Cheap egg recipes
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Every egg dinner here costs $2.50 or less a serving at typical US grocery prices, cheapest first. The cheapest is Egg salad sandwiches at $1.03 a serving, and the average here is $1.97.

Egg salad sandwiches
$1.03 a serving
40 min

Sheet pan fried rice
$1.12 a serving
45 min

Cabbage pancakes (okonomiyaki)
$1.23 a serving
35 min

Korean steamed eggs (gyeran-jjim)
$1.26 a serving
30 min

Sausage breakfast casserole
$1.31 a serving
110 min

Butter soy rice with crispy fried eggs
$1.37 a serving
30 min

Microwave cheese ramen
$1.38 a serving
10 min

Korean rolled omelette (gyeran-mari) with rice
$1.46 a serving
35 min

Air fryer leftover rice patties
$1.50 a serving
40 min

Tamagodon (Japanese egg rice bowl)
$1.50 a serving
35 min

Chorizo and eggs
$1.50 a serving
20 min

Cheesy savory oats with a soft egg
$1.53 a serving
20 min

Cabbage fried rice
$1.54 a serving
25 min

Thai omelette over rice (kai jeow)
$1.54 a serving
30 min

Tortang tuna (Filipino tuna omelette)
$1.56 a serving
40 min

Sukuma wiki with ugali and eggs (Kenyan collard greens)
$1.57 a serving
40 min

Egg fried rice
$1.60 a serving
25 min

Masala omelette
$1.63 a serving
15 min

Spinach and cheddar frittata
$1.64 a serving
35 min

Soft scrambled eggs on buttery toast
$1.65 a serving
12 min

Mayak egg rice bowls
$1.66 a serving
160 min

Gochujang fried rice
$1.67 a serving
25 min

Freezer breakfast burritos
$1.69 a serving
50 min

Omurice (ketchup rice under an omelette)
$1.70 a serving
50 min

Käsespätzle (German cheesy dumplings)
$1.71 a serving
50 min

Air fryer breakfast baked potatoes
$1.71 a serving
70 min

Breakfast pizza with crescent dough
$1.72 a serving
40 min

Egg curry with rice
$1.72 a serving
50 min

Crispy ramen egg pancake
$1.76 a serving
20 min

Sheet pan frittata
$1.78 a serving
45 min

Tuna kedgeree (curried rice with eggs)
$1.79 a serving
40 min

Garlic butter ramen noodles with egg
$1.82 a serving
15 min

Tater tot breakfast casserole
$1.83 a serving
70 min

Cheese omelette
$1.84 a serving
15 min

Egg foo young with brown gravy
$1.85 a serving
45 min

Fried cabbage and potatoes with eggs
$1.88 a serving
45 min

Korean vegetable pancakes (yachae jeon)
$1.91 a serving
35 min

Bacon and Swiss egg bites
$1.94 a serving
50 min

Tenshinhan (crab omelette over rice)
$1.95 a serving
35 min

Microwave cheesy grits with ham and egg
$1.95 a serving
12 min

Air fryer breakfast quesadillas
$1.97 a serving
20 min

Bacon and egg ramen noodles
$1.98 a serving
20 min

Spaghetti frittata (frittata di pasta)
$1.99 a serving
40 min

Anaheim chile rellenos
$1.99 a serving
65 min

Eggs creole over rice
$2.00 a serving
45 min

Microwave ramen carbonara
$2.01 a serving
12 min

Migas (Tex-Mex eggs with tortilla strips)
$2.01 a serving
25 min

Chinese tomato egg soup
$2.01 a serving
20 min

Crispy potato hash with fried eggs
$2.02 a serving
40 min

Vegetable pad see ew
$2.03 a serving
30 min

Overnight egg casserole
$2.03 a serving
575 min

Cottage cheese flatbread pizza
$2.04 a serving
65 min

Crustless broccoli cheddar quiche
$2.04 a serving
60 min

Thai braised eggs (kai palo)
$2.04 a serving
60 min

Tuna fried rice
$2.05 a serving
50 min

Huevos rancheros
$2.05 a serving
30 min

Eggs and soldiers
$2.05 a serving
15 min

Zucchini frittata
$2.08 a serving
40 min

Huevos a la cubana (Cuban rice with fried eggs and plantains)
$2.08 a serving
40 min

Cottage cheese egg bites
$2.09 a serving
45 min

Slow cooker hash brown egg casserole
$2.09 a serving
315 min

Savory crepes with egg and cheese
$2.09 a serving
40 min

Rabokki
$2.11 a serving
30 min

Garlicky rice porridge with jammy eggs
$2.12 a serving
60 min

Spanish potato omelette
$2.12 a serving
60 min

Microwave quiche Lorraine in a mug
$2.13 a serving
14 min

Bauernfrühstück (German potato, ham and egg skillet)
$2.18 a serving
35 min

Microwave pad see ew with chicken
$2.19 a serving
20 min

Egg and chive dumplings
$2.19 a serving
75 min

Crab fried rice
$2.20 a serving
50 min

Chinese hot and sour shredded potatoes
$2.21 a serving
40 min

Microwave BBQ chicken with mug cornbread and slaw
$2.22 a serving
20 min

Instant Pot German eggs in mustard sauce (Senfeier)
$2.22 a serving
40 min

Pork sisig
$2.24 a serving
35 min

Sheet pan bacon and eggs with hash browns
$2.25 a serving
60 min

Hotsilog (hot dogs, garlic rice and eggs)
$2.28 a serving
30 min

Cheesy grits with fried eggs
$2.29 a serving
30 min

Korean chicken mayo rice bowls (chicken mayo deopbap)
$2.29 a serving
30 min

Tortang talong (Filipino eggplant omelette)
$2.32 a serving
50 min

Tofu and egg stir-fry
$2.33 a serving
35 min

Air fryer egg and chips
$2.33 a serving
40 min

Tomato and egg over rice
$2.33 a serving
35 min

Welsh rarebit with a fried egg
$2.34 a serving
25 min

Microwave chorizo con papas
$2.34 a serving
20 min

Air fryer egg toast
$2.35 a serving
25 min

Pizza omelette
$2.35 a serving
15 min

Eggplant adobo (adobong talong)
$2.36 a serving
40 min

Colcannon with fried eggs
$2.37 a serving
45 min

Microwave omelette in a mug
$2.38 a serving
10 min

Microwave Hawaiian fried rice with ham and pineapple
$2.38 a serving
12 min

Ful medames
$2.39 a serving
25 min

Garlicky lentils with fried eggs
$2.40 a serving
40 min

Potato and egg breakfast tacos
$2.41 a serving
40 min

Chinese zucchini and egg stir-fry
$2.41 a serving
35 min

Sabich (eggplant and egg pitas)
$2.41 a serving
45 min

Microwave Taiwanese braised pork rice (lu rou fan)
$2.41 a serving
18 min

Microwave eggs en cocotte with ham and spinach
$2.44 a serving
12 min

Turkish eggs on garlicky yogurt
$2.45 a serving
25 min

Rakott krumpli (Hungarian layered potatoes with eggs)
$2.46 a serving
80 min

Garlic soy noodles with jammy eggs
$2.47 a serving
35 min
Costs and nutrition are estimates for one serving, worked out from typical US grocery prices and standard nutrition values for what each recipe uses.
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