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Pork roll, egg and cheeseNew Jersey's breakfast sandwich, on a hard roll. Pork roll dates from Trenton in 1856. About 10 minutes.

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Quick weekday 59

Açaí bowl From Pará and Amazonas in Brazil: frozen açaí pulp, blended, under granola and banana. About 10 minutes.
Avocado toast Mashed avocado on toast with salt and lemon. Eaten around San Francisco since at least 1885. About 5 minutes.
Bacon sandwich Hot bacon in buttered bread with brown sauce or ketchup. A bacon butty in parts of the UK. About 10 minutes.
Bacon, egg and cheese roll Bacon, a fried or scrambled egg and cheese. New York City serves it on a kaiser roll. About 10 minutes.
Bagel with cream cheese A toasted bagel, split and spread thickly with cream cheese. About 5 minutes.
Bircher muesli Swiss: oats soaked overnight, with fresh apple. Devised around 1900 by Dr Bircher-Benner. About 10 minutes.
Breakfast burrito Scrambled eggs, potatoes, cheese and chile in a flour tortilla. From New Mexican cuisine. About 15 minutes.
Breakfast tacos A Tex-Mex habit: soft corn or flour tortillas filled with eggs, meat or cheese. About 15 minutes.
Calentado Colombian breakfast of leftover rice and beans reheated, often with egg, arepa or chorizo. About 15 minutes.
Changua Colombian milk broth with eggs poached in it and scallions. From Boyacá and Cundinamarca. About 15 minutes.

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Chia pudding Chia seeds soaked overnight in milk. They take up many times their weight and set to a gel. About 5 minutes.
Cinnamon toast Buttered toast with a layer of cinnamon sugar. About 5 minutes.
Cold cereal with milk A bowl of breakfast cereal and cold milk. Nobody is judging. About 2 minutes.
Cornetto and cappuccino The most common breakfast in Italy: a cornetto and a cappuccino at the coffee bar. One to buy.
Croissant French crescent of laminated yeast dough, somewhere between bread and puff pastry. One to buy.
Crumpets with butter British griddle breads whose many small pores soak up the butter. Toast, then spread. About 4 minutes.
Çılbır Turkish poached eggs on garlic yogurt under Aleppo pepper butter. Ottoman sultans ate it. About 12 minutes.
Danish pastry Wienerbrød, Viennese bread, in Denmark: credited to Austrian bakers hired during an 1850 strike. One to buy.
Egg in a hole An egg fried in a hole cut from a slice of bread. It goes by many other names. About 8 minutes.
Fit-fit Shredded injera tossed with spiced clarified butter and berbere. Eritrean and Ethiopian. About 15 minutes.
French toast Bread soaked in beaten egg and milk, then pan-fried. In France, pain perdu, or lost bread. About 12 minutes.
Fried eggs and bacon Bacon fried until crisp, then two eggs fried in the same pan. About 12 minutes.
Fruit smoothie Banana, frozen berries, yogurt and milk, blended until smooth. About 5 minutes.
Ful medames Egypt's staple stew of fava beans with olive oil, cumin, lemon and garlic. Use a tin. About 15 minutes.
Hagelslag on bread Dutch chocolate sprinkles on buttered bread. The butter stops them falling off. About 2 minutes.
Huevos rancheros Mexican ranch-style eggs: fried eggs on corn tortillas under a chile salsa. About 15 minutes.
Kaya toast Toast with butter and kaya, a coconut jam, and soft eggs, from Singapore and Malaysia. About 10 minutes.
Kippers on toast Split, cold-smoked herring with buttered toast. A breakfast fish in Britain and Ireland. About 10 minutes.
Labneh with olive oil and flatbread Levantine strained yogurt, salted and thick as soft cheese, with olive oil and bread. About 5 minutes.
Matzo brei Ashkenazi Jewish dish of matzo fried with eggs, sweet or savoury. A Passover breakfast. About 10 minutes.
Menemen Turkish eggs cooked softly into tomatoes and green peppers in olive oil. About 15 minutes.
Migas Mexican and Tex-Mex: strips of corn tortilla fried crisp, then scrambled with eggs. About 12 minutes.
Miso soup and rice porridge A common breakfast in Japan: a bowl of miso soup beside a bowl of soft rice porridge. About 15 minutes.
Molletes From Mexico City: split bolillo rolls filled with refried beans and topped with cheese. About 12 minutes.
Mushrooms on toast Mushrooms fried in butter with garlic and thyme, piled on toast. About 12 minutes.
Natto on rice Japanese fermented soybeans with karashi mustard and soy sauce, over cooked rice. About 5 minutes.
Overnight oats Rolled oats soaked in milk in the fridge overnight and eaten cold with fruit. About 5 minutes.
Pain au chocolat Laminated pastry around chocolate. South-west France calls it a chocolatine. One to buy.
Pan con tomate Catalan pa amb tomàquet: toast rubbed with ripe tomato, then olive oil and salt. About 5 minutes.
Pandesal Filipino breakfast roll, served hot and dipped in coffee or hot chocolate. One to buy.
Peanut butter and banana toast Toast spread with peanut butter and covered in banana slices. About 3 minutes.
Poached eggs on toast Two eggs poached in barely simmering water, on buttered toast with black pepper. About 10 minutes.
Poha Flattened rice, a breakfast staple across South Asia, softened and fried with onion. About 15 minutes.
Pork roll, egg and cheese New Jersey's breakfast sandwich, on a hard roll. Pork roll dates from Trenton in 1856. About 10 minutes.
Porridge Rolled oats simmered in milk or water, with brown sugar, honey or fruit on top. About 8 minutes.
Scrambled eggs on toast Eggs stirred over a low heat until just set, piled onto buttered toast. About 8 minutes.
Scrapple Pennsylvania Dutch loaf of pork trimmings and cornmeal, sliced and fried until crisp. About 12 minutes.
Simit and tea Turkish bread ring crusted with sesame seeds, made in Istanbul since 1525. One to buy.
Skyr with berries Icelandic cultured dairy, thick like strained yogurt but milder, with berries. About 3 minutes.
Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs Soft scrambled eggs with ribbons of smoked salmon folded in at the end. About 10 minutes.
Soft-boiled egg and soldiers A soft-boiled egg with its top off and thin strips of toast, the soldiers, for dipping. About 8 minutes.
Tamago kake gohan Japan's hot rice with a raw egg and soy sauce stirred in. Best with pasteurised eggs. About 5 minutes.
Tamagoyaki Japanese rolled omelette, built up in thin layers in a rectangular pan. About 12 minutes.
Toast with butter and jam Hot toast, butter to the edges, and jam or marmalade. About 3 minutes.
Turkish breakfast spread Kahvaltı: cheeses, olives, eggs, tomatoes, cucumber, butter and honey, with bread and tea. About 15 minutes.
Upma South Indian thick porridge of dry-roasted semolina, cooked with seasonings and vegetables. About 15 minutes.
Weisswurst with a pretzel Bavarian veal sausages with sweet mustard. By custom they should not hear the noon bells. About 15 minutes.
Yogurt, granola and berries Plain yogurt with a handful of granola and whatever berries are in the fridge. About 3 minutes.
Youtiao with soy milk Chinese deep-fried dough sticks, the breakfast partner of warm soy milk or congee. One to buy.

Weekend cook 36

Ackee and saltfish Jamaica's national dish: salt cod sautéed with tinned ackee, onions and Scotch bonnet. About 30 minutes.
Akara Yoruba black-eyed pea fritters, a common West African breakfast with bread or ogi. About 40 minutes.
Aloo paratha Indian flatbread stuffed with spiced potato and shallow fried. Eat with yogurt and pickle. About 30 minutes.
American pancakes Thick pancakes raised with baking powder, stacked with butter and maple syrup. About 25 minutes.
Baghrir Spongy semolina pancakes of Morocco and Algeria, whose tiny holes soak up honey butter. About 30 minutes.
Balaleet Eastern Arabian: vermicelli sweetened with sugar, cardamom and saffron, under an omelette. About 20 minutes.
Banana bread A quick bread of mashed ripe bananas, raised with baking soda rather than yeast. About 1 hour 10 minutes.
Biscuits and gravy Soft dough biscuits under white sausage gravy. A breakfast of the American South. About 30 minutes.
Blueberry muffins A quick batter with blueberries folded in, baked in a muffin tin. About 35 minutes.
Boxty Irish potato pancake made with finely grated raw potato and flour, then fried. About 25 minutes.
Bubur ayam Indonesian chicken congee topped with shredded chicken, fried shallots and soy sauce. About 40 minutes.
Champorado Filipino chocolate rice porridge, made with sticky rice. About 25 minutes.
Cheese grits Coarsely ground corn simmered to a porridge, with cheese stirred in. From the US South. About 25 minutes.
Chilaquiles Mexican breakfast of crisp tortilla triangles simmered in red or green salsa. About 20 minutes.
Cinnamon rolls Yeast dough rolled around butter and cinnamon sugar, sliced, proved and baked. About 2 hours.
Congee Rice boiled in plenty of water until it breaks down into a savoury porridge. About 45 minutes.
Corned beef hash with a fried egg Chopped corned beef, potatoes and onions fried until crusty, with an egg on top. About 20 minutes.
Crêpes with lemon and sugar Thin pancakes from an unleavened batter, rolled up with lemon juice and sugar. About 25 minutes.
Dutch baby pancake A large pancake baked in a hot pan in the oven, first served at a café in Seattle. About 30 minutes.
Eggs Benedict English muffin halves, ham, poached eggs and hollandaise. Believed to be from New York. About 25 minutes.
Full English breakfast Bacon, sausages, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms and fried bread, often with black pudding. About 30 minutes.
Full Irish breakfast The fry-up with soda bread or potato farls, and white pudding beside the black. About 30 minutes.
Gallo pinto Rice and beans fried together. Nicaragua and Costa Rica both call it a national dish. About 20 minutes.
Kedgeree British dish of smoked haddock, rice, eggs and curry powder, descended from Indian khichri. About 30 minutes.
Loco moco Hawaiian: rice, a hamburger patty, brown gravy and a fried egg. Reportedly from Hilo, 1949. About 25 minutes.
Manakish za'atar Levantine flatbread baked with za'atar on top, eaten for breakfast or lunch. About 30 minutes.
Mandazi Fried bread from the Swahili coast, sometimes made with coconut milk, eaten with tea. About 45 minutes.
Mangú The Dominican national breakfast: boiled green plantains, mashed, under pickled red onions. About 25 minutes.
Msemen Maghrebi flatbread folded into layered squares and griddled, served with honey or mint tea. About 45 minutes.
Nasi lemak Malaysia's national dish: coconut rice with sambal, fried anchovies, peanuts and cucumber. About 40 minutes.
Pão de queijo Small baked cheese rolls from Minas Gerais in Brazil, made with cassava flour. About 30 minutes.
Shakshuka Maghrebi dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, peppers, onion, garlic and cumin. About 25 minutes.
Steak and eggs Pan-fried steak with fried eggs. By tradition, what NASA astronauts eat before a launch. About 20 minutes.
Syrniki Eastern Slavic fried quark pancakes, served with sour cream or jam. About 20 minutes.
Tapsilog Filipino plate named for its parts: tapa (cured beef), sinangag (fried rice), itlog (egg). About 20 minutes.
Waffles Leavened batter cooked between two patterned plates, with butter and maple syrup. About 25 minutes.

Around the world 5

Churros Spanish fried dough sticks, dipped in coffee at breakfast or in hot chocolate later on. One to eat out.
Hoppers Pancakes of fermented rice batter and coconut milk. Appam in India, hoppers in Sri Lanka. One to eat out.
Idli with sambar South Indian steamed cakes of fermented rice and black lentil batter, with sambar. One to eat out.
Jianbing Chinese street crêpe of wheat and grain batter with egg and sauces, folded around fillings. One to eat out.
Mohinga Myanmar's national dish: rice noodles in a fish broth with lemongrass and turmeric. One to eat out.

How this list was compiled: The list of 100 breakfasts is our own. What goes into each dish, and every place, date and name on a card, was checked on 2026-09-18 against the dish's English Wikipedia article, read through https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php (article index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breakfast_foods). Times are our own estimates for one or two portions in a home kitchen, and the Quick weekday (15 minutes or less, or bought ready), Weekend cook (20 minutes or more), No-cook (nothing beyond a toaster, kettle or blender) and Sweet and Savoury tags are our own grading. Around the world marks the dishes whose card names the country or region they belong to. The kaya toast, tamago kake gohan and ackee and saltfish lines were read again on 2026-09-19: kaya toast is placed in Singapore and Malaysia, tamago kake gohan says to use pasteurised eggs because the egg is eaten raw, and the ackee is given as tinned, which is how it is exported. x.mins repeats x.time as a number of minutes. Licence: own work

How it works

This random breakfast generator draws one breakfast from 100: eggs most ways, toast and pastries, porridge and pancakes, and 69 dishes whose card names their home. A badge gives the rough time. The Either menu picks Sweet or Savoury, and More filters holds the others.

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A weekday draw and a weekend draw

On a working morning choose More filters, then Quick weekday: those 59 take 15 minutes or less, or come ready from a bakery. No-cook narrows it to 24 that need nothing beyond a toaster, a kettle or a blender. Weekend cook holds the 36 that take 20 minutes or more, from a Dutch baby pancake to a full Irish. The filters combine, so Quick weekday with Egg dishes leaves 18, and Up to 5 minutes leaves 17 of the 100.

What the world eats before noon

Around the world marks 69 breakfasts whose card names where they belong. Some are national dishes: mangú in the Dominican Republic, mohinga in Myanmar, gallo pinto in both Nicaragua and Costa Rica. One carries a rule: Bavarians say Weisswurst should never hear the noon bells. In Italy the most common breakfast is a cornetto and a cappuccino at a coffee bar.

Bored of the same eggs? Choose Egg dishes under More filters: 28 ways, from soldiers to çılbır.
Five cards end in One to eat out, mohinga and jianbing among them: a reason to find the café that makes them.
Feeding a household? Draw five on Friday night and let everyone strike one out. Shop for whatever survives.

Questions and answers

What do Quick weekday and the minutes on the badge mean?

Quick weekday means 15 minutes or less, or bought ready. The minutes are our own estimates for one or two portions in a home kitchen, and a few lean on a shortcut the card spells out, such as leftover rice or tinned ackee. Overnight oats and Bircher muesli count the minutes of work, not the night in the fridge.

Are the places and dates on the cards checked?

Yes. Every country, city, date and name was read against the dish's English Wikipedia article on 18 September 2026. Where the article hedges, so does the card: eggs Benedict is believed to be from New York, and loco moco reportedly began in Hilo in 1949. Anything we could not confirm was left off.

Can I plan a week of breakfasts with it?

Yes. Choose Quick weekday under More filters and press five times, once for each morning. No breakfast repeats until the whole list has been seen.