This easy low carb breakfast is the fastest real plate I make, a cooked sausage patty topped with an over-easy egg in about five minutes, for roughly 2 grams of net carbs. It is the diner classic with the toast and hash browns dropped, and below is the egg technique plus the safe-egg note.
Today my husband is working for home, so I wanted to make him a special breakfast treat. Who says that we need to go out to breakfast to have a yummy breakfast of an over easy egg and a sausage patty? This is a simple breakfast to make at home in just 3 minutes.
I prefer the Tyson sausage patties. I buy them at Smart & Final. They come in a huge bag four pound bag, but luckily inside the bag they are broken down into two separate resealable bags that make them super freezer friendly. They are gluten-free, fully cooked, and ready in a snap.
Just place them in the microwave and heat them on high for one minute. Quick fry an egg in a skillet. I like my eggs over-easy which means that both sides of the egg are cooked, the white is set, and the yolk is runny.
Simply heat up the sausage patty and top it with an over-easy egg and you have a yummy Low Carb breakfast in only 3 minutes!
The over-easy egg, done right
The whole plate lives or dies on the egg. Fry it gently in butter over medium heat, let the white set most of the way, then flip it once so the second side cooks while the yolk stays soft and runny. Rushing it on high heat is what turns the white rubbery and the edges brown. One honest note on the runny yolk: it is fine for most healthy adults, but if you are pregnant, older, or have a weak immune system, reach for pasteurized eggs or cook the yolk firm, which the USDA sets at 160 degrees F.
Make it yours
This is a template more than a recipe. Swap the patty for breakfast sausage links, a cooked burger, or a slice of crispy baked bacon, and cook the egg however you like, fried, poached, or soft scrambled with my scrambled egg method. A slice of cheese, a few avocado slices, or a spoon of salsa all stay low-carb. For mornings when you want to prep ahead instead, my bacon egg cups batch up for the week, and this plate is one of the fast picks in my low carb breakfast guide.
Sources
USDA FoodData Central, nutrient references for eggs and pork sausage; safe egg cooking guidance.
Sugarfreechic test kitchen, low-carb breakfast notes.
