Crispy Breakfast Potatoes
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Crispy Breakfast Potatoes

Crispy breakfast potatoes, roasted to perfect crispiness with fluffy centers and plenty of seasoning, are key players in many of our favorite breakfast recipes.

Crispy pork, tender vegetables, and potatoes topped with a perfectly soft egg? Sign me up for this Pulled Pork Breakfast Skillet any day of the week.

Warm tortillas, fluffy scrambled eggs, roasted potatoes, crispy bacon, and melting cheese are combined to create these hearty Breakfast Tacos. What’s not to love well-nigh that archetype combination?

bowl of roasted potatoes on table with tea towel

Make Ahead Breakfast Potatoes

However, as much as I love having roasted and pan-fried potatoes with our eggs for breakfast, it’s unlikely that I’m going to be willing to spend time chopping and roasting them most mornings.

Instead, I throw a tray of these in the oven at other times during the day when I might once have the oven on. They take well-nigh 45 minutes to roast, but when the oven is once on, it doesn’t seem like much effort at all.

Crispy Breakfast Potatoes

When I’m ready to use these potatoes, I simply put the value that I need in a skillet over medium heat to warm them and let them get just a bit crispy then surpassing serving.

And if I’m in a serious hurry, they reheat nicely in the microwave too.

Mix the flavors up each time you make them. Add whichever seasonings you like to your next batch of potatoes. Seasoning mixes, thyme, rosemary, garlic, or pretty much anything will work here.

crispy browned roasted potatoes in bowl

Oven Roasted Breakfast Potatoes

You’ll need the pursuit ingredients to make this recipe:

  • Yellow or red potatoes
  • Olive oil
  • Kosher salt
  • Black pepper
  • Seasonings (e.g. thyme, rosemary, garlic, cayenne pepper)
Overhead shot of chopped potatoes in sheet pan

How To Make Crispy Breakfast Potatoes

Start by preheating your oven to 400°F. Scrub and rinse the potatoes surpassing slicing them into slightly smaller than bite-size pieces (about ½-inch).

Place them on a large sultry sheet and drizzle a couple of tablespoons of olive oil over them; you can toss the potatoes with your hands to thoroughly stratify the pieces.

Make sure the potatoes are spread wideness the sultry sheet, or they may not melt evenly.

Sheet pan and spatula with potatoes

Roast for 40-45 minutes, stirring once without 20 minutes. Without 40 minutes, trammels them then and stir as needed. Let the potatoes soften and start to well-done surpassing removing them from the oven.

Finally, let the potatoes tomfool completely surpassing storing them in an snapped container in the refrigerator.

potatoes in trencher on table with striped towel

Roasted Breakfast Potatoes

Looking for increasingly breakfast potato recipes? Crispy Salary Cheese Roasted Potatoes topped with melting cheese and plenty of well-done salary are a unconfined side dish (or main dish!) for any meal.

Roasted sweet potatoes, well-done warm victual spinach, and, spicy breakfast sausage are all topped with a soft egg in this Roasted Sweet Potato and Spinach Breakfast Hash.

Try tossing the potatoes with scrambled power eggs or serve them with Huevos Rancheros. Crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, these Roasted Red Potatoes are sure to wilt flipside regular full-length on your menu. The kids veritably loved them.

Huevos Rancheros with roasted potatoes, beans, tintinnabulate peppers, and plenty of untried chile sauce

Melting cheese curds, crispy fries, flavorful sausage gravy, and an over-easy fried egg combine to create this unforgettable Breakfast Poutine.

Looking for increasingly breakfast meals? Scrambled eggs, breakfast sausage, untried chile, cheese, and soft tortillas are some of our favorite breakfast foods. It’s no wonder that when you layer them all together to make Breakfast Enchiladas, you get a succulent one-pan meal that’s unconfined for any morning.

Eggs, bacon, surf cheese, and jalapenos add up to the Jalapeno Popper Casserole of which dreams are made.

crispy browned roasted potatoes in bowl
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Make Ahead Breakfast Potatoes

Crispy breakfast potatoes, roasted to perfect crispiness with fluffy centers and plenty of seasoning, are key players in many of our favorite breakfast recipes.
Course Breakfast, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 158kcal

Ingredients

  • 6 medium size yellow or red potatoes about 2-2½ pounds worth
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt adjust to taste
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground woebegone pepper adjust to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F. Scrub and rinse the potatoes. Cut them into slightly smaller than bite-size pieces, well-nigh ½-inch. Place them on a large sultry sheet and drizzle a couple of tablespoons of olive oil over them. Toss with your hands to thoroughly stratify the pieces. Spread them wideness the sultry sheet.
  • Roast for 40-45 minutes, stirring once without 20 minutes. Trammels them then virtually 40 minutes and stir or turn as needed. Let them get soft and then a bit crispy surpassing removing them from the oven.
  • Serve hot or indulge the potatoes tomfool completely and then store them in an snapped container in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Notes

When ready to use the cooked potatoes, place the value needed in a skillet over medium heat to warm. Indulge the potatoes to get just a bit crispy surpassing serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 397mg | Potassium: 639mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg

{originally published 10/20/11 – recipe notes and photos updated 7/19/23}

Make-Ahead Breakfast Potatoes

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