Copycat Hardee's Monster Biscuit
Description
A loaded breakfast biscuit with crispy bacon, a sausage patty, thinly sliced ham, a folded egg, and two slices of American cheese on a fluffy buttermilk biscuit. Better than the drive-thru, ready in 30 minutes.
Ingredients
Biscuits (or use 4 Pillsbury Grands):
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed, cold or frozen
- ¾ cup cold buttermilk, + 1 tbsp for brushing
Fillings:
- 4 breakfast sausage patties
- 8 strips bacon
- 4 slices thin breakfast ham
- 4 large eggs
- 8 slices American cheese, 2 per sandwich
- 2 teaspoons Butter, for cooking eggs
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Make biscuits. Preheat oven to 425°F. Whisk flour, baking powder, sugar, salt. Cut in cold butter to coarse-crumb texture. Stir in cold buttermilk just until shaggy. Pat to 1 inch, fold in thirds twice, cut 4 biscuits, place touching on parchment-lined sheet. Brush tops with buttermilk. Bake 14–16 min until tall and golden.
- Cook bacon in air fryer at 380°F for 8–10 min, or skillet 7–9 min. Drain on wire rack.
- Cook sausage patties in skillet over medium, 3 min per side.
- Warm ham 30 seconds per side in same skillet.
- Make folded eggs. Whisk each egg individually with salt/pepper. In nonstick skillet over medium-low with ½ tsp butter, pour in one egg, swirl, let set as thin omelet, fold in thirds into a square. Repeat for each.
- Assemble in this order from bottom up: biscuit bottom → sausage patty → 2 bacon strips → 1 slice American cheese → folded egg → ham slice → 2nd slice American cheese → biscuit top.
- Wrap and rest in parchment or foil 30 seconds to fully melt the cheese.
- Serve immediately.
Equipment
- Cooking Spray
- Parchment Paper
Notes
Notes
- Cold ingredients are non-negotiable for tall biscuits. Cold butter, cold buttermilk.
- Don't twist the biscuit cutter — press straight down to preserve rise.
- Place biscuits touching for taller rise.
- Two slices of cheese is what makes it a "Monster" — one between the meat layers, one above the ham, so both fully melt.
- Air-fryer bacon is crispier than skillet bacon.
- Wrap and rest — this 30-second step is the secret to fast-food cheese-melt at home.
- Make-ahead: Assembled sandwiches freeze up to 1 month. Reheat 90 sec microwave + 2 min air fryer at 350°F.
Nutrition
Serving: 1ServingCalories: 1045kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 40gFat: 73gSaturated Fat: 33gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 26gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 360mgSodium: 2633mgPotassium: 531mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1377IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 718mgIron: 5mg