Pork Roll Recipes: Go Beyond the Pork Roll Egg and Cheese Sandwich

MIDDLESEX, NJ – New Jersey loves its pork roll, egg and cheese sandwich.  In fact, it could even be the official food of New Jersey if it wasn’t for tomatoes and blue berries.  Pork roll, egg and cheese is an iconic Jersey breakfast, and sometimes, even lunch, but have you ever gone beyond the PEC?

According to Jersey Pork Roll, a store at  112 Wood Avenue in Middlesex, there’s much more you can and should be doing with your pork roll. 

On their website, dedicated mostly to pork roll, you can also find the following recipes:

• Jersey Style – The traditional PEC, the triple-by-pass unofficial state sandwich.

• Low Carb Quiche – If you’re doing a low carb diet, this is a great way to get pork roll back into your life.

• Taylor Ham or Trenton Pork Roll Breakfast Casserole – not sure how great this one sounds.

• Pork Roll Burgers – We’ll go one step further on your pork roll burger, throw a sunny-side egg on top.

• Grilled Cheese and Pork Roll – How can anyone be disappointed with that?

• Grilled Pork Roll – Take pork roll out of the kitchen and into the summer bbq.

• Italian Style Taylor Ham or Pork Roll and Cheese Sandwich – fagedaboutit.  This could be a huge summer hit to replace the Sunday sauce or bbq.

• Taylor Ham™®Pork Roll Pizza (Seriously!) – Substitute pork roll for pepperoni on your next pizza.

• Taylor Ham Stuffed Mushroom Appetizer – Stuffed mushrooms with pork roll, probably great, but at the shore, we’ll stick to our crab stuffed mushrooms for now.

• The BLTTC Sandwich – An upscale approach to our low-scale favorite.

• Pasta and Pork Roll – If you have never had pasta and kielbasa, you’re missing out and pasta and pork roll is probably just as good.

• Tastystrips or Taystrips – Essentially pork roll fries.

• Walla Walla Pork Roll Breakfast – A pork roll omelet.

• Taylor Ham Pork Roll Enchiladas – Get spicy and festive with your pork roll.

• Taylor Ham Pork Poll Quesedilla – A Jersey take on the Mexican fan favorite.

Jersey Pork roll sells traditional New Jersey meat fare, beyond pork roll.

Share your favorite pork roll recipes in the comments below.

“When you buy Taylor Ham or Trenton Pork Roll online from Jersey Pork Roll, it will arrive at your door in the least expensive way possible, packaged professionally with no handling charge.  Habbersett Scrapple, Sabrett Natural or Skinless Hot Dogs, Fralinger’s Salt Water Taffy, and other unique East Coast regional NJ foods are available also,” the company says on its website.

You can also learn about pork roll history in New jersey at Jersey Pork Roll.

For more on pork roll, check out this video.  New Jersey also hosts an annual Pork Roll festival in Trenton.  This year, the event has been moved to September 5th due to the COVID-19 outbreak,