Throw the Best Sunday Brunch with Wagyu Beef Recipes

A Sunday staple for many, brunch touches on a far-reaching spectrum of flavors and textures. On one hand, this late-morning to early-afternoon meal pulls out all the breakfast essentials - from pancakes and French toast to sausage, breakfast sandwiches and fried potatoes. Then, lunch enters the picture: Salads upping the crunch factor and burgers or sandwiches sometimes incorporating breakfast ingredients are two menu mainstays. Always-flowing coffee and alcoholic drinks spanning this profile top off and tie together the affair.

As you brainstorm ideas for your weekend get-together, we've assembled a few suggestions for incorporating authentic A5 Japanese Wagyu beef.

First, What Is Wagyu Beef?

Authentic A5 Japanese Wagyu beef upends and completely transforms all assumptions you've ever had about beef. On your plate, it's a tender, buttery marvel with a rich taste punctuated by subtle umami notes and a melt-in-your-mouth texture.

These characteristics go back to an extensive history of meticulous farming practices. Following decades of established techniques, Japanese farmers create a calm, stress-free environment for their cattle and feed them a diet of corn, grain and other wholesome ingredients that adjusts based on life stage. At the same time, they strive to uphold the cattle's bloodline.

This approach results in cuts of beef with visible intramuscular fat deposits - also known as marbling, a factor contributing to its refined, delicate taste and more succulent texture.

Serving Wagyu Beef for Breakfast and Brunch

You've had steak for breakfast or brunch before. Substituting the usual with authentic A5 Japanese Wagyu beef immediately expands and elevates the flavor profile and requires less seasoning and more balanced flavors overall.

For these meals, incorporate Wagyu beef through the following

Steak and Eggs

It's a classic that's both straightforward to whip up and presents Wagyu beef in its most authentic form, with the only complementary ingredient being a pair of eggs cooked to your liking. Here, season your steak with salt and pepper, preferably pan-searing it to preserve all of its complex flavors.

Breakfast Burritos

Breakfast burritos start from the same place as sandwiches but upgrade and push the concept further. Oftentimes, they're an amalgamation of all things breakfast, throwing home fries or hashbrowns and scrambled eggs into the mix.

For Wagyu beef, you'll also start with steak or sausage. From here, add a mild Monterrey jack cheese, a touch of salsa, some avocado, scrambled eggs and lightly seasoned potatoes into a warm tortilla before rolling it all up.

Eggs Benedict

The traditional hollandaise might overpower Wagyu steak, so we recommend cooking a béarnaise sauce, equally eggy in texture but with subtle notes of citrus, tarragon and spice. From here, build the dish from toasted English muffins or another crusty type of bread and pan-sear Wagyu steak with butter plus a hint of salt and pepper to preserve its flavor and signature tenderness.