Looking for an lazy AND delicious recipe for your leftover baked potatoes? I’ve got you! For breakfast this morning, I transformed a leftover baked potato into this Quick and Easy Cheesy Leftover Baked Potato Hash Browns Recipe. And it was SO GOOD!
I don’t say this often, but if you like potatoes and cheese (and recipes that taste great and are super low stress / simple), you’ve GOT to try this!
Cheesy Leftover Baked Potato Hash Browns Recipe Ingredients
You’ll only need five simple ingredients to make this Cheesy Leftover Baked Potato Hash Browns Recipe:
- Extra virgin olive oil (or sub avocado oil)
- 1/2 small onion
- 1 Leftover Baked Potato
- Garlic salt (or sub regular salt)
- Shredded cheddar cheese (sub vegan cheese to make this recipe vegan)
- Fresh chives, optional
I didn’t add pepper, but you definitely can.
Note: the ingredient amounts on this recipe are really flexible. So, you can easily adjust the amounts to your preferences. Like it extra cheesy? Add more cheddar on top! Make it yours!
How to Make This Lazy Cheesy Leftover Baked Potato Hash Browns Recipe
Here’s how to make this Leftover Baked Potato Hash Browns Recipe.
Note: This Leftover Baked Potato Hash Browns recipe is formatted for one leftover baked potato. But you can easily multiply it to make more.
Step 1: Pre-heat a small pan over medium heat with about 1 teaspoon of oil of choice. Add onion and stir.
Step 2: While the onions cook, roughly chop the leftover baked potato. I cut mine in half length-wise. Then I cut those halves in half to create long quarters. Then I cut each quarter into chunks. About 1-1 1/2 ” in size. Keep potatoes to the side for now.
Step 3: Continue cooking onions until just browning, about 5-6 minutes. Stir frequently.
Step 4: Add potatoes and stir to combine with the onions. Add about 2-3 tablespoons of water, scrape the brown bits from the bottom of the pan, and cover the pan to warm the potatoes through and get the flavor of the browned onions into the potatoes.
Step 5: After about 3-4 minutes when the potatoes are warmed through and most of the water has cooked off, remove cover. Sprinkle with garlic salt. Stir. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally until potatoes start to brown. Note: carefully taste test the potatoes to see if you want to add more salt, to taste.
Step 6: Top with shredded cheddar cheese, cover pan with lid, and cook until cheese is mostly melted, about 2-3 minutes.
Step 7: Serve and top with fresh chives, if desired. Let the hash browns cool until they’re safe to eat. Enjoy!
What Makes This Hash Browns Recipe “Lazy”?
With this lazy recipe, you based just:
- roughly chop the potato
- sauté it with onions
- optional steam with water
- add seasoning
- stir
- brown the potatoes
- top with cheese
- and EAT!
Yesss!
This recipe is almost as easy as cooking those frozen pre-shredded hash browns. Or wait…is it even easier? Let me know what you think in the comments below!
One thing I know for sure, if you make hash browns from fresh potatoes, you usually have to soak the potatoes. Well, not with this recipe!
Lazy Bonus: Measurements Not Required
Whilst I have added ingredient measurements below, you honestly could make this whole recipe without them. It’s very forgiving and easily customizable. For my beginner chefs, you may want to start with the measurements and then go with your own amounts next time. 😉
Are Hash Browns Healthy?
Potatoes actually have a lot of nutrients, especially when you eat the potato peel!
With the peel intact (like we do in this very recipe), potatoes are a good source of:
- Potassium
- Vitamin C
- Folate
- Healthy antioxidants
Read more about the health benefits of potatoes on Healthline here.
Hope you enjoy this super easy potato recipe.
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Quick and Easy Cheesy Leftover Baked Potato Hash Browns Recipe
- Prep Time: 2
- Cook Time: 16
- Total Time: 18 minutes
- Yield: 1-2 1x
- Category: Breakfast, Brunch
- Method: Sauté
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
Who else loves lazy recipes! *raises hand* By using a leftover baked potato, this delicious and cheesy hash browns recipe comes together SO quickly and easily. Sub vegan cheese to make this recipe vegan.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil (or sub avocado oil)
- 1/2 small onion, chopped (about 1/4 cup)
- 1 leftover baked potato, roughly chopped
- 2–3 tablespoons water
- Sprinkle garlic salt
- 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese (or sub vegan cheese)
- 1/2 teaspoon chives, chopped (about 1 chive)
Instructions
- Pre-heat a small pan over medium heat with oil of choice. Add onion and stir.
- While the onions cook, roughly chop the leftover baked potato. Keep potatoes to the side for now.
- Continue cooking onions until they’re just browning, about 5-6 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add potatoes and stir to combine with the onions. Add about 2-3 tablespoons of water, scrape the brown bits from the bottom of the pan, stir potatoes and onions, and cover the pan to warm the potatoes through and get the flavor of the browned onions into the potatoes. Stir occasionally.
- After about 3-4 minutes when the potatoes are warmed through and most of the water has cooked off, remove cover. Sprinkle with garlic salt and stir in. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally until potatoes start to brown. Note: carefully taste test the potatoes to see if you want to add more salt, to taste.
- Top with shredded cheddar cheese, cover pan with lid, and cook until cheese is mostly melted, about 2-3 minutes.
- Serve and top with fresh chives, if desired. Let the hash browns cool until they’re safe to eat. Enjoy!
Notes
Note #1: This recipe is made for one leftover baked potato. This serves one person as an entrée or two as a side dish. Multiply the recipe as desired to serve more.
Note #2: When I bake potatoes, I put a pretty good amount of salt on the skin. So, I didn’t add a lot of salt to this recipe. You may want to add more salt if your leftover baked potato is not very salted.
More Easy Recipes for Fellow Lazy Cooks to Love
Easy Raspberry Overnight Oats Recipe (a couple minutes of stirring at night yields a ready-to-eat breakfast in the morning)
Spaghetti Pasta with Veggie Sausage and Marinara Recipe (sub regular sausage if you prefer)
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