I tried Ina Garten's 'perfect breakfast sandwich.' It has deliciously fluffy eggs you can make in the microwave.

Ina Garten's breakfast sandwich features eggs you can make in the microwave. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider As someone who spent most of her 20s in New York, few things make my heart sing in the morning like a good breakfast sandwich.I've been missing my local bodega's delicacies, so I was excited to discover that Ina Garten has a bacon, egg, and cheddar sandwich in her cookbook "Modern Comfort Food.""A perfect breakfast sandwich in no time at all," she writes in the recipe's description. "It's also not a bad 'breakfast for dinner' option!"The ingredients in Garten's BEC are pantry staples, and there's very little prep. You can even cook the eggs in the microwave, which is her preference (hello, college freshmen!). Garten's bacon, egg, and cheddar sandwich has six main ingredients. Ingredients for Garten's breakfast sandwich. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider To make this morning staple, you'll need:Extra-large eggsThick-cut applewood-smoked baconSharp white cheddar cheese (grated)English muffinsAvocadoWhole milk Before making the sandwiches, I grated some cheddar cheese. Grating cheese for the sandwiches. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider Garten's recipe calls for four tablespoons of grated sharp white cheddar cheese if you're making sandwiches for two people.Since I was making sandwiches for my family, I doubled the recipe. I also prepped the bowls I would use to microwave the eggs. I brushed my bowls with olive oil. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider Per Garten's instructions, I generously brushed four small microwavable bowls with olive oil and set them aside. Once my prep was complete, I started cooking the bacon. Cooking the bacon. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider Each sandwich is meant to have two slices of that thick-cut applewood-smoked bacon, so I threw some in the pan.I cooked the bacon for around seven minutes, until the slices got nice and crispy, then transferred them to a plate lined with a paper towel. Then it was time to prep the eggs. I mixed my eggs with whole milk, salt, and pepper. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider Garten's recipe calls for two eggs per sandwich, so I cracked eight eggs into a bowl and beat them together with eight tablespoons of whole milk, as well as salt and pepper. I evenly distributed my egg mixture between the bowls. I split the egg mixture between bowls before sticking them in the microwave. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider This is when I realized I couldn't microwave the bowls at the same time, meaning my family would have to eat their sandwiches at different times if they wanted them nice and hot.Maybe this wasn't the most efficient idea after all … It was time for the microwave experiment to begin. My egg mixtures after 30 seconds in the microwave. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider I placed two of my bowls into the microwave for 30 seconds, per Garten's instructions. Then I took them out and gently stirred each mixture.As you can see in the picture, little had changed in those 30 seconds. And that would be the case for a few minutes. I continued to microwave and stir the eggs at 30-second intervals. My egg mixtures after two minutes in the microwave. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider Garten recommends doing this until the eggs "are puffed and almost cooked through." While the eggs did their thing in the microwave, I started toasting my English muffins. Toasting the English muffins. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider I cut each muffin in half and toasted them until they were "nicely browned," as Garten suggested. Then it was back to my eggs, which were puffing up nicely. My eggs at the three-minute mark. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider Around the three-minute mark, I could tell that the eggs were cooking well. When they were almost ready, I added some grated cheese. My eggs after three and a half minutes. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider I sprinkled one tablespoon of cheddar into each bowl and microwaved them for 30 seconds to melt the cheese and finish cooking the eggs. After the last round in the microwave, my eggs were ready. My eggs after four minutes. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider I had never cooked eggs in the microwave before, so I was surprised to see how similar they looked to eggs cooked on the stove. They actually looked nice and fluffy!However, the process took about four minutes, and I still had to repeat it for the other two bowls, which was more time-consuming than I had hoped. Then I began building my breakfast sandwiches. First, I spread avocado and added bacon to my English muffins. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider I misread Garten's recipe here and smashed my avocado on the muffins rather than layering the slices on the bottom half of each. Thankfully, avocado is great no matter how you eat it!Then I broke the bacon strips in half and placed two halves on each sandwich, per Garten's instructions. I piled the fluffy eggs right on top. Adding eggs to the breakfast sandwiches. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider I slid the eggs on top of the bacon before sprinkling them with leftover cheddar, along with some salt and pepper. I was surprised by how deliciously creamy the eggs were. Garten's breakfast sandwiches. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider The fluffy eggs paired well with the crispy, thick-cut bacon, which served as the perfect base with the avocado. But I thought the sandwich needed just a bit more oomph. I'd add more cheddar cheese and a dash of hot sauce to give it some depth and heat.Overall, though, my family loved this dish more than Garten's smashed eggs on toast, which they had tried just the day before."I could have a second," my sister said as she happily bit into her sandwich.If you're only microwaving eggs for one or two people, this sandwich takes less than 15 minutes to make and is a delicious way to start the day.Plus, it's a great recipe when you're trying to avoid the stove — or need to cook in your dorm. Read next Anneta Konstantinides is a lifestyle correspondent at Business Insider, with a focus on food and travel. She loves taking readers inside Michelin-starred kitchens and exploring the world of fine-dining, and she's always trying to find the best Ina Garten and Gordon Ramsay recipes. Her second home is LAX, where she's often catching a flight and reviewing airlines.Anneta has also been reporting on the pageant industry for the last six years and has interviewed every Miss USA and Miss Universe winner since 2019. She was a finalist at the LA Press Club Awards for her investigation into the 2022 Miss USA scandal and was featured in The New York Times Presents episode "How to Fix a Pageant" on Hulu in September 2023. After graduating from UCLA with a B.A in English Literature and a minor in film & television, Anneta worked as a journalist in London, Sydney, New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. You can reach Anneta at akonstantinides@businessinsider.com. Ina Garten Breakfast Food More