This traditional English breakfast recipe, also known as the Full English Breakfast, makes a hearty start to your day. The 8 key ingredients in this dish are fried eggs, bacon, grilled mushrooms and tomatoes, sausage, black or white pudding, toast and baked beans.
Full English Breakfast Ingredients
Some ingredients, such as the black and white pudding, may be difficult to find. However, they can be ordered on Amazon. It is possible to make these yourself, and I’ve included some recipes for them below.
Other essential ingredients for a full English breakfast include back bacon, similar to Canadian bacon, and a can of Heinz Baked Beans.
I highly recommend using a large flat top griddle to make this dish. It will allow you to cook multiple items at once, so you can feed a crowd quickly.
To make a Vegetarian Full English Breakfast, leave out the bacon and sausage and add sliced avocado and fried Halloumi cheese instead.
Make your own sausages
Here are some recipes for homemade white pudding, black pudding and bangers if you’d like to make them yourself. Otherwise, it’s much easier to get them at a British market or order them online!
White Pudding
- 2 1/2 pounds medium ground pork butt
- 2 1/2 pounds fine ground pork putt
- 5 cups plain bread crumbs
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 8 cloves pressed garlic
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 3 teaspoons thyme
- 3 teaspoons basil
- 3 teaspoons marjoram
- 3 teaspoons black pepper
- 2 cups ice water
- Mix ingredients thoroughly, keeping cold.
- Pat into small compact patties.
- Referigerate overnight before freezing.
- Fry until golden brown.
Black Pudding
- 1/2 pound pig’s liver, chopped
- 1 1/2 pound lard, chopped
- 15 cups pig’s blood
- 1 pound bread crumbs
- 2 1/2 cups of water (left over from cooking the liver)
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon sage
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- Salt and pepper
- Poach the liver in boiling salted water. Drain and reserve 2 1/2 cups of the water.
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Pack into an oiled heatproof bowl. Cover with aluminum foil. Tie the foil down securely over the bowl. Steam for 4-5 hours.
- Remove it from the bowl and let sit until cold.
- Cut into disks about 3/4 inch thick and 2 inches round, like cookies. Fry until crisp on both sides.
Banger Sausages
- 10 pounds fat pork butt (if lean, add 1 pound fat back)
- 2 teaspoons ground white pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon sage
- 1 teaspoon mace
- 3 ounces salt
- 6 ounces bread crumbs, plain
- 2 cups ice water
- Grind meat, half medium ground, half fine ground.
- Add spices and water; mix well.
- Stuff into small casing links. Place in refrigerate overnight.
- Fry until golden brown.
More Easy Breakfast Recipes:
- Hawaiian Breakfast
- French Toast
- Banana Pancakes
- Sourdough Breakfast Sandwich
- Mediterranean Breakfast Quesadilla
- Eggslut Breakfast Sandwich
- Eggs Benedict
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Full English Breakfast
Recipe by Jason Hill – CookingSessions.comIngredients
- 8 slices Irish bacon see note
- 4 banger sausages or links
- 4 slices black pudding
- 4 slices white pudding
- 8 eggs
- 4 medium tomatoes halved
- 1 package mushrooms sauteed
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 can Heinz Baked Beans
Instructions
- Over low heat, sauté bacon, turning frequently until done. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels. Keep warm. Meat should be pliable; do not cook crisp or hard.
- Place sausages in the pan and cook until brown on all sides. Fry tomatoes with the slices of pudding in the bacon drippings.
- Fry eggs sunny side up.
- On each plate, serve two eggs, two slices of bacon, and one banger, black and white pudding, and sauteed tomatoes and mushrooms. Serve hot.
