• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Joe's Healthy Meals

  • Home
  • About
    • Privacy Policy
  • Recipe Index
    • Meals
      • Breakfast
      • Lunch
      • Main dish
      • Fruit
    • Side dishes
    • Seafood
      • Salmon
      • Shrimp
      • Tuna
      • Crab
      • Scallops
      • Seafood Pasta
      • Mixed Seafood
    • Appetizers
    • Sauces
    • Salads
    • Pasta
    • Desserts
    • Meats
      • Beef
      • Chicken
      • Pork
      • Turkey
    • Condiments
    • Soup
    • Baking
    • Sandwiches
    • Tips
You are here: Home / sandwiches / Cheese and Fried Egg Sandwich

Cheese and Fried Egg Sandwich

September 19, 2016 By Joe Boyle 1 Comment

125 shares
  • Facebook
Jump to Recipe

Last Updated on January 29, 2025

A fried egg sandwich with melted cheese is a comforting treat. Let me show you how I make it. 

Cheese and fried egg sandwich.

Sometimes you just need a delicious, (and filling), breakfast or lunchtime sandwich. I have always loved egg sandwiches. Even as a 10-year-old kid, it was something I could make on my own.  

Cheese sandwich-making came a bit later since it was a little more complicated than frying an egg.  My cheese sandwiches, starting out, consisted of Wonder bread and Velveeta cheese.  Really gourmet!

And there was something that my grandmother used to do with cheese sandwiches.  She would spread a layer of Miracle Whip on the top slice of bread and that is something I frequently do now.  

If you’d like to kick it up a notch for lunch, combine the two into one sandwich and make a cheese and fried egg sandwich!

Fried egg on a plate.

This sandwich is a little calorie heavy so I don’t recommend you have it on a regular basis, unless you’re in the practice of taking a 15 mile bike ride every day.  The two would pretty much cancel each other out!

The sandwich is kind of similar to an Egg McMuffin, except that it’s not so dry and lifeless that you have to dunk it into your milk to eat it!  (Can you tell that I not a big fan of the McMuffin sandwich)?  It’s plenty flavorful and dripping with goodness, like the best cheese sandwich you’ve ever had.

I used two cheeses on this sandwich, Gruyere and Monterrey jack.  Both of these are nice melting cheeses. You can use whatever cheese you’d like as long as it is nice and melty.  

I’ve tried the egg sunny side up and over easy.  Both ways end up getting cooked more in the sandwich, so if you’d like a juicy egg yolk, you might have to modify the cooking technique.

In order for the cheese to get properly melted without burning the bread, I nuke the cheese on the bread slice for 15 or 20 seconds to give it a nice head start. This works really well.

"Cheese and fried egg sandwich."

I keep the butter usage down by frying the egg with cooking spray on the pan and using 1/2 tablespoon or less butter on each bread slice.  I find it easiest to melt the butter in the pan and then put the bread in. The bread will soak up enough butter to brown up beautifully.

"Cheese and fried egg sandwich. "

Pour yourself an ice-cold glass of milk and settle down with your cheese and fried egg sandwich.

Here Are Some More Tasty Recipes To Try:

  • Cheesy Hot Tuna Sandwiches
  • Grilled Caprese Salad Sandwich
  • Salmon Patty Sandwiches
  • Breakfast Sandwich with Buttermilk Biscuits
  • 30 Minute Basil Chicken Sandwich
Cheese and fried egg sandwich. A yummy sandwich you will love for breakfast or lunch. | joeshealthymeals.com

Cheese and Fried Egg Sandwich

This is a perfect sandwich for breakfast or lunch.
5 from 1 vote
Print Pin Rate
Course: Sandwich
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Fried egg with cheese sandwich
Prep Time: 8 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 18 minutes minutes
Servings: 1 serving
Calories: 461kcal
Author: Joe Boyle

Ingredients

  • 2 slices of bread of your choice
  • 2 oz . cheese , any cheese that melts well, Gruyere, jack, cheddar, swiss
  • 1 lg. egg
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • cooking spray
Prevent your screen from going dark

Instructions

  • Spray a small skillet with cooking spray and fry the egg to your liking, remove to a plate
  • Slice the cheese and place a layer on both slices of bread
  • Place each individually into the microwave for 15 to 20 seconds until the cheese starts to soften
  • Melt 1/2 tbsp butter in the same skillet on medium heat and add one of the bread slices (cheese side up), cook until browned, 1 1/2 minutes
  • Place the cooked egg and the second slice of bread with softened cheese on top of the slice in the skillet
  • Use a spatula to lift the sandwich, then add another 1/2 tbsp butter to the pan and gently turn the uncooked bread slice into the skillet, cook for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes until browned
  • Serve the hot sandwich right away

Nutrition

Calories: 461kcal

 

 

 

125 shares
  • Facebook

Filed Under: Breakfast, Lunch, sandwiches

Previous Post: « Roasted Red Potatoes with Onions and Bacon
Next Post: Fresh Vegetable Provencal Soup »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Alan Howie

    September 26, 2016 at 7:12 pm

    5 stars
    I like everything about your recipe and agree with your dislike of a “dry” Egg Mc Muffin. We must have had a similar childhood, because my mother would put Miracle Whip on her grilled cheese sandwiches. I have forgotten about that and will try this the first chance I get. Thanks for the great reminder.

    Reply
5 from 1 vote

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Welcome to Joe’s Healthy Meals Photo of Joe Boyle sitting in a metal chair.

I know you can make healthy food using unprocessed, easy-to-find ingredients. Most of my recipes don’t take a lot of time to make but taste amazingly good. Glad you found me…let’s get cooking.

About Me

Are you ready to make delicious meals from fresh ingredients? Come along and never miss a new recipe post.

Featured in

Companies that have featured me on their website.

Search for recipes

Copyright © joeshealthymeals.com 2013 - 2025 -     All Rights Reserved    
Privacy Policy   Web Accessibility Statement

Rate This Recipe

Your vote:




A rating is required
A name is required
An email is required

Recipe Ratings without Comment

Something went wrong. Please try again.