Easy Breakfast Bagel Sandwich Recipe

If you’ve been a reader of the blog or follow me on Instagram, a fast food breakfast starts my mornings off right. Yes, of course I love to make breakfast, but when I’ve treated myself to sleeping in in the morning, it’s nice to take a break. Plus, fast food breakfasts are just so tasty and exciting to explore! I get such a thrill and I know I’m gonna start my day with a meal out! Lately, at McDonald’s and Tim Horton’s, the breakfast bagel BELT is all the rage! What’s a BELT? You may know of BLT: bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes; so a BELT is just bacon, EGG, lettuce and tomatoes, making it a breakfast sandwich! BELTs have been paired with bagels, particularly Everything Bagels.

I had to give it a try myself, so I went to Tim Horton’s and gave this a go. I hate to say it, but I was quite disappointed! The lettuce leaf was odd and I wasn’t a fan of the egg. Tim Horton’s is usually pretty awesome with breakfast, but it really missed the mark there. I still haven’t tried the McDonald’s BELT yet, but I think I will soon!

I don’t regret having it though! While it’s always sad to not like a meal you’ve paid for, learning from the mishap of the food can help you know what NOT to do when you recreate it at home. I go into more detail about how a meal or two out can help inspire you in my Making Cooking Fun!! free motivational guide - my top 5 tips to explore your potential in the kitchen! Whether what you’ve had is tasty or not, stepping out of the house (or ordering in!) can freshen your mind to new ideas. In particular, when a restaurant or fast food joint gets something wrong, it actually sometimes fuels me more because I know I can do better than they did, and I feel really accomplished when I do! Of course, when you make these fast food items at home, they’re definitely healthier. You’re in complete control of the quantities and quality of your ingredients. If you’ve been loving BELTs for on-the-go breakfasts and have been meaning to make your own, then definitely try this recipe as part of your Live to Cook one-month challenge! Get the free downloads by signing up to my newsletter! Don’t forget to show me your BELT by tagging me on social media @cooking.with.anadi! I love to see and share your delicious creations!

Check out the video to see me make three different bagel sandwiches! I’ll show how to make the perfect BELT along with just a simple bagel sandwich recipe with bacon, egg and cheese, along with sauce used for bagel sandwiches. I’ll show how to make the best cheesy egg for these sandwiches and how you can mix and match! If you’re not already, please subscribe to my YouTube cooking channel, Cooking with Anadi, so you’re the first to know when I release new video recipes! Let’s get cooking!

Three breakfast bagel sandwiches on a wooden board with lettuce, tomato, cheese, and bacon on seeded and plain bagels.

Why You’ll Love This Breakfast Bagel Sandwich Recipe!

Easy
Exciting replication of fast food breakfasts
A tasty breakfast
High-protein
Quick prep time
Simple, healthy ingredients
Make-ahead friendly
Customizable

Breakfast bagel sandwich with egg, cheese, and bacon on a seeded bagel, held in hand next to a jelly-filled bagel.

Tools for Classic Bagel BELT

Cutting board: Use a cutting board to cut your bagel and slice your tomatoes and avocado.
Sharp chef’s knife: A good knife is essential to cut your avocado and tomatoes.
Bread Knife: This makes slicing your bagel a lot easier!
Mixing bowl: We need a bowl to whisk our eggs together to make the omelette.
Whisk: Whisk your eggs in the bowl before making your omelette.
Spatula: A spatula is great to fold up your omelette.
Non-stick pan: We’ll cook our bacon and omelette on a non-stick pan.
Tongs: I like to use tongs to cook the bacon.
Cast iron pan: I’m using my You can always use a toaster to heat your bagels if you don’t have a cast iron or don’t want to use it.
Fish spatula: A fish spatula helps you pick up the delicate omelette from the pan!

Ingredients for This Breakfast Bagel Recipe

Let’s see what we’ll need for our bagel sandwich recipe! I’ll show the ingredients needed to make my version of the BELT sandwich. Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom of this post for the FULL PRINTABLE RECIPE CARD or click the “Jump to Recipe” button. The recipe card will let you save the recipe for later, and you can scale the ingredients based on how many bagels you want to make - I definitely recommend you make a lot so you can prep them and be ready for the week!

Bagels: Use your favourite bagel! I’m using three different types of bagels here to show three different bagel sandwich ideas.
Cheese: I’m using medium yellow cheddar slices. The cheese will be added into the omelette.
Eggs: We’ll need eggs to make our omelette!
Bacon: Your favourite kind of bacon will work here.
Butter: Needed to toast the bagels and to cook the omelette.
Avocado: We’ll slice our avocados for topping.
Lettuce: I’m using Boston lettuce, but feel free to use any kind of lettuce.
Tomato: I recommend organic tomatoes for the best taste and quality!
Salt and pepper: To taste, to season the omelette.

Wooden cutting board with sliced red tomatoes, fresh basil, cooked bacon strips, and whole wheat bagel.

How to Make a Bagel Sandwich

Cooking the Bacon

Add bacon to a cold pan and then turn the heat to medium.

Cook while flipping occasionally until the bacon is golden brown and crispy.

Bacon strips cooking in a skillet, turning golden brown and crispy with caramelized edges.

Making the Cheese Omelette

While the bacon is cooking, prepare the eggs by whisking together eggs with salt and pepper.

Heat up butter on medium heat on a non-stick pan in a large pan. Add the eggs and start preparing the omelette.

Three whisked eggs with salt and pepper in a glass bowl, ready to be cooked for the omelette.

Three eggs whisked with butter in a glass bowl with a wooden spoon, ready for cooking.

Whisking beaten eggs with salt and pepper in a glass bowl with a wire whisk.

Once the eggs have set, add the cheese down the middle of the eggs and then once the cheese is molten, fold the omelette to a rectangle.

Cut the omelette to 3 equal pieces, large enough to fit each bagel.

Hand folding a cheese-filled omelette in a skillet on the stovetop.

Pouring beaten eggs into a skillet to make an omelette for a breakfast bagel sandwich.

Cooked omelet with melted cheese in the center, seasoned with black pepper, in a dark skillet.

Folded omelette with melted cheese in the center cooking in a skillet on stovetop

Yellow folded omelette with melted orange cheese being lifted from a black skillet with a spatula.

Folded omelette with melted cheese in the center cooking in a non-stick pan on the stovetop.

Folded omelette with melted cheese on a fork, showing the rectangular shape ready for bagel sandwich assembly.

Toast the Bagels

In the meanwhile, heat up another pan to toast your bagels.

Slice bagels in half if needed, add butter to the other pan and toast until warmed through and lightly toasted.

Butter melting and bubbling in a red pan on the stovetop for toasting bagels.

Bagels toasting in a red skillet with butter, some topped with cream cheese and seasonings.

Assembling the Classic Bacon Belt

Add hot sauce or jalapeño/chipotle mayonnaise to both halves of the toasted bagel. Follow it up with lettuce, egg, tomatoes and bacon for a BELT sandwich.

Toasted bagels with seeds and whole wheat varieties arranged on a wooden board with fresh lettuce, sliced tomatoes, and bacon nearby.

Hand assembling bagel sandwich with lettuce, tomato slices, bacon, and egg on wooden board.

Assembled bagel sandwiches with bacon, lettuce, egg, and tomato on a wooden board with fresh ingredients nearby.

Assembled bagel sandwiches on a wooden board with lettuce, tomatoes, bacon, and egg visible between toasted bagel halves.

Assembled breakfast bagel sandwich with sesame seed bagel, melted cheese, crispy bacon, tomato slices, and lettuce on wooden surface.

Assembling the Egg & Bacon Bagel Sandwich

Place egg at the bottom bagel half, top with bacon and close the bagel top for a simply delicious sandwich.

Assembled breakfast bagel sandwich with scrambled egg, bacon, and lettuce on toasted sesame seed bagel on wooden board.

Two assembled bagel sandwiches on wooden boards: one with sesame bagel, lettuce, and egg; one with egg and bacon strips.

Hands holding an assembled bagel sandwich with egg, bacon, and melted cheese between toasted bagel halves.

Assembling the Avocado BELT Bagel Sandwich

Using a fork, mash up the avocado to each half of the toasted bagel and then add lettuce, egg, tomatoes and bacon. You can substitute the avocado with guacamole.

Hands mashing avocado onto a toasted sesame bagel half with a fork, surrounded by bacon and another bagel.

Assembled avocado BELT bagel sandwich with crispy bacon strips, melted cheese, and egg on toasted seeded bagel half.

Assembled avocado BELT bagel sandwich with mashed avocado, fresh lettuce, egg, tomato, and bacon on a toasted seeded bagel.

Hand holding a toasted bagel half topped with mashed avocado, lettuce, and other sandwich ingredients.

Hand holding assembled breakfast bagel sandwich with egg, bacon, tomato, lettuce, and avocado on toasted bagel.

Variations for This Bagel Sandwich Recipe

The objective behind this recipe is to give you ideas of how to make the best bagel sandwich for breakfast! Two were inspired by the popular BELT, but you can really do whatever you’d like for the ultimate Breakfast Bagel Sandwich recipe! Here are some ways you can switch it up!

Bagels: As you’ll see in the photos and video, I used three different bagels for the three different bagel options I’m showing! You can use your favourite bagel! I used Everything, Cheese & Herb, and Pumpernickel. If you like cinnamon raisin or plain, then go for them!
Cream cheese: You can also add cream cheese to your sandwich recipe. Feel free to experiment with regular cream cheese or flavoured cream cheeses like jalapeno, smoked salmon, or sour cream and onion!
Cheeses: I’ve used cheddar cheese here, but if you have it I recommend American cheese! Monterey Jack, white cheddar, Havarti and Swiss cheese are other excellent choices!
Protein: You can add sausage, smoked salmon, and/or ham to bump up the protein! For sausages, I recommend my Mild Italian Turkey Breakfast Sausage Patties or my Pork & Bacon Breakfast Sausage for double the bacon goodness!
Sauce: For this bagel sandwich sauce, used a Jalapeno Aioli here, but feel free to mix things up! Other great flavours are Buffalo Ranch or Spicy Chipotle. You could also make your own! Try Garlic Truffle Aioli or Spicy Aioli. Of course, you can just use regular mayo if desired!
Guacamole: Instead of avocado, make some Fresh Guacamole or even Chunky Mango Guacamole!
Pico de Gallo: Make some Authentic Pico de Gallo to make a refreshing breakfast bagel!
Omelette: I just made a cheese omelette here, but you could follow my Classic Omelette or Creamy Breakfast Mushroom Omelette. If you want to lighten things up, you can even make an Egg White Omelette.
Veggies: I kept the veggies to just tomatoes and lettuce to make the BELT sandwiches. However, if you want more, then totally go for it! Other great options would be caramelized onions, sliced onions, jalapeños, and/or peppers.
Greens: I’m using Boston lettuce here, but you can use any kind of lettuce. While it may no longer be a BELT bagel sandwich, you can use any kinds of greens! Try spinach, a spring mix, arugula, or kale!
Vegetarian: I’ve used bacon in all three of the sandwiches shown here. If you’re a vegetarian, all you need to do is simply omit the bacon. You can use any kind of plant-based sausage or bacon for protein.

Tips for a Great Bagel Sandwich for Breakfast

Use a variety of bagels which will in turn inspire you to treat each sandwich in its own way. Plus, even if you use the same fillings, each bagelwich would be unique.
If your pan is only big enough to comfortable fit 2 regular cheese slices, make the omelettes for two sandwiches at a time if serving fresh. For a bigger pan, you can scale based on the number of cheese slices.
Using various condiments, cheeses and veggies in your sandwich will help keep things exciting.

CAN YOU MAKE Bagel Sandwiches IN ADVANCE?▼

Yes, you definitely can and I recommend that you do! If you want to prep the ingredients ahead of time, that can help too. You can cut your veggies and cook your bacon in advance, and store the prepped ingredients in air tight containers in the fridge. All you’ll need to do is cook the omelette, then assemble the breakfast sandwich!

Otherwise, you can cook the omelette and assemble the sandwich ahead of time and refrigerate it.

HOW TO STORE Bagel Sandwiches▼

Store your assembled sandwiches in the refrigerator. You can either wrap it with plastic wrap or transfer into an airtight container if you have one that is tall enough to hold the sandwich. These breakfast bagels will last three days in the refrigerator.

How to Reheat Breakfast Bagels▼

You can reheat your bagels in the air fryer or microwave. My preferred method would be the air fryer because your bagels and toppings won’t get soggy, and the bread will be toasted and soft with everything evenly warmed through! To reheat in the oven, remove the top of the bagel and the lettuce and place the sandwich open-faced in the basket. Set the air fryer to 350 F and heat for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.

Repeat the same dis-assembling process for the microwave, and heat for about one to two minutes, or until the cheese has melted.

CAN YOU Freeze Bagel Sandwiches?▼

Yes you can. However, I would recommend you freeze the sandwiches with only the omelette and bacon inside, and assemble with the sauces and produce when you’re ready to serve. This is because the veggies will end up limp and weird if you defrost them!

Wrap your bagels in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container. These bagel sandwiches will stay good in the freezer for 3 to 4 months. I recommend you let your sandwich thaw in the fridge overnight before reheating.

What to Serve with Bagel Sandwiches

If you’ve loaded up your sandwich to perfection, then it’s probably very hearty on its own! However, if you really want a complete breakfast as if you were getting a combo at your favourite fast food shop, then here are some options:

McDonald’s Hash Browns
Yogurt
Fresh fruit
Starbucks Chocolate Cream Cold Brew
Tim Horton’s French Vanilla Cappuccino
Starbucks Cafe Mocha
Mocha Blueberry Protein Smoothie

More Breakfast Recipes

I love to have fun with breakfast - although it’s hard to wake up in the morning, when you’ve got a delicious breakfast waiting for you, then that makes mornings a lot more bearable! Be sure to check out some of my other breakfast favourites:

Cucumber & Tomato Sandwiches with Cream Cheese

Let me know what you think of this recipe in the comments! If you’ve tried this recipe, be sure to post it on social media and tag it with #cookingwithanadi and mention me @cooking.with.anadi. Thank you!

Recipe by Anadi Misra

Start Your Day with this Breakfast Bagel Sandwich Recipe

Start your day right with this homemade breakfast bagel sandwich packed with crispy bacon and melted cheese. A satisfying hot breakfast that is easy to make at home.

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10 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

30 min

Total

sandwiches

medium

Level

Ingredients

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For the breakfast bagel BELT

bagels, assorted
cheese(your choice)
eggs
bacon slices
avocado(sliced)
Lettuce Leaves(as needed)
tomato(as needed, sliced)Shop →
salt(to taste)Shop →
pepper(to taste)Shop →
butter(as needed)

Instructions

Preparation

1
Add bacon to a cold pan and then turn the heat to medium.
Add bacon to a cold pan and then turn the heat to medium.
2
Cook while flipping occasionally until the bacon is golden brown and crispy.
Cook while flipping occasionally until the bacon is golden brown and crispy.
3
While the bacon is cooking, prepare the eggs by whisking together eggs with salt and pepper.
While the bacon is cooking, prepare the eggs by whisking together eggs with salt and pepper.
4
Heat up butter on medium heat on a non-stick pan in a large pan. Add the eggs and start preparing the omelette. In the meanwhile, heat up another pan to toast your bagels.
Heat up butter on medium heat on a non-stick pan in a large pan. Add the eggs and start preparing the omelette. In the meanwhile, heat up another pan to toast your bagels.
5
Slice bagels in half if needed, add butter to the other pan and toast until warmed through and lightly toasted.
Slice bagels in half if needed, add butter to the other pan and toast until warmed through and lightly toasted.
6
Once the eggs have set, add the cheese down the middle of the eggs and then once the cheese is molten, fold the omelette to a rectangle.
Once the eggs have set, add the cheese down the middle of the eggs and then once the cheese is molten, fold the omelette to a rectangle.
7
Cut the omelette to 3 equal pieces, large enough to fit each bagel.
Cut the omelette to 3 equal pieces, large enough to fit each bagel.

Assembly

1
This is where you can be creative.
This is where you can be creative.
2
Option 1: Place egg at the bottom bagel half, top with bacon and close the bagel top for a simply delicious sandwich.
Option 1: Place egg at the bottom bagel half, top with bacon and close the bagel top for a simply delicious sandwich.
3
Option 2: Add hot sauce or jalapeño/chipotle mayonnaise to both halves of the toasted bagel. Follow it up with lettuce, egg, tomatoes and bacon for a BELT sandwich.
Option 2: Add hot sauce or jalapeño/chipotle mayonnaise to both halves of the toasted bagel. Follow it up with lettuce, egg, tomatoes and bacon for a BELT sandwich.
4
Option 3: Using a fork, mash up with avocado to each half of the toasted bagel and then add lettuce, egg, tomatoes and bacon. You can substitute the avocado with guacamole.
Option 3: Using a fork, mash up with avocado to each half of the toasted bagel and then add lettuce, egg, tomatoes and bacon. You can substitute the avocado with guacamole.
5
Be creative!
Be creative!

Nutrition per serving

777

Calories

23g

Protein

54g

Carbs

53g

Fat

Fiber

Sugar

1808mg

Sodium

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Why You’ll Love This Breakfast Bagel Sandwich Recipe!

Tools for Classic Bagel BELT

Ingredients for This Breakfast Bagel Recipe