Bacon, egg and cheese sandwich

A bacon, egg and cheese sandwich (B.E.C. ) is a breakfast sandwich popular in the United States and Canada; it is particularly culturally significant in New York City. It is made with bacon, eggs (typically fried or scrambled), cheese and bread, which may be buttered and toasted. Many similar sandwiches exist, substituting alternate meat products for the bacon or using different varieties of cheese or bread.

Variations


A typical sandwich with these ingredients has about 20 grams of fat and 350 kcal of food energy. A version has been adapted to make a low-carbohydrate meal. In the United States, the bacon egg and cheese sandwich has also been modified into a prepackaged food product as a Hot Pocket (170 kcal and 7 grams of fat) and a Lean Pocket (150 kcal and 4.5 grams of fat).