This Easy Breakfast Hash Recipe (2024)

This EasyBreakfast Hash Recipe is made from leftovers all in one pan. Completely customizable with crunchy potatoes, crispy onions and prime rib topped with eggs for brunch entertaining!.

Breakfast Hash is a comfort food that you will come to love whenever you have a lot of leftovers. The hash base is made with crunchy potatoes, sautéed onions and leftover prime rib in this case. (I’ve also got an easy recipe for hash using Corned Beef here!) Over the top is soft-cooked eggs so that when you cut into them the yolks join with the beef juices and create a delicious juicy, saucy bite.

Hash got its name from the French word “hacher” meaning to chop and having all of the ingredients chopped to bite-sized pieces has it live up to its name.

What ingredients are in a hash recipe?

Meats: Bacon, chorizo, corned beef, ham, steak, chicken, turkey, sausage, prime rib, pork.

Vegetables: Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, green onions, onions, bell pepper, mushrooms, zucchini, squash, spinach, carrots, corn.

Eggs:Poached eggs, eggs over easy are the normal choices, but if you want them scrambled, that will work too.

As you can see, the list of possibilities is endless.Hash is very flexible. Traditionally all hash has onions and potatoes but beyond that you can pretty much use whatever vegetables or meats you have on hand to create it. Most often the meats are made with leftovers (like this Easy 4 ingredient Prime Rib)but you can also go ahead and cook fresh the meat you are adding into it.

PRO TIP FOR CHOPPING EVEN VEGETABLES: One of the skills required to make a good hash is to chop the vegetables all the same size. Simple steps in cutting the potatoes and onions will make quick work of all of the chopping you’ll need to do.

Chopping the Potatoes:

• It’s your choice to peel or not, either way, is fine.
• Cut the long side of the potato to create a sturdy flat base to do your cuts. This is for safety and to make quick work of cutting. Wobbly potatoes lead to cutting yourself versus the potato, please learn from my early childhood mistakes!
• Place the potato on the flat side then lengthwise (as shown in the center pic) cut to 1/4″ slices.
• Once those are all cut, you will then cut those planks into long 1/4″ fry like slices (right photo to the right in pic.)
• Turn the potato and cut those slices into small pieces. I like them tiny, but if you want them longer that is fine as long as they are all uniform to allow for even cooking.

Chopping the Onions:

• Cut the onion in half from the top of the onion peel to the roots.
• Peel the dried layers away
• Cut the top of the onion off(not where the root ball is)
• Lay the onion flat, then using a long knife from the place you just cut away, start at the bottom closest to the cutting board cut 1/4″ slices down to the bottom, but don’t cut through the root ball. This will keep your onion intact and make it easier to get even pieces. (photo left)
• Now you will make 1/4″ slits from the root ball (again not cutting thru it) to the top where you just cut the end off. Cut the slits across the whole width of the onion. (middle photo)
• Starting at the top cut 1/4″ slices which will then give you a nice chopped onion (right photo)

Tips for making Breakfast hash:

• As I mentioned above, cut each vegetable or piece of meat you use to a uniform size. This makes it so everything is cooked through and even.
• Although any skillet will do, I prefer a cast-iron skillet for cooking hash. It conducts heat evenly and the potatoes will get crispy and golden brown easily.
• Make sure the oil is hot when you are ready to start cooking. Hash has a lot fewer calories if the oil doesn’t absorb into all of the vegetables which it will do if its not hot enough. It also makes certain you won’t end up with soggy potatoes. To make sure it’s hot, test one potato in the oil first. If it sizzles right away you know it’s ready. If it doesn’t start sizzling immediately, give it a few more minutes and test it again!
• When sautéing the potatoes, don’t go crazy and stir then all the time. Let them sit occasionally so they can brown and crisp a little bit.
• If you are cooking for really large crowds and have a lot of potatoes you may need to lengthen the cooking times. Once you have some browned edges, to speed up cooking large amounts of potatoes place a lid on them and let them steam for 5 or so minutes before finishing crisping them without the lid on.
• Don’t be afraid to be creative. Use whatever you have leftover in your fridge to flavor this skillet hash.
• Have Vegetarian friends? Leave out the meat, the potato, vegetables and seasonings are very filling!

More recipes using meats you can use for leftover breakfast hash:

• Horseradish Crust Rib Eye Roast
• Honey Mustard Ham
• 4 ingredient Prime Rib
• Porchetta: Crispy Pork Belly Wrapped Roast(pictured below)

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