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Overhead shot of a grilled cheese sandwich cut diagonally, with sausage and scrambled eggs visible between toasted sourdough slices, melted Colby-Jack cheese oozing at the edges.

Breakfast Grilled Cheese

Sausage, eggs, and Colby-Jack cheese between buttered sourdough slices make this breakfast grilled cheese a hearty morning meal.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Calories: 950
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • ½ lb ground breakfast sausage 227 g
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter softened
  • 6 large eggs beaten
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter softened
  • 8 slices sourdough bread
  • 8 slices Colby-Jack cheese

Method
 

  1. Brown Sausage:

    In a spacious non-stick pan over moderate heat, brown and break up the sausage until fully cooked. Move to a bowl lined with paper towels. Clean the pan.

  2. Scramble Eggs:

    Return the pan to medium-high heat and melt 2 tablespoons of butter. Pour in the beaten eggs and stir gently until they are softly set and nearly cooked through. Take off the heat.

  3. Mix Sausage and Eggs:

    Discard the paper towel from the sausage bowl. Fold the scrambled eggs into the sausage until evenly mixed.

  4. Butter Bread:

    Warm the pan over medium heat. Spread butter on one side of every bread slice.

  5. Assemble Sandwich:

    Lay one bread slice in the pan, buttered side down. Add a slice of cheese on top. Spoon about ½ cup of the sausage-egg mixture onto the cheese. Place another cheese slice over the filling, then top with a second bread slice, buttered side up.

  6. Cook Sandwich:

    Cook for 3-4 minutes until the bottom is golden. Carefully turn the sandwich over and cook the other side until golden and the cheese has melted.

  7. Serve Sandwich:

    Take the sandwich out of the pan and halve it if you like. Repeat with the remaining components. Serve right away.