Breakfast Potatoes Recipe
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Breakfast Potatoes just take a breakfast or brunch menu to the next level, in my humble opinion.

And luckily, these breakfast potatoes couldnโt be simpler to make. Chop everything up, toss it into a skillet, cook it until it is ready, and then gobble them up.
Sounds simple enough, right?
Thatโs about all there is to it. Promise.
And if you really want to make things simple as can be, just chop all of the veggies the night before and leave the skins on your potatoes like I do.
I get tickled every time I serve them to company at the comments about how much they love the potatoes with the skins on still on them. For a few minutes I act like it makes them more gourmet or something. Then, I canโt stand it anymore and I admit to my laziness.
Iโm cool like that. Heh.
Hereโs my Breakfast Potatoes recipe. Hope you love โem.
Breakfast Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup butter
- 5 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 bell pepper, seeded and roughly chopped
- 1 red pepper, seeded and roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Add olive oil and butter to a large skillet over medium heat. Allow butter to melt and add potatoes, garlic, onions, and bell peppers to the skillet, stirring frequently to prevent sticking. Cook until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in salt and cayenne pepper.
- Serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
Can i use red potatoes. Going to try have bad luck usually with fry potatoes using olive oil. What about peanut oil?
They look yummy! Do you cubed the potatoes in small diced cubes? Just checking before I tackled this easy recipe which I love!!! Keep them coming.
Hi Michele,
Iโd say these are between a small and medium dice. They are small enough to cook quickly and large enough not to turn to mush when cooked. ๐
These look fantastic! I always had such bad luck with my breakfast potatoes. They just never turned out just right. Iโm thinking it was the potatoes that I chose, I love that you used yukon golds. Iโm going to try that!
The potatoes look so gorgeous. So simple, yet so succulent.
Iโm totally dreaming of these potatoes! Theyโs be perfect with my breakfast eggs ๐
We make something similar and call them potatoesโฆmy grabdma made them, so did mom, then me and now my daughter and granddaughter. We throw in anything extra we have on hand, but the basics are chopped potatoes, butter/olive oil, then shredded cheese on top when all is cooked and sprinkle with salt, pepper and paprika. For dinner we add some meatโฆlink sausages, hamburger, kielbasa, ham. Love em anyway!