COPPERFull English breakfast recipe
A cooked breakfast plate of bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, mushrooms, grilled tomato and baked beans, with buttered toast.
Ingredients
- 200 g bacon
- 200 g sausages
- 4 eggs
- 150 g mushrooms
- 200 g tomatoes
- 400 g baked beans
- 200 g black pudding
- 4 toast
- 20 g butter
How to make Full English breakfast
- In a large pan, fry 200 g of bacon and 4 sausages over medium heat until fully cooked, about 10 minutes.
- Add 200 g of sliced mushrooms and 100 g of black pudding to the pan, cooking until browned, about 5 minutes.
- In a separate pan, crack 2 eggs and fry to your liking, about 3-5 minutes, until the whites are set.
- In a small saucepan, gently heat 400 g of baked beans over medium-low heat until warmed through, about 5 minutes.
- Grill or fry 2 halved tomatoes in the same pan until softened and slightly charred, about 3-4 minutes.
- Toast slices of bread in a toaster or on a skillet with a small amount of butter, until golden brown.
- Arrange the bacon, sausages, eggs, mushrooms, black pudding, and tomatoes on a plate with toast beside.
- Serve hot alongside the baked beans for a hearty breakfast.
What is Full English breakfast?
Full English breakfast is a traditional dish from United Kingdom, baked in the oven, and takes about 30 minutes from start to finish. It is built around baked beans, bacon and sausages. The recipe below uses 9 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Full English breakfast take?
At 30 minutes it is quicker than 97% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. The method runs to 8 steps, the longest being 10 minutes.
Any tips for making Full English breakfast?
Start with the bacon and sausages, then add the mushrooms and black pudding to the same pan, keeping a second pan for the eggs.
How Full English breakfast compares
At 30 minutes, Full English breakfast is among the 20 quickest of the 586 dishes Copper documents. Hard to find elsewhere: sausages (1), black pudding (1) and mushrooms (3).
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