Delicious Backpacking Bagel Recipe

This backpacking bagel recipe makes a hot, hearty breakfast on the trail — easy to cook, totally satisfying, and extra delicious after sleeping on the ground.

This backpacking bagel recipe makes the most delicious breakfast to eat while camping. It’s always a treat to bring fresh food to enjoy while backpacking!

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This bagel recipe is super easy to prepare while backpacking.

Bonus point for being low carb and keto too! Check out all of our Keto Backpacking Food Ideas for more.

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The key to creating this breakfast sandwich while backpacking is using the pot attachment on a jet boil and packing a small, lightweight frying pan.

This is our absolute favorite cooking system to use while backpacking and having the pot attachment makes it an all-in-one backpacking stove. We use it to fry bacon, scramble eggs, and cook sausage.

Backpacking Bagel Recipe

Ingredients

• Bagel – The sturdy base of this breakfast sandwich, bagels hold up well when backpacking. I (Heather) used this keto bagel recipe.
• Sliced cheese – Melts beautifully over the egg and sausage, adding a creamy, salty layer.
• Cooked sausage patty – Packed with protein and flavor, this fully cooked patty reheats quickly and keeps hungry hikers full for hours.
• Egg – Whether pre-cooked or cooked fresh on the trail, the egg adds richness.

Tip: We packed all of these ingredients fully cooked and frozen on our last backpacking trip. Then we prepared this recipe on the first morning.

Without refrigeration, the ingredients should be used first thing on your trip.

Instructions

1. Set up the jet boil with the pot attachment. Turn it on and heat the small skillet. Cut the bagel and toast both sides.

2. Prepare the egg. There are a few ways to do this — we packed the egg fully cooked and frozen, but you could also pack an uncooked egg in the shell to cook onsite.

Eggs can last for weeks and even months in the shell. We’ve seen other hikers pack in an entire carton of eggs to enjoy while camping.

Fresh eggs are one of the best ways to enjoy breakfast in the wilderness!

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More Tips for Camp Cooking

• Menu planning for camping is something that I always do to stay organized. Grab this free Camping Meal Planner Printable to get started on your next trip.
• A Pie Iron Camp Cooker makes cooking over the open fire super easy. Check out these tips for using a pie iron for more inspiration!
• Foil Pie Plates make tinfoil packet meals even easier with the sturdy base that they provide.

3. Heat the sausage patty and add to the egg and cheese.

4. Layer the egg, cheese, and sausage between the toasted bagel and enjoy!

Doesn’t this breakfast bagel look absolutely amazing?!

It tastes even better than it looks, especially when backpacking. Things always seem to taste better when backpacking!

Be sure to check out these backpacking food ideas and tips for packing for a two night backpacking trip for more information!

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