Why You Should Be Putting BBQ Sauce On Egg Sandwiches

An egg sandwich is a classic, easy, and filling breakfast that's perfect when you want a hot meal but don't have a lot of time to cook. To make things even easier, eggs work well with a variety of toppings and condiments. In particular, BBQ sauce can greatly elevate your morning egg sandwich with ease.

The reason BBQ sauce works so well with eggs is because of its acidity and flavor profile. The fruit-forward tanginess of many types of BBQ sauce is an excellent complement to the robust taste of the eggs. The acidity helps cut through the richness to enhance the taste of your breakfast, and with so many different varieties of sauce available, you're spoiled for choice. 

Depending on how you're preparing your eggs, what other ingredients you have in the fridge, it's good to experiment with different BBQ sauces to find the one that best elevates your eggs. Do you like a spicy, smoky, sweet or mustardy BBQ sauce?

Simply spreading BBQ sauce on the toasted bread or drizzling it across your eggs is all well and good, but there's a whole world of possibilities to explore. For example, frying your eggs right in BBQ sauce with a bit of butter will caramelize the sauce, adding a new depth of flavor. Another option is mixing it with scrambled eggs before cooking, infusing every bite of egg with BBQ sauce — if you like things spicy, add a few dashes of hot sauce.

On that note, using other condiments in conjunction with BBQ sauce can create delicious flavor combinations. You can upgrade your BBQ sauce with ranch dressing, mayonnaise, mustard, and more — just mix the two together to create a "special sauce" for your egg sando. Consider mixing a smoky BBQ sauce with cream cheese for an extra thick schmear on your creation. Top that with two slices of crispy bacon, caramelized onion, a slice of tomato and crunchy lettuce for a texture and flavor pop.

Along with BBQ sauce, we've got a whole list of ingredients to add to fried eggs to make them more interesting.