Breakfast,  Recipe

Loaded Egg in a Hole

A full Sunday breakfast in every bite, guaranteed. Loaded Egg in a Hole is packed full of flavour. A thick slice of bread filled with sausage, peppers, onion and an egg, pan-fried until golden and irresistible. THEN add some cheese to create an extra tasty crust. This easy meal is a favourite and it's totally versatile, add in your favourites and personalize it to your tastes!

I go through spurts and starts with the Food Network. There will be weeks where I binge-watch as much food-related tv as I can stand and then nothing for months. I went through one of those bouts a few months back. It was a competition show where on one single episode two of the contestants both made a version of egg in a hole and I knew I needed to share my favourite recipe for Loaded Egg in a Hole.

A full Sunday breakfast in every bite, guaranteed. Loaded Egg in a Hole is packed full of flavour. A thick slice of bread filled with sausage, peppers, onion and an egg, pan-fried until golden and irresistible. THEN add some cheese to create an extra tasty crust. This easy meal is a favourite and it's totally versatile, add in your favourites and personalize it to your tastes!

So, there are a few names for this out in the world, toad in a hole, egg in a basket, hole in one, and egg in a frame along with a few others. Basically they’re all describing a breakfast where an egg gets cracked into a hole made in a slice of bread and then everything gets fried at the same time and is delicious. Think grilled cheese bread but with an egg. There’s lots of variations out there. Add-ins include bacon, ham, cheese, avocado, spinach, tomatoes, really anything goes!

A full Sunday breakfast in every bite, guaranteed. Loaded Egg in a Hole is packed full of flavour. A thick slice of bread filled with sausage, peppers, onion and an egg, pan-fried until golden and irresistible. THEN add some cheese to create an extra tasty crust. This easy meal is a favourite and it's totally versatile, add in your favourites and personalize it to your tastes!

Loaded Egg in a Hole is one of my favourite recipes for this almost handheld breakfast. I’m not sure why, but sometimes this stays perfectly intact and then other times it’s a little messier than usual. But either way, it never disappoints on flavour. It’s so good! I personally like the sausage, onion and peppers combo with the egg, it feels like a giant Sunday breakfast all in one bite.

A full Sunday breakfast in every bite, guaranteed. Loaded Egg in a Hole is packed full of flavour. A thick slice of bread filled with sausage, peppers, onion and an egg, pan-fried until golden and irresistible. THEN add some cheese to create an extra tasty crust. This easy meal is a favourite and it's totally versatile, add in your favourites and personalize it to your tastes!

Now I think the thing I like the best about this dish is that it’s totally versatile, you can mix in whatever your favourites are and really personalize this to your own tastes! One thing I wouldn’t skip is the cheesy crust. It’s over the top! Crunchy cheese fried right onto the bread, um totally a must! Hungry yet?

A full Sunday breakfast in every bite, guaranteed. Loaded Egg in a Hole is packed full of flavour. A thick slice of bread filled with sausage, peppers, onion and an egg, pan-fried until golden and irresistible. THEN add some cheese to create an extra tasty crust. This easy meal is a favourite and it's totally versatile, add in your favourites and personalize it to your tastes!

How to make Loaded Egg in a Hole

Fry up the breakfast sausage, I used patties and just broke them apart, but whichever you like best that you can crumble should work! Once it’s broken apart and cooked through, add in the onions and peppers and cook on low until they’re both soft. Set this aside.

A full Sunday breakfast in every bite, guaranteed. Loaded Egg in a Hole is packed full of flavour. A thick slice of bread filled with sausage, peppers, onion and an egg, pan-fried until golden and irresistible. THEN add some cheese to create an extra tasty crust. This easy meal is a favourite and it's totally versatile, add in your favourites and personalize it to your tastes!

Cut the bread into nice thick slices, an inch is a perfect size. You want to load up the hole with both the sausage and pepper mixture and a full egg, so you’re looking for a good solid slice of bread. I used English muffin bread, but honestly, any uncut loaf would work for this. A Rye bread would be tasty as well as a sourdough! Butter both sides and then cut out a circle using a biscuit cutter. No biscuit cutter? No problem! A knife works just as well, but maybe not as pretty. This breakfast is pretty rustic though, so perfection is not important at all!

A full Sunday breakfast in every bite, guaranteed. Loaded Egg in a Hole is packed full of flavour. A thick slice of bread filled with sausage, peppers, onion and an egg, pan-fried until golden and irresistible. THEN add some cheese to create an extra tasty crust. This easy meal is a favourite and it's totally versatile, add in your favourites and personalize it to your tastes!

Now, in a pan over medium-low heat add the cut bread slice and spoon in a bit of the sausage mixture, top that with an egg and let it cook for a few minutes. Carefully flip this over and fry the second side until the egg is cooked through. Sprinkle on a bit of cheese and then flip it over again. This creates a cheesy crust and it’s so good. You can skip this step, but I wouldn’t if I were you.

A full Sunday breakfast in every bite, guaranteed. Loaded Egg in a Hole is packed full of flavour. A thick slice of bread filled with sausage, peppers, onion and an egg, pan-fried until golden and irresistible. THEN add some cheese to create an extra tasty crust. This easy meal is a favourite and it's totally versatile, add in your favourites and personalize it to your tastes!

This hearty breakfast is such a fun way to get a full breakfast in. Loaded with flavour, this handheld bite is a favourite in our house. Sausage, onions and peppers along with an egg sit in the middle of deliciously pan-fried bread that gets buttery and crisp and then a sprinkling of cheese creates a crust that sends this dish right over the edge. The next time you’re looking for a tasty morning meal, give this one a try!

A full Sunday breakfast in every bite, guaranteed. Loaded Egg in a Hole is packed full of flavour. A thick slice of bread filled with sausage, peppers, onion and an egg, pan-fried until golden and irresistible. THEN add some cheese to create an extra tasty crust. This easy meal is a favourite and it's totally versatile, add in your favourites and personalize it to your tastes!

If you love Loaded Egg in a Hole, check out these other delicious side dish recipes, I’m sure they’ll hit the spot:


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A full Sunday breakfast in every bite, guaranteed. Loaded Egg in a Hole is packed full of flavour. A thick slice of bread filled with sausage, peppers, onion and an egg, pan-fried until golden and irresistible. THEN add some cheese to create an extra tasty crust. This easy meal is a favourite and it's totally versatile, add in your favourites and personalize it to your tastes!

Loaded Egg in a Hole

Also called hole in one and toad in a hole, whatever you call it, this version is extra tasty. Loaded with sausage, peppers and onions and then nestled in a thick slice of bread. Crack an egg over top of the sausage mixture and then finish it off with lots of melty colby jack. A breakfast of champs!

Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword egg in a hole, sausage and peppers, toad in a hole
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 loaf English muffin bread, uncut (any uncut loaf should work, except for baguettes)
  • 6 eggs, large
  • 6 oz Pork breakfast sausage
  • 1/2 cup onion, diced
  • 1/2 cup green or red peppers, diced
  • 2 cups colby jack cheese, shredded
  • 4 tbsp butter

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. In a medium pan over medium heat, fry the sausage, crumbling it as it cooks. When that's cooked through, add in the onions and pepper and cook until they're soft.

  2. White the sausage is cooking, cut six 1 inch thick slices from the loaf of bread. Butter both sides and then using a biscuit cutter, cut a circle from the centre of each slice of bread. Keep the holes and fry those along with the egg in a holes.

  3. In another pan, over medium-low heat place a slice of bread, add two tablespoons of the sausage, onion and pepper mixture, spread this around inside the hole and then crack in one egg. Repeat for all six slices.

  4. Let this cook for about 4-6 minutes on one side, then gently flip it over and cook for an additiional 4-6 minutes.

  5. Next, sprinkle a little bit of cheese on one side and once it starts to melt, flip it over so that it forms a crispy cheese crust. On the second side, sprinkle a bit of cheese again and once it melts flip it over and let that side crisp up as well.

  6. Serve immediately.

Loaded Egg in a Hole

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