easy breakfast potatoes

These easy breakfast potatoes are reminiscent of your classic diner-style home fries that are warm and crispy with perfectly browned edges. A perfect way to complete your breakfast spread!

Best Skillet Breakfast Potatoes

Yukon gold potatoes

olive oil

onion

garlic powder

paprika

salt and pepper (to taste)

herbs (optional)

Dice

Peel and dice the potatoes into a 1/2&quot; dice.

Boil

Add the potatoes to a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes, then drain.

Saute

Heat the oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add the potatoes to the pan and try to get them on a single, flat layer. Cook without stirring for about 4-5 minutes, so that the bottom side browns.

Add the diced onion, garlic powder, and paprika, then stir. Saute for another 5-10 minutes, letting the potatoes cook on each side for a couple of minutes.

Season

Remove the potatoes from the heat. Season with salt and pepper, garnish with chopped parsley, and serve.

This quick and easy recipe for home fries uses the microwave to cut down on cook time, but by finishing them in a cast iron skillet, the potatoes still crisp up to a nice golden brown!

Cheater Home Fries

russet potato

½ c. diced onion (about 1/2 medium onion)

vegetable oil

butter

thyme

fine sea salt,

pepper

cayenne (optional)

Dice potato (no need to peel) into ½ inch cubes. Place in microwave-safe bowl, cover with microwave-safe plastic wrap or a microwave-safe lid with vents. If using plastic wrap, make sure to leave a small space uncovered to act as a vent and that there is at least a 1 inch gap between the potatoes and the plastic wrap. Microwave on high for 5 minutes.

While the potatoes are cooking, dice the onion and preheat a cast-iron or other heavy-bottom skillet on medium-low heat.

Remove the potatoes from the microwave (be careful when removing from the microwave, the bowl will be very hot!). Pierce one of the potatoes with a knife - the knife should slide in without much resistance. If not, microwave for another minute.

Add vegetable oil to the hot pan and swirl around to coat the bottom of the pan. Add in the potatoes in a single layer, push down firmly with a spatula to ensure the most surface area of the potatoes is in contact with the pan. Sprinkle the spices and diced onion over the top.

Let the potatoes cook for 5 minutes, do not stir. (If the potatoes are getting brown too quickly, turn the heat down.)

After 5 minutes, add the butter and stir the potatoes until the butter is mostly melted. Press the potatoes down again firmly with the spatula and let cook for another 3 minutes or until potatoes have developed a brown crust. Do not stir during cooking time. Serve immediately for ultimate crispiness!

These were delicious! My stove blew out so we are cooking on the grill, slow cooker, and a small camp burner and I wanted to make brunch. The microwave trick meant I could use up less of my propane on the camp burner. I tripled the batch and cooked in the micro 2 minutes longer, and could have maybe done another minute. I probably cooked longer before the first turn in the skillet, and cooked longer after for my larger batch. They didn't all get crispy but that is because I had a large pan with a lot of potatoes and a small burner. I might use half the salt next time and let people salt their own, as they were pretty salty but I loved the other spices (I used mostly regular paprika and a bit of smoked paprika). I will make these even when I have a stove again, as home fries are usually hard to get done enough before they brown too much. Thank you for the recipe and method!

I don't usually write food reviews, but I tried this recipe a few weeks ago, and it's so easy and delicious.  Sometimes now I just have these home fries alone for supper.  Thanks for sharing.

Super simple homemade breakfast potato recipe made with fresh potatoes, herbs and seasonings. Serve with fresh cooked eggs, toast, in a breakfast burrito and more.

Easy Breakfast Potatoes

Potatoes (cut into 1/2" cubes)

Salt

Pepper

tsp Garlic Powder

tsp Onion Powder

tbsp Butter

Parsley

Cut all potatoes into small 1/2" cubes.

Heat skillet to medium high heat and add butter and oil.

Add chopped potatoes to the hot skillet and toss around to fully coat in butter/oil combination.  Sprinkle potatoes with seasonings except for the parsley. Cover to let potatoes lightly steam for about 3-4 minutes.

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