- Speaking of eggs, everyone has a different preference on how they like their eggs cooked. For this fried egg sandwich, I cooked the eggs until the yolks weren't fully cooked, but still a little runny. I do enjoy a runny yolk, but sometimes it can make for one heck of a mess, so I kinda go in the middle when preparing the eggs for a sandwich. If you like them well done, do that 😉
- Don't forget to toast those English muffins....and butter them. It adds crunch, flavour and makes the whole breakfast sandwich that much better.
- Rather use Canadian bacon (or as us Canadians call 'ham') or bacon (like, bacon bacon)? Feel free to use either of those.
- Want to have these breakfast sandwiches straight up vegetarian? No worries! Just omit the ham.
- Not digging the harissa mayo? Sriracha and a touch of lime juice works lovely with mayo or even some pesto.
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