# List of breakfast foods

This is a list of notable breakfast foods from A to Z. Breakfast is the meal taken after rising from a night's sleep, most often eaten in the early morning before undertaking a day's work. Among English speakers, breakfast can be used to refer to this meal or to refer to a meal composed of traditional breakfast foods such as eggs and much more. Breakfast foods are prepared with a multitude of ingredients, including oats, wheat, maize, barley, noodles, starches, eggs, and meats (such as hot Italian sausage).

## Breakfast foods
### A

* Ackee and saltfish – national dish of Jamaica
* Aloo paratha – Bread dish from South Asia
* Anadama bread – Yeast bread of United States origin
* Apple dumpling – Pastry-wrapped apple
* Arepa – Ground maize flatbread

### B

* Bacon – Type of salt-cured pork
* Bacon, egg and cheese sandwich – Breakfast sandwich
* Bacon and eggs – Breakfast served in Great Britain and Ireland
* Bacon sandwich – Sandwich of cooked bacon
* Bagel – Ring-shaped bread product
* Bagel and cream cheese – Common food pairing in American cuisine
* Baked beans – Cooked beans in sauce
* Banana – in Jamaican cuisine, boiled green bananas are served as a breakfast side dish.
* Banana nut breadBanana bread
* Barley honey – a Japanese product prepared with barley starch, typically combined with rice flour
* Bear claw – Pastry with almond paste filling
* Bhakri – Flatbread of western and central India
* Bhature – fluffy deep-fried leavened bread from northern India
* Bialy – Yeasted bread rollPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bhatoora-fluffy deep-fried leavened bread from Northern India Biscuits and gravy
* Bizcocho – PastryPages displaying short descriptions with no spaces
* Boiled egg – Egg dish
* Boudin – Types of sausage
* Bran flakes – Breakfast cereal
* Bread – Food made of flour and water
* Breadfruit – Edible fruit-bearing tree in family Moraceae
* Breakfast burrito – Breakfast entree
* Breakfast cereal – Processed food made from grain
* Breakfast roll – Bread roll with elements of a traditional fried breakfast
* Breakfast sandwich – Sandwich with breakfast foods
* Breakfast sausage – Pork sausage usually served at breakfast in the United States
* Breakfast taco – Mexican filled tortilla dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Brown bread – Whole grain bread
* Brunch Bar – British multinational confectionery companyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Bubur kacang hijau – a common porridge and typical breakfast dish in Indonesia, made from mung beans, coconut milk and sugar.

### C

* Calas – a breakfast food in New Orleans
* Cereal – Processed food made from grain
* Cereal bar – Oat bar made with butter, sugar & syrup
* Cereal germ – Reproductive part of a grass seed
* Changua – Traditional Colombian late night dish
* Chicken and waffles – American dish
* Chilaquiles – Traditional Mexican dish
* Chipped beef on toast – Sliced dried beef product
* Chocolate gravy – Gravy made with cocoa powder
* Chouriço – Pork sausage originating from the Iberian Peninsula
* Chwee kueh – Chinese steamed rice cake
* Cinnamon roll – Sweet pastry
* Coffee cake
* Collops – Meat dish
* Conecuh sausage, waffle-wrapped sausage on a stick invented in Alabama
* Congee – Asian savoury rice porridge dish
* Cottage cheese
* Creamed eggs on toast
* Crêpe
* Cretons
* Croissant
* Crumpet
* Cuban bread

### D

* David Eyre's pancake – Pancake originating from the United StatesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Devilled kidneys – Dish based on kidneys
* Dim sum – Chinese cuisine
* Dosa – Thin crepe originating from South India
* Doughnut or Donut – Sweet food made from deep-fried dough
* Doubles – Indo-Caribbean street food originating in Trinidad and Tobago
* Dutch baby pancake – Pancake originating from the United States

### E

* Egg – Edible animal productPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Egg in the basket – Egg fried in a hole in a slice of bread
* Egg muffins - Eggs and vegetables or meat baked in a muffin tin
* Egg sandwich – Sandwich with some kind of egg filling
* Eggs and brains – Breakfast dish of eggs and brains
* Eggs Beauregard – American egg dish
* Eggs Benedict – American breakfast or brunch dish
* Egg bhurji – Scrambled eggs dish
* Eggs bourguignon (Oeufs en meurette) – French egg dish
* Eggo cereal – Breakfast cereal made by WK Kellogg Co
* Eggs Neptune – American breakfast or brunch dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Eggs Sardou – Louisiana Creole dish
* Enchilada – Corn tortilla rolled around a filling and covered with a sauce
* Energy bar – Nutritional snack bar
* English muffin – Small, round, flat yeast-leavened bread

### F

* Facturas – Multilayered, laminated sweet pastry
* Fatoot samneh – Israeli fried pita and egg dish
* Foul – An Egyptian and Middle Eastern dish made with cooked fava beans flavored with lemon juice, garlic and served with olive oil, chopped parsley & tomatoes.
* French toast – Dish of fried bread, eggs, and milk
* Fried bread – Slice of bread that has been fried
* Fried cheese – served as a breakfast dish in Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey
* Fried chicken – Consumed as a breakfast food by some in Perth, Western Australia
* Fried egg – Cooked dish made from one or more eggs
* Frittata – Egg-based Italian dish
* Frühschoppen – German and Austrian drinking tradition
* Fruit pudding – Scottish dish in the form of large sausage
* Falafal – Middle Eastern fried bean dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Full breakfast – Breakfast served in Great Britain and Ireland

### G

* Gnocchi – Small pasta-like dough dumplings
* Goetta – US pork and oats dish
* Gogli – Egg-based homemade dessertPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Granola – Breakfast, lunch and snack food
* Griddle scone – Scone made with a griddle or frying pan
* Grillades – Louisiana Creole meat dish
* Grits – Porridge of boiled cornmeal

### H

* Halwa poori
* Ham
* Ham and eggs – has been described as a staple of "an old-fashioned American breakfast" and of the traditional English breakfast
* Hamburger
* Hangtown Fry
* Hash
* Hash browns
* Home fries
* Huevos divorciados – a Mexican breakfast dish that consists of two fried eggs, chilaquiles and salsa. Typically, one egg is covered in salsa roja, while the other is covered in salsa verde, giving them distinct and complementary flavors.
* Huevos motuleños
* Huevos pericos
* Huevos rancheros

### I

* Idli – consumed as a breakfast food in Southern India
* Instant breakfast
* Irish soda bread

### J

* Jianbing – Chinese street food
* Jianbing guozi – Chinese stuffed pancake
* Johnnycake – American cornmeal flatbread

### K

* Katogo – Ugandan breakfast dishPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
* Kedgeree – Fish and rice-based dish
* Khaman – Snack in Gujarat, India
* Kippers – Whole cold-smoked herrings
* Kiribath – Coconut milk rice dish
* Kix (cereal) – Breakfast cereal made by General Mills
* Kokosbrood – Dutch bread topping of coconutPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
* Kolache – Small, usually sweet, type of pastryPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Kringle – Type of pretzel
* Kulcha – a breakfast staple in Pakistan
* Kulich (bread) – Type of Russian Easter bread

### L

* Leben – Food or beverage of fermented milk
* Lefse – Traditional Norwegian flatbread
* Linguiça – Type of Portuguese smoke-cured pork sausage
* Livermush – US pork and cornmeal dish
* Loco moco – Dish in Hawaiian cuisine
* Lox – a fillet of brined salmon

### M

* Malasadas
* Manakish – Levantine dish similar to pizza and often eaten at breakfast.
* Mandoca – usually served at breakfast in Venezuela
* Maple syrup
* Mas huni – a breakfast dish in the Maldives.
* Matzah brei – an Ashkenazi Passover breakfast
* Maypo
* McGriddles
* McMuffin
* Meeshay
* Menemen
* Mie goreng
* Migas
* Milk toast
* Monkey breadMohinga – a breakfast food in Burma
* Monkey bread
* Msemen – a common breakfast dish in Morocco
* Muesli
* Muffin
* Mugoyo

### N

* Nasi goreng – a breakfast dish in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
* Nasi lemak – a breakfast dish in Malaysia and Singapore
* Nattō – a Japanese breakfast dish

### O

* Oatmeal
* Omelette
* Omurice
* Ontbijtkoek
* Orange juice
* Ox-tongue pastry
* Oysters Rockefeller

### P

* Pain au chocolat
* Pain aux raisins
* Palm syrup
* Palmier
* Pan de yuca – served for breakfast or with tea in Bolivia
* Pancake
* Pandebono – a breakfast food in Colombia
* Pandesal – a common Philippine breakfast bread
* Pastry
* Paczki
* Peanut butter
* Pebete
* Pear
* Pekmez
* Perico
* Pesarattu – a breakfast crepe from Andhra Pradesh, India made with green gram
* Phitti – a hunza bread that is a common breakfast food
* Pisca Andina
* Poached egg
* Poha
* Pop-Tarts
* Popcorn cereal – popcorn with milk and a sweetener; consumed by Americans in the 1800s
* Popover
* Pork brains and eggs
* Pork roll – a staple of New Jersey since 1856. Today it is traditionally served with egg and cheese on a hard roll and topped with salt, pepper, and ketchup. In North Jersey all pork roll may be referred to by the brand "Taylor Ham".
* Porridge
* Portuguese sweet bread
* Potato cake
* Potato pancake
* Potato scone
* Potatoes O'Brien
* Protein bar
* Pumpkin bread
* Puttu

### Q

* Ham and cheese quicheQuiche
* Quick bread

### R

* Raisin bran
* Raisin bread
* Reindeer meat
* Rice
* Rolled oats
* Roti canai
* Roti prata
* Run down – a traditional Jamaican breakfast dish prepared with salt mackerel, coconut milk, tomato and various vegetable and spices

### S

* Sabaayad – Meal in Somalia and Djibouti
* Salmon – Fish used for eatingPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Salt cod – Preserved fish
* Satti – Southeast Asian form of kebabPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Sausage – Meat product
* Sausage gravy – Breakfast dish from the Southern United States
* Scone – Traditional British baked good
* Scrambled eggs – Culinary egg dish
* Scrapple – American pork offal mush
* Shakshouka – Maghrebi dish of eggs poached in a sauce
* Shaobing – Flatbread from Chinese cuisine
* Shengjian mantou – A type of small, pan-fried baozi (steamed buns) which is a specialty of Shanghai
* Shrimp and grits – American dish in the Carolinas and Georgia
* Silog – Class of Filipino breakfast dishes
* Simit – a Turkish snack bread and breakfast food
* Sizzlean – Former American food product
* Slinger – a breakfast food that originated in St. Louis, Missouri
* Smoothie – Drink made from fruit or vegetables
* Soft-boiled eggs
* Soufflé – Egg-based baked dish
* Sopapillas – Fried pastry traditional in Spain, Latin America, and the southwestern United StatesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
* Stamp and Go
* Strata – American egg dish
* Strudel – Type of layered pastry
* Suhur – Islamic meal eaten at dawn time during Ramadan
* Syrniki – Fried quark pancakes from Eastern European cuisine

### T

* Tacos
* Tamago kake gohan – a Japanese breakfast food consisting of cooked rice topped or mixed with raw egg, and optionally, soy sauce
* Tapsilog – A Filipino dish consisting in marinated beef cuts, egg and fried rice. Is usually accompanied by slices of onions, tomatoes and cucumbers.
* Taylor ham
* Teacake
* Texas toast
* Throdkin
* Tian mo – a traditional breakfast soup from the city of Jinan in the Shandong province of China; made of millet powder, peanuts, vermicelli, cowpea, spiced tofu (or shredded tofu skin), and spinach
* Toast
* Toaster Strudels
* Tomato omelette
* Tongue
* Tongue toast
* Touton
* Tripe

### U

* Upma dosa

### V

* Viennoiserie – Type of baked goods

### W

* Waffle – Batter- or dough-based food
* Water biscuit – Type of biscuit or cracker
* Weisswurst – Traditional Bavarian sausage
* Wrap roti – in Thailand, roti is often eaten for breakfast dipped in sauces.

### X

* Xôi – Vietnamese rice dish

### Y

* Yogurt – Food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk
* Youtiao – Deep-fried pastry of Chinese origin
* Vegan yogurt with blueberries
* youtiao

### Z

* Zucchini bread – Edible summer squash