10 Pork-Free Breakfast Recipes You Need to Try Tomorrow

AUTHOR: Mark LoProto

Start your mornings right with these 10 delicious breakfast recipes that completely skip the pork. These dishes offer a variety of flavors and ingredients, ensuring a hearty and healthy start to your day. Whether you prefer sweet or savory, there’s something here to satisfy every palate.

Table of Contents

1. Lox on a Bagel With Cream Cheese
2. Smoked Mackerel With a Poached Egg
3. Corned Beef and Hash
4. Chicken-fried Steak
5. Turkey Bacon and Chicken Sausage
6. French Toast
7. Steak and Eggs
8. Eggs Benedict With Smoked Salmon
9. Oyster Omelet
10. Shrimp and Grits
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1. Lox on a Bagel With Cream Cheese

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Travel to New York, ask what the best breakfast is, and you’ll likely hear all about Lox on a bagel. Though the filet of brined, raw salmon originated in Scandinavia, the cuisine has become a staple in the Big Apple’s bagel-eating community. Nowadays, it’s nearly impossible to walk into a Jewish deli anywhere in the United States and not be met with a plate of lox behind glass.

2. Smoked Mackerel With a Poached Egg

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Fish is surprisingly prevalent in breakfast recipes, and as one user notes, a slice of smoked mackerel goes well with a poached egg. Mackerel is known for its salty, creamy qualities, which are tapered a bit when seasoned and smoked. This pairs well with the firm whites and running yolk of a perfectly poached egg.

Poaching is a delicate process that involves cooking unshelled eggs in water kept at a low simmer. The Egg Farmers of Canada recommend keeping the water temperature at around 180 F for even poaching.

3. Corned Beef and Hash

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Pork may not be your favorite, but if you’re still looking for a little meatiness in your breakfast, one user suggests corned beef and hash. An especially great option if you have leftover brisket, pot roast, or corned beef, this blend of beef and potatoes is hearty, filling, and couples well with eggs. Corned beef and hash can be customized with additions like cheese, garlic, and scallion to punch up the flavor. Get the recipe

4. Chicken-fried Steak

Clearly not for the health-conscious, chicken-fried steak is a Texas delicacy said to have originated in the town of Lamesa. Despite its name, there’s no chicken in this southern breakfast delicacy. Instead, the recipe uses a round steak from a cow's rear leg. The “chicken” part comes in how the steak is coated, first in flour seasoned with paprika, black pepper, and salt. When generously coated, the steak is dipped in a mixture of milk and egg and then back into the flour to create a thick coating before being fried to golden brown perfection and smothered in gravy.

5. Turkey Bacon and Chicken Sausage

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You may not want pork, but what about a delicious plate of poultry? Turkey bacon and chicken sausage are wonderfully flavorful substitutes for the usual pork sausage and bacon. Lower in calories and a little more guilt-free, turkey bacon and chicken sausage help you hit your protein allotment for the day without the dry mouth after-effect of salty pork.

6. French Toast

You may use random slices of white bread slopped around in seasoned egg for a quick French toast, but you can elevate this sweet breakfast delight by using a thicker brioche. Softer than white bread, brioche soaks up the egg, cinnamon, and nutmeg mixture well for that delectable sweet and spiced flavor you expect in good French toast. When cooked just right, the bread gets crispy without drying out for a pleasing texture.

7. Steak and Eggs

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Steak and eggs is a timeless classic that’s easy to make and even easier to eat. The recipe requires four things: a cheap cut of beef, eggs, seasoning, and a skillet. How you cook the eggs is based on your preference, but one response to the forum inquiry mentions how much more flavorful the pan-fried steak is when dipped in the yolk of a sunny-side-up or over-easy egg.

8. Eggs Benedict With Smoked Salmon

Elevate your breakfast with this twist on a classic brunch dish. Layer a delicious poached egg with a slice of smoked salmon and cover it all in hollandaise sauce for a robust flavor profile that sets a positive tone for the day. Hollandaise sauce can be bought premade, but it’s fairly easy to make.

A traditional hollandaise consists of melted butter slowly incorporated into a mix of egg yolks, lemon or lime juice, heavy whipping cream, and a pinch of salt and pepper. When fully cooled, hollandaise thickens to a nice, creamy consistency that smothers the poached eggs and salon perfectly.

9. Oyster Omelet

A seemingly unconventional way to eat eggs, an oyster omelet is actually an Asian dish known in Taiwan as o-a-tsian. One robust version of the dish includes rehydrated dried Shiitake mushrooms, fried oysters, and eggs seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, rice flour, oyster sauce, and sesame oil. The savory flavors enhance eggs to the point where you forget you’re eating an omelet.

10. Shrimp and Grits

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The word “grits” may not sound appetizing, but it’s essentially just ground corn that’s been co-opted into a breakfast food by the South. There are many ways to eat grits, though topped with shrimp tends to be a breakfast favorite. You can have some fun with this dish and flavor it as you see fit, so long as you’re left with creamy grits topped with seasoned and cooked shrimp.

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