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Skillet Home Fries – Crispy Breakfast Potatoes

September 25, 2013 by Melissa 3 Comments

Skillet Home Fries - golden crispy breakfast potatoes. So good, you don't need ketchup!

These Skillet Home Fries are the perfect breakfast potatoes. Crispy and golden on the outside, tender and fluffy on the inside, these breakfast potatoes are better than restaurant potatoes. The secret to these home fries is starting with a baked potato.

By baking the potato first, you are pre-cooking it, and just giving it the golden, crispy exterior in the pan. No more half cooked breakfast potatoes! If you have leftover baked potatoes, they are perfect for this recipe. If not, I give instructions for cooking the potatoes in the microwave in the recipe.

Once the potatoes are cooked, melt the butter in a large skillet. Sauté large chunks of onion and red bell peppers until they start to soften.

Breakfast Potatoes

 Cut potatoes into large chunks and place in pan, cut side down. Let potatoes cook over medium high heat until golden color starts to develop. Use a pair of tongs to carefully turn the potatoes in the pan.

 

Perfect Home Fries

 

Once you have turned to potatoes a few times, you have these perfectly golden home fries! They are truly so delicious and the onions and bell peppers are delicious too.

I asked my husband if he wanted ketchup for his home fries. “Oh no,” he said, “these do not need ketchup!”

So there you go, skillet home fries so good, you don’t need ketchup.

Home Fries - crispy breakfast potatoes!

 

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Skillet Home Fries – Crispy Breakfast Potatoes
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 148 kcal
Ingredients
  • 3 extra large baking potatoes russet, about 3 pounds total
  • 1 small yellow onion
  • 1 small red bell pepper
  • 1 stick of butter 8 tablespoons
  • All-purpose steak seasoning or salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Scrub potatoes clean and pat dry.
  2. Prick potatoes several times with a fork and microwave for 10-15 minutes, or until tender.
  3. Flip potatoes every 5 minutes until cooked through.
  4. Remove potatoes and let cool.
  5. Dice onions and bell peppers into large bite sized pieces.
  6. Melt butter over medium heat and sauté onions and bell peppers until they start to soften, 3-5 minutes.
  7. Dice cooked potatoes into large 2 inch pieces by cutting potatoes long ways, then cutting each half into quarters. A serrated knife will help cut through the potato skins.
  8. Turn skillet up to medium high and place potatoes cut side down.
  9. Sprinkle potatoes with 2 teaspoons of all-purpose steak seasoning, more or less to taste.
  10. Let potatoes cook until golden brown, a few minutes on each side.
  11. Use a pair of tongs to carefully turn the potatoes as they cook.
Nutrition Facts
Skillet Home Fries – Crispy Breakfast Potatoes
Amount Per Serving (4 servings)
Calories 148 Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 1mg0%
Sodium 12mg1%
Potassium 769mg22%
Carbohydrates 33g11%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 931IU19%
Vitamin C 49mg59%
Calcium 27mg3%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  1. Deb

    September 25, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    What a wonderful, easy trick for breakfast! I love this idea, will be making them this weekend 🙂 thanks again!

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  2. Angelina-JoJo and Eloise

    September 26, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    These look and sound so YUMMY!!! 🙂 I seriously want to eat EVERY meal out your house!!
    xoxo

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  3. Sarah

    January 9, 2014 at 10:19 pm

    I made these tonight with some honey mustard chicken strips. They were amazing and easy! I hate eating these kind of potatoes when the potatoes are still hard and the peppers start to burn, but baking the potatoes beforehand in this recipe solves that! I’m super glad I made enough for breakfast tomorrow morning as well. Looking forward to having these again, definitely a favorite!

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