My husband came up with this really clever and easy twist on Egg McMuffins that is not only healthier, but a huge time saver. This makes a great breakfast recipes for kids or kids lunch!
Our Favorite Breakfast Recipes
- Egg Bake Breakfast Casserole
- Yummy Breakfast Pizza
- Easy Crouton Breakfast Casserole
- Breakfast Apple Cake
- Dad McMuffins
- Mickey Potato Waffles
- Zucchini Coffee Cake
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
- Easy Blueberry Breakfast Casserole
- Overnight French Toast Casserole
- Best Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Dad McMuffins Recipe
You and your kids are going to love our Dad McMuffins Recipe!
- Quick to prepare
- Healthy (protein, veggies, protein, bread and fruit if you serve it on the side!)
- CLEVER TRICK (keep reading….)
- Delicious! (these are highly requested at our house)
We love to serve these for breakfast, lunch, OR dinner for a kid friendly meal!
Slice peppers in to about 1” thick rings. We like using sweet peppers, but any kind will do.
Hint: One pepper will make 3-5 slices depending on the size of the pepper. You want to get large, uniformly sized peppers.
Heat a frying pan or griddle to medium-high (350 F) and light butter.
Now crack an egg into each of the pepper rings. We cook ours on a griddle as we can get sandwiches for all 5 of us ready at the same time. If your kids prefer you can scramble the egg in a small bowl before pouring it in the pepper (like the back pepper in the picture)
HINT: Press down around the pepper walls to make a tight seal for 5 seconds to avoid any of the egg creeping under the pepper wall.
Cook for about 5-7 minutes and then flip gently with a spatula. The pepper cooks up beautifully at the same time as the egg.
We sprinkle with salt and pepper at this point.
As soon as you flip the peppers, top with a slice of White American or Pepper Jack cheese. It will get nice and melted as it cooks during the final 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, toast an English Muffin (or use homemade English muffins like we do) in the toaster.
Then put the pepper egg disc in the English Muffin. Serve warm!
This is going to become your families new favorite recipes for any time!
Dad McMuffins Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 English muffins
- 1 large red pepper, sliced into 1" rings
- 8 large eggs
- 8 slices cheese (we like pepper jack)
- dash salt & pepper
Instructions
- Heat a frying pan or griddle to medium-high (350 F) and light butter.
- Now crack an egg into each of the pepper rings. We cook ours on a griddle as we can get sandwiches for all 5 of us ready at the same time. If your kids prefer you can scramble the egg in a small bowl before pouring it in the pepper (like the back pepper in the picture)
- Cook for about 5-7 minutes and then flip gently with a spatula. The pepper cooks up beautifully at the same time as the egg. Sprinkle with salt & pepper.
- As soon as you flip the peppers, top with a slice of White American or Pepper Jack cheese. It will get nice and melted as it cooks during the final 5 minutes.
- Toast English muffin; put the pepper egg disc in the English Muffin. Serve warm!
