Recently, my husband asked if breakfast sausage patties ever went on sale. He had a hankering for Sausage Egg McMuffins, but didn’t want to pay the McPrice it would cost to feed our family at the Golden Arches. I was sorry to say, no, those kind of sales rarely cross my path. So, when I saw this at Ralphs this past weekend, I stopped in my tracks.
Packages of Farmer John breakfast links marked down to $.49 each! Couldn’t pass them up. I snatched up about a dozen packages and stashed them in the freezer. This morning I tried out my experiment. Links without casings can very easily become patties. Yeah!
Sausage and Egg Breakfast Sandwiches
Serves 4
8 ounce package of breakfast links w/o casings, or sausage patties $.49
1 Tablespoon butter $.10
4 eggs $.40
4 English Muffins, split and toasted $1.00
4 peaches $.59
Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and preheat oven to 375°. Form patties by combining two links together and patting very thin. There will be a lot of shrinkage, so make them as thin and wide as you can. Bake for 15 minutes, turning once for even browning. Meanwhile, melt butter in nonstick skillet and spread around. One by one, crack eggs into skillet. Flip once set and cook until done. Assemble sandwiches. Serve with fresh peaches.
When combined with fresh fruit, these sandwiches cost less than $.70 per person! Now that’s a good. cheap. eat!
For other bargain meals, visit the $5 Dinner Challenge. And check out Tasty Tuesday at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam.
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If you’re in a hurry you can cook the egg part (and keep it uniformly round) in the microwave: spray a ramekin and use a fork to scramble an egg. Cook in 10-sec intervals til done. You may want to use the fork to move the cooked outer ring into the center once or twice, but usually mine are done in about 35 secs. Flip it out and you have a circular egg just the right size.
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momworkdc Reply:
May 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 am
that’s what I do, too ~ but, I don’t stir because I’m usually watching the muffins or preparing the toppings (ham, cheese, etc.)… My microwave takes about a minute and a half! Wish I could find $.49 sausage!! =)
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I found a hanker’in for sausage biscuits – and used on-sale (mgr special) sausage patties and left over KFC or ‘Pilsbury Grands’ biscuits. Micro the sausage in a paper towel (about 1 min) – cut biscuit, add sausage, micro another 15 secs. YUM!
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