Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches with Chipotle Mayo

$9.80 recipe / $2.45 per sandwich
by Beth - Budget Bytes
4.73 from 18 votes
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I’m all about the “sensible splurge” or letting yourself have a little fun once in a while to help prevent a deprivation induced breakdown. It’s like cheat day on your diet, but with your spending. My favorite sensible splurge is to do a big delicious breakfast on the weekend, which helps curb my desire to go out to brunch. I’ve really come to enjoy my splurgy weekend breakfasts because A) I can stay in my pajamas, B) my coffee is way better than any restaurant coffee, and C) there’s no wait time for a table. Today’s sensible splurge weekend breakfast were these awesome Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches with Chipotle Mayo.

Close up side view of a Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches with Chipotle Mayo

Balancing Sensible Splurges

There are two ingredients that I really splurged on this time: thick cut bacon and big beautiful Brioche buns. The tomato was pretty expensive too, but that wasn’t an intentional splurge. Despite these expensive ingredients, these sandwiches were only $2.45 each, which is a fraction of what it would have cost had we gone out to brunch. Total WIN.

If you can’t splurge as big as I did on ingredients today, you can totally use regular thickness bacon and whatever your favorite bread is instead of the brioche. Making those two swaps will probably cut the price in half. If you’re vegetarian you can try swapping the brown sugar bacon for either sliced avocado, or cheddar cheese.

This recipe is written for four sandwiches, but it would be super simple to scale up or down as needed.

Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches on a baking sheet being assembled

That yolk, though. 🤤

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Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches with Chipotle Mayo

4.73 from 18 votes
Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches with Chipotle Mayo are the perfect mix of salty, sweet, and spicy for your weekend brunch.
Servings 4
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 20 minutes
Total 30 minutes

Ingredients

BROWN SUGAR BACON

CHIPOTLE MAYO

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise ($0.66)
  • 1/2 tsp chipotle chili powder ($0.05)
  • 1/8 tsp garlic powder ($0.02)

SANDWICHES

  • 4 brioche buns ($3.49)
  • 4 eggs ($1.06)
  • 1 large tomato ($1.12)
  • 1 head lettuce* ( $0.99)
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Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Line a baking sheet with foil, then place two wire cooling racks over the foil. Lay the bacon across the wire racks. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the bacon and pat it into the surface lightly. Bake the bacon in the preheated oven until brown and crispy. (About 10 minutes for regular bacon or 20 minutes for thick cut bacon. Watch the bacon closely as every oven is different.)
  • While bacon is cooking, prepare the chipotle mayo and sandwich toppings. In a small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, chipotle powder, and garlic powder. Cover the mayo and refrigerate until ready to use. Slice the tomato into thick rounds. Wash and shake dry the lettuce. Slice the buns in half.
  • Fry or scramble four eggs to your liking.
  • When the bacon is finished, let it cool until it’s no longer too hot to handle. Break each slice in half so that it better fits the sandwich. Spread a tablespoon of the chipotle mayo on each side of the bun, add a lettuce leaf or two, a slice of tomato, an egg, and one slice of bacon (broken into two short strips). Enjoy!

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Notes

*I didn’t use the entire head of lettuce, but included the entire price because I’m not sure that I’ll use the leftovers.

Nutrition

Serving: 1ServingCalories: 626.5kcalCarbohydrates: 51.85gProtein: 20.43gFat: 37.78gSodium: 777.7mgFiber: 4.93g
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Close up of a runny yolk dripping down the side of a Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches

Step by Step Photos

Close up of Brown Sugar being sprinkled on raw thick cut bacon strips

Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Line a baking sheet with foil, then place two wire racks on top. Lay four slices of bacon over the top of the racks, then sprinkle about 2 Tbsp brown sugar over the bacon. 

Uncooked Brown Sugar Bacon ready to go into the oven

Lightly at the brown sugar into the surface of the bacon. (I cooked six strips because we had six strips saved in the freezer, so I just decided to cook them all. I only used one slice per sandwich, though. The other two were just eaten like candy!).

Cooked Brown Sugar Bacon on the baking sheet

Cook the bacon in the preheated oven until brown and crispy. We had super thick cut bacon, so it took about 20 minutes. Regular bacon will probably take half that amount of time. Regardless of which type of bacon you have, watch it closely as every oven is a little bit different.

Chipotle Mayo in a small bowl

While the bacon is cooking, you can prepare the rest of the ingredients. To make the chipotle mayo, stir together 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1/2 tsp chipotle chili powder, and 1/8 tsp garlic powder. Cover the mayo and refrigerate it until you’re ready to build the sandwiches.

Chipotle Chile Powder bottle

This is the chipotle chili powder I used, BTW. It gives a nice smoky, spicy flavor to all sorts of dishes, like tacos, chili, fajitas, and mayonnaise! 

Sandwich Toppings on a cutting board

Wash and shake dry a few lettuce leaves. Slice a large tomato into thick rounds.

Fried Egg in a small skillet

Cook four eggs using your favorite method. I just do a little non-stick spray in a skillet and fry until the whites are done and the yolk is still runny. 

Chipotle Mayo on Buns lined up on a baking sheet

Slice four brioche buns in half and spread about 1 Tbsp of chipotle mayo on each side.

Build Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches

Add a little lettuce, a slice of tomato, an egg, and a slice of bacon (broken in half to fit) to each bun.

Finished Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches with Chipotle Mayo viewed from the side

And then you’re ready to eat your amazing Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches! 

Overhead view of a Brown Sugar Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches with the yolk dripping down the side

Oh that yolk… those are the things weekend dreams are made of. ;)

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  1. Super yummy & delicious take on a breakfast sandwich! Will definitely eat again 

  2. This looks so good! Was hoping to make it for Mother’s Day brunch but can’t find chipotle powder ANYWHERE! Beth—do you think that smoked paprika would work for this as a replacement? Or do you have any other replacements you’d suggest? 
    P.s thank you thank you for your site! You’ve taught me so much!

    1. Yep, you can definitely do that! Chipotle is both smoky and spicy, so if you want it to still be spicy I’d also add a small pinch of cayenne with the smoked paprika. :)

  3. So so so good. My hubs and I do not like tomatoes so we replaced the tomatoes with roasted red peppers. It was amazing.

  4. To make it cheaper, you could also make brioche buns–they come out REALLY good! 

  5. We’ve made this once before and it was fantastic! I’m curious though- we are making it again tonight and I’m wondering if it would be good to replace the mayo with sour cream? What do you think? I have a lot of sour cream but no mayo.. lol.

    1. Sour cream is quite a bit more sour than mayo so it will definitely change the flavor dynamic a bit.

  6. I thought these were really tasty. I was particularly impressed with the creativeness of the recipe. I create menus as a part of my career so just know that this dish will be showing up on the plates of a lot of people. Keep up the good work!

  7. This was really good. Combining the sugared bacon with the chipotle mayo, this sandwich bites back! You have a really nice website here. Keep up the good work!

  8. Hi!

    I love your blog, I am trying to start my own. What kind of camera do you use?

    1. I recently started using a Cannon EOS 70D. Before that I used a Nikon D3100 for years. :)