I made Ina Garten's new breakfast sandwich, and the easy dish took me under 15 minutes - Insider

Ina Garten's recipe for her bacon, egg, and cheddar sandwich appears in her new cookbook "Modern Comfort Food."

Garten's bacon, egg, and cheddar sandwich is featured in her cookbook "Modern Comfort Food."

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In the book's introduction, Garten admits that she doesn't regularly switch things up when it comes to her first meal of the day.

"I don't know about you, but I tend to eat the same thing for breakfast every morning for about 10 years until I can't eat it one more day," she writes. "And then I switch to something else for the next 10 years." 

Garten says she likes breakfast dishes that are "easy enough to prepare while I'm half asleep" and "fairly healthy." 

"And of course it needs to be delicious," she added. "Or I won't get out of bed."

Garten wanted her breakfast sandwich to taste "amazing" while being "easy enough to prepare in the morning."

Garten said her bacon, egg, and cheddar sandwich is the "perfect breakfast sandwich in no time at all."

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Almost all of the ingredients in Garten's bacon, egg, and cheddar sandwich are pantry staples, and there's also very little prep. 

"The trick is combining the eggs with good sharp cheddar and cooking them in the microwave!" she writes. "Then it all goes on a big English muffin with bacon and avocado. Done!" 

"A perfect breakfast sandwich in no time at all," she added. "It's also not a bad 'breakfast for dinner' option!"

Garten's bacon, egg, and cheddar sandwich requires six main ingredients.

Garten's breakfast sandwich includes bacon, avocado, and English muffins.

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To make this morning staple, you'll need: 

• Extra-large eggs 
• Thick-cut applewood-smoked bacon 
• Sharp white cheddar cheese (grated) 
• English muffins 
• Avocado 
• Whole milk

It was time for the microwave journey to begin.

My egg mixtures after 30 seconds in the microwave.

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I placed two of my bowls into the microwave for 30 seconds, per Garten's instructions. Then I took them out and gently stirred each mixture to combine. 

As you can see in the picture, little changed in those 30 seconds. And that would be the case for a few minutes.

After the last round, my eggs were definitely ready.

My egg mixtures after four minutes.

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I had never cooked eggs in the microwave before, so I was surprised to see how similar they looked to eggs cooked on the stove. They actually looked nice and fluffy! 

But the process had taken about four minutes and I still had to repeat it for the other two bowls, which was definitely more time-consuming than I had hoped. 

Then it was time to build the sandwiches.

First I spread avocado and added bacon to my English muffins.

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I misread Garten's recipe here and smashed my avocado on the muffins rather than layering the slices on the bottom half of each. Thankfully, avocado is great no matter how you eat it! 

Then I broke the bacon strips in half and placed two halves on each sandwich, per Garten's instructions.

Then it was time to dig in.

I was surprised by how creamy the eggs were.

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I was surprised by how deliciously creamy the eggs were, and I loved the contrast of their fluffy texture with the crispiness of the bacon. 

The thick-cut bacon was also definitely the perfect choice for this sandwich. It gave more substance to each bite, and served as the perfect base with the avocado. 

But my dad and I both agreed that the sandwich needed just a bit more oomph. I think it could do with some more of the sharp cheddar cheese, and I also added some hot sauce to mine. 

Overall, though, my family loved this dish more than Garten's smashed eggs on toast, which they had tried just the day before. 

"I could have a second," my sister said as she happily bit into her sandwich.

I think Garten's bacon, egg, and cheddar sandwich is great — as long as you're not making breakfast for the whole family.

I think Garten's breakfast sandwich is great when you're only cooking for one or two people.

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If you're only microwaving eggs for one or two people, then this sandwich will take you less than 15 minutes to make — which is great! But adding two other bowls to the mix definitely made it a bit more time-consuming.

If you're making sandwiches for four people or more, you're probably just better off cooking your eggs in the pan (or making this delicious McMuffin-inspired alternative by a Michelin-starred chef).

But for a quick breakfast for two, I think Garten's recipe is a delicious and easy way to start the day. Just be generous with that cheese!

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