Recipes · Irish · Burgers and Sandwiches

Irish Breakfast Roll

One serving has 537 kcal and 29 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (116%), niacin (60%), thiamin (57%), riboflavin (55%), choline (50%) and cobalamin (48%). Ready in 20 minutes.

Irish Breakfast Roll
Photo: r0wb0t, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
  • Preparation: 5 min
  • Cooking: 15 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (225 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Contains: dairy, egg, gluten, pork

Ingredients

  • 70 g Bread rolls, hard
  • 65 g Pork sausages, fresh
  • 25 g Back bacon
  • 50 g Eggs, whole, raw
  • 5 g Butter, unsalted
  • 10 g Brown sauce

Method

  1. Fry the bacon in a hot pan for 4-5 minutes until crisp and browned; remove and keep warm.
  2. Fry the sausages in the same pan, turning occasionally, for about 10 minutes until cooked through with no pink in the middle (74 °C/165 °F); remove and keep warm.
  3. Melt the butter in the pan and fry the egg until the white is fully set but the yolk is still soft, or to your liking.
  4. Split and lightly toast the roll.
  5. Layer the bacon, sausages and egg inside the roll, add the brown sauce, and serve immediately while hot.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy537 kcal25%
Carbohydrates40.4 g
Water123 mL
Fiber1.8 g6%
Protein28.5 g59%
Tryptophan0.33 g
Threonine1.1 g
Isoleucine1.3 g
Leucine2.2 g
Lysine1.8 g
Methionine0.7 g
Cystine0.48 g
Phenylalanine1.3 g
Tyrosine0.96 g
Valine1.5 g
Histidine0.83 g
Fat28.6 g
Monounsaturated10.5 g
Polyunsaturated5.3 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.03 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-64.6 g
Saturated9.7 g
Trans-Fats0.09 g
Cholesterol254 mg
Calcium104 mg10%
Copper0.22 mg24%
Iron4.1 mg23%
Magnesium41.5 mg13%
Manganese0.37 mg21%
Phosphorus320 mg46%
Potassium547 mg12%
Selenium63.7 µg116%
Sodium1,285 mg
Zinc3 mg37%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.63 mg57%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.6 mg55%
Niacin (vitamin B3)8.4 mg60%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.7 mg33%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.29 mg22%
Folate (vitamin B9)93.3 µg23%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)1.1 µg48%
Choline212 mg50%
Vitamin A133 µg19%
Vitamin C0.68 mg1%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)79.5 IU13%
Vitamin E1.8 mg12%
Vitamin K1.3 µg1%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.8 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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