Sourdough Breakfast Sandwich
These sourdough breakfast sandwiches are southern styled with a sourdough buttermilk biscuit base and bacon, egg, and cheese in between. This is the breakfast sandwich we love in our house and I know you will too!
Ingredients
Buttermilk Biscuits
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 Tbsp cold butter (salted stick butter works best)
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (or milk)
- 1/4 cup thick sourdough discard
- Melted butter for brushing the tops (about 1 Tbsp)
Filling
- 1/2 lb. uncured bacon
- 10 small mild cheddar cheese slices (or 5 big)
- 2 eggs (organic, free range is what I use)
- ground black pepper to taste
- salt to taste
Instructions
Make the Biscuits
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees and line a baking sheet pan with parchment paper
- Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Use a cheese grater to shred butter or cut cubes of butter into the flour mixture with a fork until pea-sized.
- Add in buttermilk (or milk) and sourdough starter. Mix until combined. Add 2-4 Tbsp extra buttermilk if needed. Use hands to help combine
- Turn dough out on the counter and use your hands to pat or a rolling pin to roll dough until it’s 3/4 inch thick
- Cut biscuits out with a biscuit cutter (I use a 3 inch one) or mason jar with a straight up-and down motion. Do not turn the cutter.
- Combine any scraps and repeat. You'll want to get 5 biscuits out of the dough.
- Place biscuits on the prepared sheet pan 2 inches apart. Brush tops with melted butter.
- Bake biscuits at 425 degrees for 15 minutes until light golden brown and puffy.
- Remove from oven and brush tops again with melted butter.
Make the Bacon
- Line a baking sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Place each slice 1/2 inch apart from one another on the sheet pan and sprinkle 1/4 tsp pepper on bacon.
- Place in the oven with the biscuits and bake at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
- Pull out of the oven and place on a wire rack over a pan or paper towel to let the grease drip off. Set aside to cool.
Make the Eggs
- Heat a medium sized skillet over medium heat with 1-2 tsp of avocado oil or bacon grease.
- While the biscuits and bacon are cooking, whisk together the egg, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/8 tsp pepper in a small bowl.
- Then pour egg mixture into the warmed pan and cook for 2-3 minutes on medium heat.
- Then flip and cook an additional 1 minute. This should look like a crepe. Slice egg into 5 pieces and set aside.
Assemble biscuits
- Once everything is cooked, slice each biscuit in half.
- Add a slice of bacon broke in half, a piece of cooked egg folded to fit the biscuit and 2 slices of cheese between the biscuit halves.
- Optional - Warm assembled biscuits in the oven at 425 for 2 minutes or until cheese melts. Enjoy!