# The Full English Breakfast

> The only real problem with a full English is **timing** — many components with different cooking times. The right order: tomatoes and mushrooms in the oven (15 minutes) → sausages (12) → beans warming → toast → **eggs in the last two minutes**.

**British Cuisine · 35 min · 2 servings · 680 kcal per serving**

A full English is less a recipe than a piece of choreography. Every ingredient is simple; the challenge is getting everything onto the plate hot at the same moment. The order below solves it.

## Ingredients


### Base
- 4 — beef sausages
- 4 — eggs
- 1 tin — baked beans in tomato sauce
- 2 — tomatoes, halved
- 200 g — mushrooms, sliced
- 4 slices — bread
- 2 slices — smoked beef (instead of bacon)

### The fat
- 3 tbsp — butter
- 1 tbsp — oil

### Seasoning
- 1 tsp — salt and pepper
- 0.5 tsp — dried thyme

## Method

1. **Oven first** — Heat the oven to 200°C. Put the halved tomatoes (cut side up) and the mushrooms on a tray and drizzle with oil, salt, pepper and thyme. **15 minutes**.
2. **The sausages** — In a pan over medium heat with a little oil, brown the sausages all over for **12 minutes**, turning. Medium heat lets them cook through.
3. **The smoked beef** — Add the smoked beef slices to the same pan for the last 4 minutes until crisp. Move them and the sausages to a warm plate.
4. **The beans** — Warm the beans in a small pan over low heat, stirring. Leave them on the lowest setting.
5. **The toast** — Toast the bread and butter it, and keep it in the switched-off oven so it stays warm.
6. **Eggs last** — In the same sausage pan (which holds the fat and the flavour), fry the eggs over **low heat** until the whites set and the yolks stay runny. Two and a half minutes.
7. **Serve at once** — Arrange everything on the plates immediately. The eggs go down last and are eaten first.

## Tips

- Eggs in the last two minutes — everything else can wait, they cannot.
- Tomatoes cut side up in the oven so they concentrate rather than weep.
- Sausages over medium heat, not high — high heat burns the outside and leaves the middle raw.
- Fry the eggs in the sausage pan — the fat and flavour in it make a difference.

## FAQ

### What can replace bacon?
Slices of smoked beef (pastirma or smoked turkey-beef) give much the same saltiness and crispness.

### Can I prepare anything ahead?
The tomatoes and mushrooms roast ahead and reheat, and so do the beans. Only the eggs and toast must be fresh.

### How does it differ from an American breakfast?
The English version includes baked beans, mushrooms and grilled tomatoes. The American has pancakes and maple syrup and no beans.

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Source: https://hanakoleah.com/en/british-cuisine/full-english-breakfast
Edited by: Marwa Mohamed
Last updated: 2026-10-29