Skillet Breakfast Potatoes
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These Skillet Breakfast Potatoes have a perfectly tender and moist interior, with a gorgeously browned crisp exterior. They also have just the right amount of seasoning and flavor. And they leave everyone craving more!
Easy Skillet Breakfast Potatoes
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ve probably noticed by now breakfast is kind of my thang. I love a delicious breakfast meal served up any time of day.
I mentioned before how I’ve posted all these main entrees for breakfast but I’ve never posted the sides I serve with them.
I’ve been making these fried breakfast potatoes for years, so I hope I can say I’ve perfected the recipe. I’ve tried different cooking methods, different oils, played with seasonings, and now here are — the exact results I was looking for.
For the breakfast potato seasoning, you can use plain old salt and pepper (if you want to be boring), or you can add some pizzazz with the delicious seasoning blend listed.
I hope you love these breakfast potatoes — and maybe even make them as often as I do (I make them at least once a week, sometimes even three).
Ingredients Needed
These are partly baked breakfast potatoes and partly fried breakfast potatoes. To get the perfect flavor, you only need 3 simple ingredients:
- Russet potatoes
- Olive oil
- Herb seasoning (I’ve included the exact recipe for this seasoning blend in the recipe card below)
How to Make Skillet Breakfast Potatoes
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Prep the potatoes, then bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove from oven, then chill overnight.
- The next day, dice the chilled potatoes into cubes.
- Heat olive oil over medium heat. Once hot, pour diced potatoes into the hot oil. Sprinkle with herb seasoning and toss to coat.
- Cook the potatoes until they begin to lightly brown on the bottom.
Do I Need to Peel the Potatoes?
No, these easy breakfast potatoes taste best with the skin on, in my opinion. The skin gets extra crispy when fried, which is the best part!
Do I Have to Use the Herb Seasoning Specified in the Recipe?
No, you can use whatever seasoning blend you prefer. Or you can keep things super simple and use just salt and pepper.
How to Reheat
These breakfast potatoes are best enjoyed right away, as they get soggy over time. But if you have leftovers, I recommend reheating them in a skillet with a little olive oil. The potatoes won’t fully crisp up, but they’ll still taste good.
Tips for the Best Skillet Breakfast Potatoes
- Pre-bake the potatoes — If they are cooked halfway before you fry them, then they don’t end up under cooked in the middle.
- Leave the skins on when dicing — Less work (no peeling necessary), more taste and more vitamins. With that said why wouldn’t you?
- Olive oil was my favorite oil for frying — I’ve tried butter, bacon fat and vegetable oil and olive oil is where it’s at. Not only do the potatoes taste better fried with olive oil but they are better for you.
- Season generously — I’m not saying over salt your potatoes, I’m saying a little flavor goes a long way. I love the flavors that garlic and onion powder add to these. Alternately if you love Potatoes O’Brian you could add diced onion, and diced green and red bell pepper.
- Cover potatoes with a lid while frying — This helps the potatoes maintain some of the moisture as well as helping them evenly cook through.
- Don’t over-stir — If you stir too often, you won’t get the perfectly golden edges. Just think of flipping a pancake, you don’t want to flip it before it’s golden, it’s the same with breakfast potatoes, you shouldn’t “flip” them until they are golden.
- Serve immediately — Potatoes get soggy after sitting too long after cooking. It’s a silly thing, but I always get frustrated when people are late for a breakfast meal I’m serving. Breakfast meals/sides aren’t nearly as good cold or reheated. This includes breakfast potatoes.
More Easy Breakfast Recipes You’ll Love:
- Oatmeal Eight Ways
- Belgian Waffles
- Oil-Free Granola
- Buttermilk Pancakes
- Sheet Pan Turkey Sausage, Potato, and Pepper Hash
- Overnight Eggs Benedict Casserole
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Ingredients
- 5 small Russet Potatoes (total weight should be about 1.5 lbs)
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 1 1/2 - 2 tsp Herb Seasoning, to taste (recipe below)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Meanwhile rinse and scrub potatoes then pierce each potato several times with a fork. Bake potatoes in preheat oven for 35 minutes. Remove from oven, allow to cool 30 minutes then chill overnight*.
- Dice chilled potatoes into 1/2" cubes. Pour olive oil into a large non-stick skillet and heat over medium heat. Once hot, carefully pour diced potatoes into hot oil. Immediately sprinkle with Herb Seasoning then toss potatoes with a heat proof spatula.
- Cover pan with lid and cook potatoes, stirring every few minutes as they begin to lightly brown on bottom, about 8 - 12 minutes until potatoes have reached desired tenderness. Serve immediately.
Notes
- *Alternately you could dice and cook potatoes immediately, I’ve just found it’s more convenient to bake them ahead of time when I’m already making baked potatoes for dinner or baking another dish. Also, potatoes seem to cut cleaner if they’ve been chilled.
- Sometimes I like to sprinkle them with a few tablespoons of Parmesan cheese after frying. Or they are good with ketchup.
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- Nana Do i bake the potatoes covered in a foil? November 22, 2020 Reply Jaclyn No not necessary here. Enjoy! November 22, 2020 Reply
- RAHAA031 this is a very delicious recipe i loved it so much its surely a perfect recipe to start the day August 18, 2020 Reply Jaclyn Love to hear you enjoyed! Thanks for your review! August 18, 2020 Reply RAHAA031 by the way the seasoning is so delicious August 20, 2020 Reply
- Natley Dengler Hi cant seem to find the link for the herb seasoning October 31, 2019 Reply Jaclyn Sorry that was a broken link, just added that to the recipe. Hope you enjoy! November 17, 2019 Reply
- Nancy Could you please send the herb seasoning ingredients. The link doesn’t seem to work. Thanks March 1, 2018 Reply Jaclyn Just added it – thanks for letting me know. :) March 23, 2018 Reply
- ali Is it possible to get the Herb Seasoning relinked? I would love to follow what you did EXACTLY! December 20, 2017 Reply
- Mathieson Frying in extra virgin olive oil is a very bad idea, and not good for you. Medium high heat is past the smoke point (as you’re seeing), and burned oil is very much unhealthy, both from its free radicals, and danger of fire. July 20, 2014 Reply
- Sarah These look delish! I just discovered your blog today googling recipe ideas and I’m so glad to have come across it! You’re recipes seem so simple to follow and every single one looks to die for. I am going to be cooking your recipes every night for the next few weeks! Thanks for the simplicity and ideas! January 19, 2014 Reply Jaclyn You’re very welcome Sarah! Thanks for your comment :)! January 20, 2014 Reply
- Marcus How many servings does this recipe make? And do I need to adjust the oil and seasoning amounts accordingly depending on if I’m making more or less? November 9, 2013 Reply Jaclyn As a side about 4 – 5 servings. And yes I’d adjust the seasoning and oil if adjusting the amount of potatoes. November 16, 2013 Reply
Skillet Breakfast Potatoes
Ingredients
- 5 small Russet Potatoes (total weight should be about 1.5 lbs)
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 1 1/2 - 2 tsp Herb Seasoning, to taste (recipe below)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Meanwhile rinse and scrub potatoes then pierce each potato several times with a fork. Bake potatoes in preheat oven for 35 minutes. Remove from oven, allow to cool 30 minutes then chill overnight*.
- Dice chilled potatoes into 1/2" cubes. Pour olive oil into a large non-stick skillet and heat over medium heat. Once hot, carefully pour diced potatoes into hot oil. Immediately sprinkle with Herb Seasoning then toss potatoes with a heat proof spatula.
- Cover pan with lid and cook potatoes, stirring every few minutes as they begin to lightly brown on bottom, about 8 - 12 minutes until potatoes have reached desired tenderness. Serve immediately.
Notes
- *Alternately you could dice and cook potatoes immediately, I’ve just found it’s more convenient to bake them ahead of time when I’m already making baked potatoes for dinner or baking another dish. Also, potatoes seem to cut cleaner if they’ve been chilled.
- Sometimes I like to sprinkle them with a few tablespoons of Parmesan cheese after frying. Or they are good with ketchup.
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