These skillet breakfast potatoes are easy to make for breakfast with crispy edges and a tender middle. Skip going out and make your own classic diner-style home fries at home!

Breakfast potatoes in skillet.

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Easy Skillet Breakfast Potatoes

This skillet breakfast potatoes recipe is one of those basic dishes that are ready in about 30 minutes and go perfect with just about anything! We love to serve them with scrambled eggs but they also go great with buttermilk pancakes.

They don’t just have to be served with breakfast, though! They taste great served with a big, juicy steak in the oven or combine the two for a steak and potatoes recipe!

Breakfast potatoes in cast iron skillet.

Best Type of Potatoes to Use

I typically use russet potatoes (aka baking potatoes) for these homemade breakfast potatoes, but you could also use red potatoes as well. I’ve found that these types get the crispiest on the outside, while still remaining soft and tender on the inside.

How to Make Skillet Breakfast Potatoes

  • Wash and piece potatoes. Cook for 10-15 minutes in microwave until tender. Remove and let cool.
  • While potatoes are cooking, cook bacon in frying pan over medium heat. Cook until crisp, then place on a paper towel lined plate.
  • Add onions and chiles in pan with bacon grease and saute until translucent. Then dice potatoes and place in pan. Add S&P and then stir. Then add cheese and bacon on top and turn heat to low until cheese is melted.
  • Enjoy with a fried egg, salsa and sour cream on top. Yum!
Breakfast potatoes on white plate.

Recipe Tips

  • Par boil the potatoes: Prior to frying the breakfast potatoes, they will need to be parboiled. To microwave, pierce with a fork a few times then cook in microwave for 10-15 minutes, until fork tender. If boiling, add water, bring to a boil, reduce heat and add pierced potatoes and cover. Cook for 15-20 minutes until fork tender.
  • Peeling the potatoes: I like to remove some of the skin, but not all. Keeping some of the skin helps to make for crispy breakfast potatoes. I’d recommend peeling about half of the skin prior to frying.
  • Dice potatoes evenly. For even cooking, cube potatoes about half an inch to inch wide.
  • Make ahead: For easy breakfast potatoes ahead of time, par boil the night before, dice and store in the refrigerator overnight. Then it takes only about 10-15 minutes to get on the table!

Variations

  • Make it into a egg skillet recipe: Add a few eggs on top by creating wells in the potatoes, then cracking the eggs into the wells. Cover and let cook until set!
  • Plain: Make cast iron skillet potatoes instead!
  • Protein: Instead of bacon add in cooked sausage or diced ham.
  • Heat: Add in some red pepper flakes or top with hot sauce.
  • Garnish: Fresh herbs add a pop of color or fresh taste! Try fresh parsley or cilantro.
Breakfast potatoes and egg on plate.

Need more breakfast recipes with potatoes? Make easy hash browns, egg and potato casserole or make ahead breakfast casserole.

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Skillet Breakfast Potatoes

5 from 8 votes
Recipe by: Jamielyn Nye
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 6
These skillet breakfast potatoes are easy to make for breakfast with crispy edges and a tender middle. Skip going out and make your own classic diner-style home fries at home!
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Ingredients 

  • 3 large baking potatoes , or 6 small red potatoes
  • 6 pieces bacon , cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 cup onion , chopped
  • 4 ounce can chopped green chiles , or 1/4 cup salsa verde
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 cup shredded sharp cheese

Instructions

  • Prep potatoes. Wash 3 potatoes and then pierce several times with a fork. Cook in the microwave for 10-15 minutes or until fork tender. Remove and allow to cool.
  • Bacon. While the potatoes are cooking, cook 6 pieces bacon in a frying pan or large skillet over medium heat. Cook until crisp and then remove with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel lined plate.
  • Combine. Place 1 cup onions and 4 oz can green chiles in the pan with bacon grease and saute until the onions are translucent. Next, dice the potatoes (I like to remove some of the skin first) and then place in the pan. Add salt and pepper and then stir around, breaking up any large pieces. Add cheese and bacon on top and turn heat to low and allow to cook until the cheese is melted.
  • Enjoy with a fried egg, salsa and sour cream on top. We also like to roll these potatoes up in a tortilla with scrambled eggs to make breakfast burritos. They even taste great as a dinner side. So many yummy ways to enjoy them!

Last step: Please leave a comment and rating after you make the recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 224kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 10g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 29mg, Sodium: 930mg, Potassium: 557mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 150IU, Vitamin C: 20.5mg, Calcium: 139mg, Iron: 3.9mg

Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.