Recipe This | Air Fryer English Breakfast (2024)

FAQs

What are the 5 ingredients in the traditional English breakfast? ›

There are some essentials and some optional ingredients. Essentials: Bacon, sausage, eggs (fried, poached or scrambled), fried bread. Plus of course toast and tea. Options: Grilled tomatoes, mushrooms*, baked beans*, sauteed potatoes, hash browns*, bubble & squeak*, black pudding*, lambs kidneys.

The 'common' full English breakfast is a substantial meal consisting of back bacon, eggs, British sausage, baked beans, bubble and squeak, fried tomato, fried mushrooms, black pudding, with fried and toasted bread on the side.

Foil is safe to use in an air fryer so long as you follow three basic rules: never let foil touch the heating element; make sure the foil is weighted so it doesn't blow around the basket; and avoid contact with acidic ingredients, which can cause the foil to leach onto your food.

A common traditional English breakfast typically includes back bacon sausage links (usually pork), eggs (fried, poached or scrambled), fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, bread, both or either fried bread and toast, black pudding, and baked beans.

Research suggests that consuming an English breakfast may be more beneficial for weight loss than a breakfast high in carbohydrates such as cereal or fresh fruit. This is down to the fact that a full English breakfast is higher in protein and will therefore leave you less likely to snack on other foods until lunchtime.

Bergamot is an essential oil that gives a citrus fragrance and is used to flavour Earl Grey and English Tea No. 1, although there is more bergamot in Earl Grey. English Breakfast Tea has no bergamot but is a blend of fine quality teas. Bergamot is a critus fruit, so you may notice a slight citrusy flavour.

Lastly, the potatoes. Hash, chips, or mashed and fried into a cake—many fry ups include the spud. If you are in the glorious situation of having leftovers from a roast, a few roasted potatoes cut up and fried are wonderful. Or a quick version of bubble and squeak would also be a welcome addition to a fry up.

And Heinz (yep, the ketchup company) claims the combo was invented by one of its executives in 1927. British baked beans are traditionally made with navy beans, which are a small white bean.

One of the most popular traditional breakfast meals in the UK is the "Full English Breakfast" or "Full English," also known as a "Fry-up." It typically includes fried or scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, baked beans, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, and toast. Sometimes, it may also include black pudding and hash browns.

What to cook first in English breakfast? ›

Start with the sausages

We use breakfast sausages from Walter Rose's in Wiltshire, but any good-quality sausage that isn't too herby will do. It's better to fry them: direct contact with the oil makes the skin go nice and crispy. Turn them so that they brown all the way round. This should take about 10 minutes.

Parchment paper is good for food that might stick to the basket, like chicken wings, making clean up a bit easier. If you're tempted to use parchment every day or are simply waste-conscious, consider instead a silicone liner for air fryers. They're reusable and dishwasher safe, cutting down on both waste and worry.

Airflow is essential to the machine, so while a paper towel is useful for cleaning, it should not be used while cooking food in the air fryer. It can restrict the airflow of the machine and even catch fire. It's important to remember that the air inside the air fryer can get very hot.

Though certain foods become crispy and juicy in an air fryer, others can get messy or dry. Pros recommended using an air fryer when preparing frozen food, cookies, and bacon. Avoid putting overseasoned food, wet batters, and cheese in your air fryer — they can make a mess.

Yes, you can put foil in an air fryer — here's how to do it safely. Aluminum foil can be used in an air fryer, but it should only go in the basket. Acidic foods react with aluminum, so avoid using foil when air frying tomatoes, peppers, or citrus.

Add the eggs to your air fryer basket in a single layer. I added 8 eggs. Air fry for 15 minutes for hard-boiled eggs with thoroughly cooked yolks. Alternatively, you can cook for 9 minutes for very soft with slightly runny whites, 11 minutes for jammy eggs, or 13 minutes for just slightly undercooked yolks.

There are four main types of oven-safe dishware: glass, metal, cast iron, and ceramic, though not all glass is necessarily oven-safe (as we learned with Pyrex recently). Since air fryers are again, essentially mini convection ovens, any oven-safe dish should be safe in an air fryer.