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Breakfast Skillet

Breakfast Skillet

This Breakfast Skillet is a hearty dish loaded with potatoes, eggs, bacon, and sausage, topped with cheese for a quick and satisfying meal.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Breakfast, brunch
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings
Calories 492 kcal

Equipment

  • Cast Iron Skillet

Ingredients
  

  • 8-10 slices bacon chopped
  • 8 links breakfast sausage
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 1 medium red bell pepper diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1.5 lbs Russet potatoes (about 2 large), peeled and diced into ½’’ cubes, about 3 cups
  • salt
  • pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese or favorite cheese
  • 2 green onions chopped, for garnish
  • salsa for serving
  • Hot sauce for serving

Instructions
 

  • Add sausage links to a 12’’ skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until browned and cooked through. Remove to a paper towel lined plate. Add bacon to the pan and cook until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove bacon to the plate, leaving 3-4 Tablespoons grease in the pan (add a little oil or butter if there's not enough grease).
  • Add potatoes to the pan in a single layer and season well with salt and pepper. Cook, flipping only occasionally, until crisp on all sides, and fork tender (around 8-10 minutes, or less if using frozen diced hash browns). Push potatoes off to the side of the pan and add onion, bell pepper and garlic. Sauté for about 3 more minutes.
  • Chop the sausage into bite sized pieces and add both sausage and bacon back to the pan. Sprinkle with smoked paprika.
  • Use a wooden spoon to make 6 wells in the pan to crack eggs into. Crack the eggs into each well and sprinkle them with a little salt and pepper. Sprinkle shredded cheese evenly over everything.
  • Cover pan with a lid and cook over low heat for a few minutes until egg whites are set and cheese is melted. Garnish with green onion and serve with red or green salsa and hot sauce.

Notes

Potatoes can be substituted with frozen diced hash browns or sweet potatoes. Leftovers reheat well and can be used in breakfast burritos.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 492kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 26gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 303mgSodium: 585mgPotassium: 1053mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1725IUVitamin C: 52mgCalcium: 279mgIron: 3mg
Keyword Breakfast Skillet, Easy Breakfast, Hearty Breakfast, Loaded Breakfast, one pan meal
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