When I do my grocery shopping on mornings that I skip breakfast, I always end up buying a frozen breakfast meal that I can quickly prepare when I get back home. Today my choice in frozen foods was Jimmy Dean Biscuit Sandwiches, in the Sausage, Egg and Cheese variety. Part of what swayed my buying decision was the fact that these were on sale for three dollars, and since the package contained two sandwiches, that made them only $1.50 each. A good buy in my book.
These are packaged in a red colored, 9 ounce box, and the front of the box states that the biscuit portion is made by the food company Sara Lee, and claims it is bakery fresh.
How To Cook
The biscuit sandwiches are packaged in two separate heavy plastic packages, that pull apart via perforated seam. After removing them from the wrapper, you are instructed to wrap the sandwich in either a paper towel or napkin, and cook it in the microwave on the defrost setting for 2 1/2 minutes. After that, you turn it over and microwave on high for another 50 seconds.
Taste
I really enjoyed my Jimmy Dean Biscuit Sandwich! It wasn’t quite as good as the McDonalds product, but it hit the spot on a busy day. The cheese consists of processed cheese slices, the biscuit portion is very tasty and moist, finally the sausage patty was very tender and non at all greasy.
Two of the sandwiches make a meal, and indeed one didn’t fill me up. I think these are a little smaller than the McDonalds look alikes, because they are made with small biscuits and the McDonalds version is made with an english muffin which is larger in diameter.
Thoughts
Our microwave is a few years old, but it must have a very powerful wattage, because I would not follow the instructions as printed on the box for my particular oven. After defrosting it, the cheese melted all over the napkin and most of it melted right out of the sandwhich. However, although my microwave has a defrost setting, I can’t set it for 2 1/2 minutes. When I hit the defrost button, it asks me to put in how many pounds I want to defrost, so it’s more for defrosting meats. I had to guess and I cooked the sandwich on level three out of 10 levels.
The sandwich is pretty hot when it comes out, and the directions say to let it cool off for one minute before eating it. Good advice, otherwise you’ll burn the roof of your mouth.
Calories: 430
Saturated fat: 11g
Trans fat: 3g
Cholesterol: 115mg
Sodium: 830
Carbs: 28g
Fiber: 1g
Sugars: 6g
Protein: 13g
Vitamin A: 8%
Calcium: 15%
Vitamin C: 2%
Iron: 10%
Final Recommendation
If you are watching your weight, I would personally advice against eating these for breakfast only on an occasional basis. They are full of calories and fat, and they have 3 grams of the bad trans fat. The cholesterol levels are extremely high, so if you have cholesterol concerns, please do think about the high content in this sandwich. Sodium is high as well, so I can see where a lot of people could have issues with these sandwiches.
I usually am a diligent label reader, but today I was in a hurry and I just grabbed what was on sale and what looked good. These biscuit sandwiches tasted good and I enjoyed them, but knowing how much fat, calories, carbs, cholesterol and sodium they contain, I won’t be buying them very often.
If you don’t know what the wattage on your microwave is, I would suggest you cook them very carefully, probably at lesser times or levels than listed on the package, until you know what will work for you.
