Breakfast Potatoes is such a simple recipe to make the best breakfast potatoes and you will get the best crispy breakfast potatoes you’ve ever had.
These are a perfect side dish to serve with a fried egg, sunny side egg, or you can throw them into breakfast burritos in warm tortillas for a tasty breakfast for any huge breakfast fan.
Crispy potatoes that have been cooked in a hot skillet in a little olive oil until golden brown will easily become your favorite way to make skillet breakfast potatoes for a quick home fries breakfast recipe.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make breakfast potatoes, you need the following ingredients:
- Olive oil
- Butter
- Mini Yukon gold, washed and quartered (or regular yukon gold potatoes or red potatoes)
- Red bell pepper, roughly chopped
- Green bell pepper, roughly chopped
- Red onion, chopped
- Salt
- Black pepper (optional)
- Garlic powder
- Smoked paprika (or cayenne pepper)
For this recipe, you can use different types of potatoes, such as regular or mini Yukon gold potatoes, red potatoes, russet potatoes, or sweet potatoes. We used mini Yukon gold potatoes.
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Breakfast Potatoes
- Sauté the veggies. Chop the potatoes, green, and red pepper into small pieces. Then, in a large skillet or frying pan, heat the olive oil and butter over medium heat until the butter has melted. Add the bell peppers and onion to the skillet. Sauté until they begin to soften.
- Add potatoes. Add the potatoes to the skillet and season with salt, garlic powder, and smoked paprika.
- Cook. Allow the potatoes to cook without stirring for a few minutes to develop a crispy crust. Flip then continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15-20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender on the inside and crispy on the outside. You can add a splash of water to the pan occasionally to prevent burning.
Storage Suggestions
After you are done eating and the leftover potatoes are cooled to room temperature, place potatoes in an airtight container and store them in the fridge for up to 4 days.
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Breakfast Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- ¾ pound Yukon gold potatoes, washed and quartered
- 1 red bell pepper, roughly chopped
- ½ green bell pepper, chopped
- ½ red onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
Instructions
- Sauté the veggies. In a large skillet or frying pan, heat the olive oil and butter over medium heat until the butter has melted. Add the bell peppers and onion to the skillet. Sauté until they begin to soften.
- Add potatoes. Add the potatoes to the skillet and season with salt, garlic powder, and smoked paprika.
- Cook. Allow the potatoes to cook without stirring for a few minutes to develop a crispy crust. Flip then continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15-20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender on the inside and crispy on the outside. You can add a splash of water to the pan occasionally to prevent burning.
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