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 – the 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 – Type of food made of ground maize dough, common in Venezuela
B
Bacon – Type of salt-cured pork
Bacon, egg and cheese sandwich – Breakfast sandwich
Bacon and eggs – Substantial British and Irish breakfast
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 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
Bhatoora – fluffy deep-fried leavened bread from northern India
Bialy – Yeasted bread rollPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
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 the 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 dishPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
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 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 cuisine 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
Frybread – Variety of flatbread
Full breakfast – Substantial British and Irish breakfast
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
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 – food common in Gujarat state of India made from gram flourPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
Kippers – Whole cold-smoked herringPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Kiribath – coconut milk rice dishPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
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 – 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 – a Ashkenazi Passover breakfast
Maypo
McGriddles
McMuffin
Meeshay
Menemen
Mie goreng
Migas
Milk toast
Mohinga – 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
Quiche
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 – Indonesian dish of spicy seasoned, skewered and grilled meat, served with a saucePages 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 ShanghaiPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
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 – Baked egg-based 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 cooked between two patterned, shaped plates
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
Z
Zucchini bread – Edible summer squash
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Wiley, Harvey Washington (1917). Foods and their adulteration. P. Blakiston's Son & Co. pp. 267–269.