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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast and Brunch

    Brunch Burgers (Breakfast Burger Recipe)

    Published: May 20, 2023 · Modified: Sep 17, 2023 by Karin and Ken · This post may contain affiliate links. 6 Comments

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    Looking for something new and delicious for breakfast or brunch? Try our breakfast burger recipe! A juicy burger with fried egg, bacon, sausage, and veggies is hearty and satisfying. It's sure to be everyone's new favorite way to start the day.

    Brunch Burgers served on a white plate with fried eggs and fresh tomatoes. One burger is cut in half.

    My husband Ken was the first one to create burgers for breakfast in our house. Over the years his recipe has evolved into a dish that's nothing short of brunch burger perfection!

    Enjoy one for breakfast, brunch or any time of day. These loaded brunch burgers can be served with literally anything!

    Other unique breakfast favorites are these breakfast taquitos and these easy breakfast egg cups. Serve them up with candied bacon, breakfast potatoes, or these amazing breakfast sides.

    Why You Will Love This Recipe

    • Quick and easy to make with minimal prep time.
    • A perfect meal for breakfast, lunchtime, and dinner.
    • Many ways to customize your brunch burger.
    • Kids love them because they get the chance to assemble their own sandwiches and they taste great.
    • It is the perfect comfort food that will leave you feeling satisfied.

    Ingredients

    Breakfast burgers require just a few simple ingredients to make! Here's what you need:

    Ingredients needed to make Brunch Burgers on the table.
    • Bacon: Choose any variety of bacon you prefer. It even works with turkey bacon or you can leave it out.
    • Potatoes: Use your favorite variety.
    • Ground meat: You can use ground pork, ground beef, breakfast sausage, or a combination of any of these.
    • Cheese: Burgers and cheese are a match made in heaven. Make sure to use shredded cheese so you can easily mix it into the burger meat.
    • Aromatics: Onion and garlic are mixed into the patties to give them more flavor.
    • Spices: Poultry seasoning, seasoned salt, black pepper or cayenne pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes are mixed into the patties.
    • Maple syrup: Adds a hint of maple sweetness to the patties.
    • Serving: We love serving a brunch burger on a toasted English muffin with a fried egg.

    See the recipe card further down the page for the full list and exact quantities of each one.

    Substitutions and Variations

    Don't have the correct ingredients on hand? Or want to change something up? Here are some helpful tips for you to change this brunch burger.

    • Ground Pork Sausage: Swap with ground chicken or turkey.
    • Cheddar Cheese: You can substitute it with Swiss or Monterey Jack cheese.
    • Taco-flavored: Swap the poultry seasoning for taco seasoning instead.
    • Maple Syrup: Try with our spicy maple syrup or brown sugar.
    • Spicy: Add some jalapeno powder, smoked jalapeno powder, or chipotle powder to the meat mixture for a bit of heat. You can also serve up our homemade hot sauce on the table as well.
    • Breakfast Meatballs: Makes smaller burgers for breakfast meatballs or breakfast sliders.

    How to Make Brunch Burgers

    These breakfast burgers are worth the effort. You wait and see!! Here are the highlights of the main steps involved. Check the recipe card for the detailed instructions.

    1. Boil the potatoes in salted water until fork tender and cook your bacon in a skillet.
    2. Mash the drained potatoes and place the cooked bacon on a paper towel lined plate. Set both aside for a bit.
    Potatoes inside a pot with water waiting to boil.
    Boiled potatoes mashed inside a pot.
    1. Combine the ground meat, mashed potatoes, and shredded cheese in a large bowl. Then add the onion, bacon, garlic, egg, syrup, red pepper flakes, seasoned salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning. 
    2. Mix everything together with your hands.
    All the burger ingredients placed inside a large mixing bowl.
    Breakfast burger ingredients mixed inside a large mixing bowl.
    1. Divide the meat mixture into eight equal portions. An ice cream scoop or cup measure is a great tool to use for making sure they are all about the same size.  
    2. Shape and flatten the burgers until they are about three-quarters of an inch thick. 
    Measuring cup full of full of raw burger mixture held up by hand.
    Shaped brunch burger held up by hand.
    1. Lay out the burgers on a prepared pan and then cook in the oven or in a skillet on top of the stove.
    Uncooked burgers on a wire rack above a foil lined baking sheet.
    Cooked burgers resting on a white plate.
    1. Serve up your breakfast burger with your favorite toppings!
    Brunch Burger on a plate with the yolk from the egg pouring out of the burger.

    If you love recipes like this, you may also enjoy these hamburger pinwheels.

    Storage

    Refrigerator: Store the cooked burgers in an airtight container in the refrigerator separated by parchment paper for up to four days.

    Freezer: Freeze burgers for up to three months. For best results, wrap the burgers separated with parchment paper in a freezer-safe container or bag.

    Reheat: Microwave leftover burgers on high heat for 1-2 minutes or until heated through or in a 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes or heated through. If frozen, thaw the burgers overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.

    Make Ahead: You can mix up the burger mixture in advance if you want. Store it up to an hour before cooking and at room temperature or in the fridge up to a day in advance. If refrigerated allow to sit at room temperature for thirty minutes before shaping the burgers and cooking.

    How to Serve a Fried Egg Burger

    • On a Bun: Serve the burger in a toasted english muffin, sliced bread, a hamburger bun, your favorite sandwich roll, or wrapped in lettuce.
    • Breakfast Burger Toppings: Top with tomato slices, fried egg, greens or lettuce, more bacon, onions, avocado, jalapeno slices, crispy fried onions, caramelized onions, mushrooms, or your favorite burger topping.
    • Add a Sauce: Add a dollop of mustard, honey mustard, mayo, ketchup, barbecue sauce, ranch dressing, guacamole, or tomato salsa.
    • On a Plate: Skip the bun and serve with fried egg, poached egg or sunny side up eggs (It's great for dipping your burger into the egg yolks -- trust me!). Serve more bacon, breakfast sausages, loaded breakfast potatoes or slow cooker breakfast potatoes, or a nice tossed green salad on the side.
    • Add More Cheese: We put cheese on top of the burgers as soon as they come out of the oven so cheese melts right away. You can also melt the cheese under a broiler.
    Brunch Burger with fried egg served on a white platter on the table.

    Tips

    • Mix the burger meat together until just blended. You don't want to overmix and risk creating a dense burger.
    • Shape the burgers into even sizes so they all cook in the same amount of time.
    • Toast the buns. I always toast the buns first under the broiler. Once toasted, I add the cheese and continue toasting until the cheese melts. This seals your buns and prevents the wet toppings from making your bun soggy.
    • To save time, if I know I will be making some brunch burgers I will boil some extra potatoes with dinner the night before.
    • Timing matters! I boil the potatoes while cooking the chopped bacon. As long as I start the water for the potatoes boiling and get the potatoes cooking first, the timing works out just fine. Both the potatoes and bacon are finished at around the same time.
    Three breakfast burgers served on a white platter.

    FAQ

    What is the best way to mix together all of the ingredients for the burgers?

    The easiest way to combine all of the ingredients is by using your hands. A spoon will work too just make sure everything is evenly distributed and that there are no lumps in your mixture before forming your burgers.

    How can I tell when my burgers are done cooking?

    The best way to determine if your burgers are cooked is to use a meat thermometer inserted into the meat. Insert it into the center of one of the patties and make sure that it reads at least 160 degrees F. You can also press down on the burgers lightly with a spatula and if they feel firm and are golden-brown, they should be cooked.

    Overhead photo of Brunch Burgers served on a plate with fried eggs.

    More Delicious Breakfast and Brunch Recipes

    If these burgers aren't exactly what you are looking for then have a peek at some of our other brunch favorites below!

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    • Crescent roll breakfast egg cups on a plate served up on a table.
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    Video on How to Make

    How could we not make a video for these Breakfast Burgers? Take a moment to watch.  I am pretty sure you will be glad you did.

    Ready to get cooking? Remember you can print the recipe if you like.

    Breakfast burger on a plate with one cut in half to show inside.

    Easy Brunch Burger Recipe

    Looking for something new and delicious for breakfast? Try our breakfast burger recipe! A juicy burger with fried egg, bacon, sausage, and veggies is hearty and satisfying. It's sure to be everyone's new favorite way to start the day.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 25 minutes mins
    Cook Time, divided 1 hour hr
    Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins
    Course Appetizer, Breakfast, brunch, Main Course, Side Dish
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8 burgers
    Calories 365 kcal

    Equipment

    • Measuring cups and spoons
    • wire rack
    • rimmed baking sheet
    • large skillet
    • Tongs
    • spatula
    • Rubber spatula
    • large bowl
    • Large pot
    • colander

    Ingredients
      

    • 6-8 slices bacon chopped or diced, cooked until crisp
    • 3 large potatoes roughly chopped, boiled until tender
    • 1 teaspoon salt add to water the potatoes are boiled in
    • 1 pound ground pork, sausage or beef
    • 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
    • 1 white onion chopped
    • 1-2 tablespoons garlic minced
    • 1 ½ teaspoons poultry seasoning
    • 1 teaspoon seasoned Salt
    • ¼ teaspoon pepper or cayenne pepper
    • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
    • 1 large egg
    • 1 tablespoon maple syrup or brown sugar

    For Serving

    • English muffin
    • Eggs over easy
    • Microgreens
    • Tabasco 
    • Tomato slices
    • Bacon Aioli

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.  Prepare a rimmed baking sheet with tinfoil and a rack lightly coated in cooking spray.  Set aside.  
    • First you are going to need to cook your chopped bacon until crisp.  Grab your skillet and over medium to medium high heat fry bacon until cooked.  Place on a paper towel lined plate and set aside.  
    • Next, or while your bacon is cooking, boil your chopped potatoes in salted water until fork tender.  Drain into a colander in your sink and return the potatoes to the pot and mash them up.  Set aside.

    Mix burger meat

    • Now grab your biggest bowl and add your ground pork or ground sausage, mashed potatoes and shredded cheese.  Using a spoon mix the ingredients together a bit.  Then add onion, garlic, egg, syrup, red pepper flakes, seasoned salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.  At this point we just use our hands and mix until everything inside the bowl is just blended together.  Last add your bacon and make sure it is evenly distributed. 
    • Evenly divide the meat mixture into 8 portions, as equal as you can get them.  That is the easiest way to do it.  Remember you want the burgers to be the size of an english muffin and they will shrink a little as they cook.  They will be around ¾ of an inch thick.  Place your burgers on your prepared pan.  

    Bake

    • Place the burgers in the oven for 30 minutes.  After 30 minutes remove the pan from the oven, flip the burgers and return them to the oven for another 30 minutes.  Check to make sure the burgers have an internal temperature of 160 degrees.  You can broil these burgers for a moment or two to brown them if you feel it is necessary. 

    Fry

    • Grab your largest skillet.  You will likely have to fry these burgers in batches.  Over medium to medium high heat place a tablespoon or two of oil.  Add burgers, one at a time, and do not let them touch while cooking or they will stick together.  Usually about 4 or 5 minutes per side.  Use your thermometer to be sure they have an internal temperature of 160 degrees.  I wish I could be more exact but between temperature differences and burger sizes not being exact it is difficult to give you a more specific time!

    Serve

    • Now you can toast your english muffins, make your eggs (I love to dip these burgers in egg yolk!) and add whatever toppings you enjoy.

    Notes

    Mix the burger meat together until just blended. You don't want to overmix and risk creating a dense burger.
    Shape the burgers into even sizes so they all cook in the same amount of time.
    Toast the buns. I always toast the buns first under the broiler. Once toasted, I add the cheese and continue toasting until the cheese melts. This seals your buns and prevents the wet toppings from making your bun soggy.
    To save time, if I know I will be making some brunch burgers I will boil some extra potatoes with dinner the night before.
    Timing matters! I boil the potatoes while cooking the chopped bacon. As long as I start the water for the potatoes boiling and get the potatoes cooking first, the timing works out just fine. Both the potatoes and bacon are finished at around the same time.
     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 365kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 23gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 110mgSodium: 971mgPotassium: 666mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 451IUVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 291mgIron: 2mg
    Keyword breakfast burger recipe, brunch burgers, burgers with fried egg
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
     
    Breakfast burger on a plate on the table with fried eggs and tomatoes.

    This post was originally published August 2018. It has been updated with new images and content.

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    Comments

    1. Holly

      June 07, 2023 at 2:07 pm

      5 stars
      Man these are so filling. They literally have everything that you want in a breakfast. The mashed potato in the burger is so good and makes this dish more hearty. It totally satisfies my meat lover husband as well. We love you KD!

      Reply
      • Karin and Ken

        June 07, 2023 at 2:26 pm

        Thank you for your kind words! We love these burgers too! Hopefully you find some other recipes on this site that you enjoy just as much. All the best. Karin

    2. Shonda

      May 16, 2023 at 9:31 am

      5 stars
      These are so packed with ingredients. They are just what I needed for my 3 growing boys. They eat like crazy and are especially hungry in the morning. These burgers are meaty and full of flavor. It's a hit every morning I make these. Thanks 😊

      Reply
      • Karin and Ken

        June 07, 2023 at 2:27 pm

        I’m so glad your boys enjoy them! They’re a favorite in this house too! Thank you for taking the time to let me know. You made my day! All the best. Karin

    3. Heather

      August 17, 2018 at 1:09 pm

      5 stars
      This recipe would be great to shape as a hotdog cook and freeze for an easy quick on the go kids meal.

      Reply
      • Karin and Ken

        August 17, 2018 at 2:20 pm

        That is a great idea! I love that you would change the shape. I wish I had done that when my son was small. He would have loved it! That never occurred to me after all of these years. THANK YOU for taking the time to comment. I am actually going to try that myself and instead of toast serve the burger on a hotdog kind of bun! That will be such a nice change. This is what I love most about my website. Together we can help each other to become better in the kitchen! Thank you again. Take care and all the best. Karin

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