Today's post goes great with my last post, Bacon To Perfection! as it uses bacon as one of the main ingredients. Drum roll please...... introducing Egg McMuffins! This breakfast staple was introduced nationwide in 1972 by McDonald's (thanks Wikipedia!), and was introduced to me a couple of years ago. I never really have breakfast at fast-food places, so my first McMuffin experience was through my old hotel/restaurant job, bussing the morning shift. One of the chefs made these morning sandwiches after a crazy Sunday (summer in wine country) and I've loved them ever since!
Usually McMuffins are made with Canadian bacon, but I prefer real bacon as it is more common to have by chance in the kitchen, it's cheaper, and delicious! The classic round shape of the egg is created through cooking said egg in a ring, more on this later.
Om nom nom nom nom...nom
Here's the recipe!
Egg McMuffins
Prep Time - 5 minutes
Cook Time- 10-20 minutes
Serves 2
Main Ingredients:
- Two Slices of Bacon (or four halves)
- Two English Muffins (I use Oroweat Whole Wheat, so good!)
- Two Slices of Cheese of Choice
- Two Large Eggs
- Medium Sized Cooking Ring or Foil Ring
Optional Ingredients:
- Avocado
- Hollandaise Sauce
- Butter
- Tabasco Sauce
- Anything Else, Be Creative!
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Split English muffins and toast to desired level. In the meantime, start cooking bacon (Bacon To Perfection!), and grease your cooking ring.
If you don't have cooking rings, take a piece of foil about 5 inches in width and fold lengthwise about 3/4 of an inch in, repeating this to the top. Take one end and fold in the corners, forming a tall triangle. Insert the folded end into the other end and there you go, a cooking ring!
Can you see me in the reflection?
Turn element onto medium. Place cooking ring on Teflon pan and crack egg into it. Hold down the ring lightly so the egg doesn't all leak out the side. Once egg has cooked for 30-45 seconds and is no longer leaking, poke yolk with a fork* and throw a hood on top for quicker cooking. Once egg is mostly cooked on the bottom, remove ring and flip, cooking the other side.
Finished egg
Once the bacon and eggs are cooked, place cheese, bacon, egg, and any optional ingredients into the English muffins. Cook for 6-8 minutes in the oven. Serve and enjoy!
To make more McMuffins just scale the recipe up, fairly straightforward conversion, and don't tell McDonald's about this!
Anything you like to add to your McMuffins? Tell me in the comments!
Stefan
* I don't recommend whisking the egg before cooking in the ring because if this is done, it leaks from the bottom of the ring much more than it normally does.
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