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Crispy Hash Brown Breakfast Bowls

Diner style crispy hash browns topped with eggs, bacon, cheese, pico de gallo, hot sauce, and anything else your heart desires!

Course Brunch/Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 2
Author Stefanie

Ingredients

  • 20 oz Frozen Shredded Hash Browns thawed
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste
  • 6 strips of bacon
  • 2-4 eggs
  • shredded cheddar cheese
  • pico de gallo
  • hot sauce

Instructions

  1. Add the thawed shredded hash browns to a colander. Rinse under cold running water. push down on the hash brown shreds using your hands to press out some of the liquid. Place the colander over a bowl and refrigerate overnight. 

  2. The next day, add hash brown shreds to a large dish towel and wring out all excess liquid. Wring it out a few times. Add drained has browns to a paper towel to continue to dry out.

  3. Heat a large pan over medium/high heat for 1 minute. Add bacon and cook until crispy, flipping bacon a few times to cook evenly. Once cooked, transfer bacon to paper towel lined plate to drain.

  4. Remove all but 1 tbsp of bacon grease from the pan. Transfer it to a small heat proof bowl and save for the next batch of hash browns.

  5. Add 1 tbsp olive oil, swirl to coat. Reduce the heat to medium. Sprinkle the hash browns into the pan in one even layer. to  cover the bottom of the pan. Use a spatula to press down on the hash browns. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for about 10 minutes before flipping. I like mine really crispy.

  6. Flip the hash browns and cook the other side for another 7 minutes. Press down the hash browns into the remaining oil.

  7. Transfer the hash browns and half the bacon to one bowl. Cook the eggs in a little bit of the reserved bacon grease. One bowl is ready to go.

  8. Cook the other half of the hash browns the same way as the first half. Transfer to a bowl along with the remaining bacon. Cook the two remaining eggs whatever style you prefer and then top the second bowl.

  9. Bowls can be placed in a low oven to stay warm while you cook the second batch of hash browns.

  10. Top each bowl with cheese, hot sauce, pico de gallo, or all of the above!