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Breakfast Mac and Cheese with Baked Eggs

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Breakfast Mac and Cheese with Baked Eggs RecipeHonestly, can we just take a moment and admire the beauty of this thing? 🤩  Since I first debuted this Breakfast Mac and Cheese with Baked Eggs back in 2016, I’ve seen many iterations show up on the internet. While it would be nice for some inspo credit 😅 I don’t blame people since it’s the PERFECT dish for your homemade brunch rotation! This recipe gives your standard mac and cheese the BEC (that’s Bacon Egg and Cheese) upgrade.

Breakfast Mac and Cheese with Baked Eggs Bacon Roasted Tomatoes Recipe Yolk

While most versions of breakfast mac and cheese I’ve seen throw a fried egg on top, I was inspired by shakshuka to instead cook the eggs directly in the mac and cheese so everything melds together into one wonderful masterpiece with runny yolks that you can spread right into your cheesy, bacon-y pasta. I also mixed in roasted grape tomatoes to pair with the bacon and add that perfect cut of acidity to balance out the richness of the dish. You could also try making this with a pesto-mozzarella cheese base or even with buffalo chicken instead.

Breakfast Mac and Cheese with Baked Eggs Bacon Roasted Tomatoes Recipe Mixing Ingredients

I’ll admit, baking the eggs into your breakfast mac and cheese does take some extra effort, but the end result is so worth it! The whole process starts with crisping up the bacon and roasting the tomatoes in the oven, followed by cooking your pasta (I prefer cavatappi) and making an oh so creamy sharp Cheddar cheese sauce.

Once you mix all those wonderful ingredients together and put it into your baking dish (or cast iron skillet as I like to use for a crispy bottom), you top it off with more cheese and some buttered-up panko breadcrumbs for extra crispiness (seriously, the crispy bits of this breakfast mac and cheese are the best part!). From there, you want to start baking the mac and cheese so the cheese can start to melt before you add the eggs.

Breakfast Mac and Cheese with Baked Eggs Bacon Roasted Tomatoes Recipe Pre-BakeBreakfast Mac and Cheese with Baked Eggs Bacon Roasted Tomatoes Recipe Close Up

After giving the mac and cheese some time in the oven, take it out and use a spoon to make small wells, each of which you’ll fill with an egg white. Throw it back in the oven for a few minutes, and take it out again and add the egg yolks after your whites have begun to set. The reason for baking the egg whites and yolks separately is that egg whites take a while to bake in the oven, and if you cook your whites and yolks at the same time, you almost always end up with non-runny yolks (sadness). Of course, if runny yolks aren’t your thing, you can skip this process, but if pools of yellow-orange goodness cascading over cheesy macaroni are what you’re looking for, you’re gonna want to separate your yolks. This Breakfast Mac and Cheese with Baked Eggs is definitely a labor of love, but you get what you put in, am I right? Pin this image to save this recipe!

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Breakfast Mac and Cheese with Baked Eggs Bacon Roasted Tomatoes Recipe

Jen Balisi

Jen Balisi is a New Yorker turned expat, indulging in the best dining, home-cooked recipes, and travel destinations in Hong Kong and around the world.

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  1. […] I instead direct you to bake this in the oven so you don’t use the stovetop. Having made a number of other baked egg dishes, I’m very confident that baking this in the oven will yield successful results without a […]

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