If you are looking for a simple, yet delicious breakfast recipe, you can stop looking. This hash brown breakfast cup recipe is simply the best. It is so easy to make and everyone in the house is going to love them. Perfect for a simple grab and go breakfast, these hash brown cups are sure to be a hit.
Hash Brown Breakfast Cups
If you are looking for a cook once and eat twice kind of breakfast, you are in luck. This simple breakfast can be made on the weekend and you can eat it all week long. Store them in the refrigerator or the freezer and reheat them as you are ready to eat them. These are perfect for busy mornings when you don’t have time to cook.
What Goes Well with Hash Browns for Breakfast
This is a breakfast all by itself. You can heat it up before it is time to leave and then you are ready to go. To round out the breakfast you can add a piece of fruit, a glass of milk, or some fruit juice. Everything you need in one simple little hash brown cup.
How Can I Make Variations to This Breakfast
You can add more things to the cups like change up the sausage. I am using breakfast sausage, but you can use a hot Italian sausage for example. You can add bacon either with the sausage or take the sausage out . Try adding veggies to the mix like bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, or spinach.
You can also change it up with cheese. Add different types of cheese like mozzarella, pepper jack, cheddar, or a Mexican blend to enhance the flavors.
Do I have to Make Muffins
The beauty of this recipe is that it makes easy to grab single serving hash brown cups. If you want to make a casserole version you can easily change it. You can do these same steps, but instead of lining the muffin pan with the hash browns, spread it out over a greased 8×8 pan.
How to Store Hash Brown Breakfast Cups
You will want to make sure you store the hash brown breakfast cups in the refrigerator. Be sure to keep them in an airtight container. They will stay fresh for up to 5 days.
You can also store them in the freezer. I like to wrap each one in plastic wrap so that I can easily remove one at a time to reheat. It makes the egg cups last longer. The cups will last for about 2 months in the freezer.
How to Reheat
The cups are extremely easy to reheat. You can simply reheat them in the microwave until they are heated through. You could also reheat them in the oven, but this take a lot of longer and can actually dry out the hash brown cups and they won’t take fresh.
Ingredients Needed to Make Hash Brown Breakfast Cups
- Breakfast Sausage
- Hash Browns
- Eggs
- Olive Oil
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Colby Jack Cheese
- Pepper Jack Cheese
- Picante Sauce
How to Make Hash Brown Breakfast Cups
Step 1: Prep
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine hash browns, Colby jack cheese, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Stir until combined. Spray a muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Step 2: Making the Hashbrown Crust
Spray a muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. Use a large cookie scoop to measure out hash brown mixture and add to the muffin pan. Use the backside of the cookie scoop to push hash browns down and up the side of the muffin pan to create a nest shape. Spray hash browns with cooking spray and bake for 15 minutes.
Step 3: Cooking the Sausage
While the hash browns are baking, crumble breakfast sausage in a medium pan and cook until browned.
Step 4: Assembling the Hash Brown Cups
Remove hash browns from oven. Place a tablespoon of sausage crumbles into each hash brown cup. Top each cup with an egg. Sprinkle Pepper Jack cheese on top of each egg. Place in the oven and bake for 13-15 minutes or until eggs are fully set. Remove from oven and let sit in pan for 5 minutes before serving. Top with picante sauce, if desired.
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Hash Brown Breakfast Cups
Ingredients
- 1 lb breakfast sausage
- 20 oz hash browns
- 12 eggs
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 cup Colby jack cheese
- ½ cup pepperjack cheese
- Optional: picante sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a large bowl, combine hash browns, Colby jack cheese, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Stir until combined.
- Spray a muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Use a large cookie scoop to measure out hash brown mixture and add to the muffin pan. Use the backside of the cookie scoop to push hash browns down and up the side of the muffin pan to create a nest shape.
- Spray the hash browns with cooking spray and bake for 15 minutes.
- While hash browns are baking, crumble breakfast sausage in a medium pan and cook until browned.
- Remove hash browns from oven.
- Place a tablespoon of cooked sausage crumbles into each hash brown cup.
- Top each hash brown cup with an egg.
- Sprinkle Pepper Jack cheese on top of each egg.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes or until eggs are fully set.
- Remove from oven and let sit in pan for 5 minutes before serving.
- Optional: Top with picante sauce.
Notes
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I had all these ingredients on hand so I made these this morning. My family LOVED them, and they were really easy to make.
Thank you Edwina! I’m so glad your family loved this recipe! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
These are so good! I made these and drowned them in country gravy!
Crispy hash browns with a soft center were perfect. Great for busy mornings!
These were so delicious and easy to make! Such a wonderful breakfast option…it’s everything in one package!
These hash brown breakfast cups were so delicious! They were such a hit with the kids, looking forward to making them again.