Looking for a delicious brunch idea? Here it is! Today you’ll learn how to whip together a focaccia breakfast sandwich with bacon and egg and mozzarella cheese. It all comes together in about 20 minutes.
Learn how to:
- Make scrambled eggs for breakfast sandwiches that are always perfect
- Cook bacon in the oven
- Choose cheese and herbs for an Italian-inspired breakfast sandwich
Let’s get cookin’!
Ingredients for cafe-style focaccia breakfast sandwich
This is a great idea for a weekend brunch. This breakfast sandwich on focaccia hits all the tasty notes: oven cooked bacon (which is so easy to make – I’ll show you how), fresh mozzarella cheese, focaccia sandwich rolls, a little hot sauce (optional, but why not?), and parsley.
Swap any condiments or herbs in place of the hot sauce and parsley.
I know, I know. It totally goes against the Italian inspired breakfast theme to add chipotle hot sauce (like I do), but it totally works!
See this recipe for focaccia bread with Everything Bagel Seasoning.
How to make this cafe style breakfast sandwich
Step 1. Cook bacon in the oven at 425 degrees F on a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Cook bacon for 8 minutes, flip, and continue baking for 5-10 minutes until bacon is cooked to your liking.
Step 2. While the bacon cooks, crack 6 eggs and add them to a bowl.
Whisk eggs, salt, and pepper, together until combined.
Step 3. The eggs come together quickly. Heat a medium-sized nonstick pan on the stove to medium-high and add butter.
When butter melts, add eggs.
Gently use the back of a fork or a plastic spatula to keep the eggs from completely sticking to the bottom of the pan for about 30 seconds. Once the eggs start to scramble, run a plastic spatula below them and flip them.
Continue moving the eggs around and flipping the eggs in the pan for about 30 seconds.
Once eggs look almost completely set, remove the pan from the hot burner so the eggs stop cooking.
Step 4. Add mozzarella to the top of the hot eggs to melt while you assemble the focaccia breakfast sandwich.
Add the bacon, eggs with cheese, hot sauce if desired, and parsley.
Top focaccia breakfast sandwiches and enjoy.
You can use store bought focaccia, but if you have the time, try making your own focaccia bread. This one is topped with Everything But The Bagel Seasoning. Recipe from Sip Bite Go.
Make your own focaccia bread for sandwiches
Check out these recipes to make focaccia for sandwiches. This guide on how to make focaccia is easy to build upon with toppings like tomatoes and caramelized red onions.
And this focaccia with everything bagel seasoning is not to be missed.
Another thing Chef Hubs and I love to do is make buffalo chicken breakfast sandwiches similar to this recipe. To try it, use sous vide chicken tenders or this easy chicken recipe in place of the bacon. Keep the egg and cheese. And drizzle with buffalo sauce before serving.
That’s just the beginning of breakfast dishes that go well with focaccia. Try any combo of ingredients you like!
Final tips for making this brunch focaccia sandwich
- Always used a rimmed baking sheet when cooking bacon because the oil will run.
- When cooking bacon in the oven for breakfast sandwiches, take it out a little earlier than it’s completely cooked. The bacon will continue to crisp while it sits in the hot bacon oil in the pan.
- Estimate about 1.5 eggs per person when you’re scaling this breakfast sandwich recipe up or down.
- Go extra fancy and make overnight sous vide bacon for this dish. It’s unlike any bacon you’ve ever tried before.
Do you love brunch, too?
You could say that Sunday brunch is one of my favorite “meal events” of the week.
Throwing together an easy breakfast for a crowd is a must when entertaining and getting the day started with a toddler. When we make a big batch of bread, we store leftover focaccia for breakfast sandwiches the next day. Planning ahead isn’t always easy, but it’s so worth it.
From pancakes to sous vide soft boiled eggs to breakfast tacos, we just love weekend brunch recipes around here. We’ll even add eggs to homemade pizza when we’re in the mood. See my latest brunch favs @sipbitego.
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Focaccia Breakfast Sandwich With Bacon And Egg Recipe | Sip Bite Go
Ingredients
- 1 lb bacon
- 6 eggs
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp butter
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese fresh, sliced
- 4 focaccia rolls halved
- 1 tsp hot sauce optional
- 2 tsp fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- First, cook bacon in the oven. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a large rimmed sheet with parchment paper. Lay bacon on parchment paper without overlapping. Bake bacon for 8 minutes, flip, and continue baking for 5-10 minutes until bacon is cooked through to desired level of crispness. Transfer bacon to a paper towel lined plate and set aside.
- While the bacon cooks, crack 6 eggs in a bowl. Whisk eggs, salt, and pepper, together until combined.
- Move quickly to make the eggs. Heat a medium sized non stick pan on the stove to medium-high and add butter. When butter melts, add eggs. Gently use the back of a fork or a plastic spatula to keep the eggs from completely sticking to the bottom of the pan for about 30 seconds. Once the eggs start to scramble, run a plastic spatula below them and flip them. Continue moving the eggs around and flipping the eggs in the pan for about 30 seconds. Once you give them the final flip and they look almost completely set, remove the pan from the hot burner so the eggs stop cooking.
- Add mozzarella cheese to the top of the hot eggs to melt while you assemble the focaccia breakfast sandwich. Toast the focaccia if desired, then add to the bottom of the sandwich the bacon, eggs with cheese, hot sauce if desired, and parsley. Top focaccia breakfast sandwiches and enjoy.
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Notes
- Always used a rimmed baking sheet when cooking bacon because the oil will run.
- When cooking bacon in the oven for breakfast sandwiches, take it out a little earlier than it’s completely cooked. The bacon will continue to crisp while it sits in the hot bacon oil in the pan.
- Estimate about 1.5 eggs per person when you’re scaling this breakfast sandwich recipe up or down.
- Go extra fancy and make overnight sous vide bacon for this dish. It’s unlike any bacon you’ve ever tried before.
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