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These Egg & Cheese Hash Brown Waffles are just the life hack you need to simplify your breakfast routine! Just a few ingredients is all you need and you’re well on your way to breakfast euphoria. These hash browns are your new favorite way to make breakfast!
HASH BROWN WAFFLES
When it comes to breakfast time in my house, easy is the name of the game. Even on the weekends I don’t like to do big, complicated breakfasts. I mean, someone’s got to do those dishes, right?
That’s why I love this genius breakfast hack – Egg & Cheese Hash Brown Waffles!! By making hash browns in a waffle iron, they get super crispy on the outside, and tender in the middle, plus there’s no flipping required. Add in the eggs, cheese and chives, and it’s a whole breakfast in itself that’s finished in half the time!
HOW TO MAKE HASH BROWNS IN A WAFFLE MAKER
Because this is a breakfast hack, we’re starting with pre-shredded (gotta love that time-saver) Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns. They are ready to go straight out of the bag – totally fresh and never frozen (because who wants soggy frozen potatoes??).
- Start by whisking up a few eggs and some milk, then stir them into the potatoes with some shredded cheddar, chives and salt & pepper.
- The next step, and this is really, really important. SPRAY THE WAFFLE IRON WITH NONSTICK COOKING SPRAY. Do not skip this step or you could have stuck-on potatoes for days. Just use your favorite non-stick cooking spray and use it generously. If you prefer you could melt some butter and brush that on. But we’re going for hackability here and the spray takes up the least of my time.
- Spread the hash browns mixture directly onto the bottom half of the greased waffle iron. Chances are you don’t have the same waffle maker as me, so it’s difficult to give exact measurements here…but I got about 1 cup of the mixture per waffle and finished with about 3 ¾ waffles. Depending on the size of your iron, you might need a little more or a little less of the potato mixture per waffle. Use your best judgement here. You want to fill in most of the waffle surface, leaving about a half inch around the edges to allow the potatoes to spread.
- The time can vary as well, so you’ll want to watch your waffle closely once you close it. I had mine on a medium-high heat setting and it took about 4-5 minutes to cook to get nice, golden brown hash brown waffles.
HOW TO SERVE HASH BROWN WAFFLES
Don’t you love how nice and crispy these Cheesy Hash Brown Waffles get? You get nice fried bits of cheese around the edges, too. To keep your hash browns warm and crispy, just set your oven to the “warm” function, or the lowest temperature it will go, and place each waffle on a baking sheet in the oven to keep warm while you continue cooking the rest.
I like to serve these with a dollop of sour cream and some more fresh chives. The recipe will feed at least four people one waffle each, but can easily be double or even tripled, depending on how many you’re feeding nad how hungry they are.
HOW TO KEEP HASH BROWNS TENDER AND MOIST (NOT DRY)
- Brush your waffle iron generously with melted butter AND use the nonstick cooking spray. This will help keep the outside from drying out.
- Add an extra egg or two. This won’t mess up your waffles, but will help to make them a little more moist.
- Brush on some butter as they come out of the waffle iron. Brush melted butter on the top side, then flip it out onto a plate (or baking sheet if you’re warming them in the oven) and brush the other side with butter. Serve with sour cream on the side.
Here are some more favorite hash browns recipes:
And for even more easy breakfast recipes, try these:
- Egg & Sausage Muffins
- Breakfast Enchilada Casserole
- Grab & Go Stuffed Biscuits
- Loaded Breakfast Tater Tot Casserole
- Easy Breakfast Potatoes
Egg & Cheese Hash Browns Waffles
Ingredients
- 1 20-ounce package Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar Cheese
- 1/4 cup fresh chopped chives plus some for garnishing
- Salt & pepper
- Sour cream for serving, if desired
Instructions
- Heat waffle iron on the medium-high setting. Spray each side generously with non-stick cooking spray or brush with melted butter.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Stir in potatoes, cheese, chives and season with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper.
- Depending on the size of your waffle iron, scoop a layer of the potato mixture onto the surface (for the round waffle maker, I used about 1 cup of the mixture). Spread to about ½ inch from the edges and close the waffle iron. Cook for about 5 minutes, checking every few minutes to avoid burning. When the entire waffle is golden brown in color, carefully remove from the waffle iron with a fork or tongs.
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This looks really delicious!
I just saved this yummy recipe! Going to make this soon.
The waffle iron is such a versatile kitchen tool and these hash browns look awesome, what a great idea. I’ve made cake in my waffle iron on more than one occasion with excellent results. I would compare them to a mug cake that is done in the microwave.
WOW! Super simple recipe (Egg & Cheese Hash Browns Waffles), but appears to cover all your breakfast needs! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the great giveaway opportunity! I love the hash brown waffles! I can’t wait to try to make them!
recipe is crazy delish. i need a cast iron pan really bad
I am so excited to try this hack! Question… will it work without cheese (I have some crazy no cheese kids)!?
Sure! The eggs really work as a binder, and actually, you could just do the potatoes by themselves if you really wanted.
Enjoying your recipes. They make me enjoy cooking again. Simple, easy, and delicious. Thank you.
I love crispy hashbrowns and this is the perfect way to make them quick and crispy. Thanks for the amazing recipe and tips!
Can’t wait to try this recipe!
I have wanted a cast iron skillet so badly ! And this recipe looks amazing!!
These waffles look so delicious!
Count me in!!!
This looks like a “must try”.
My grandson loves hash brown potatoes – can’t wait to try this one out on him.
Thank you
These hashbrown waffles sound amazing! I think I could get lots of cool grandma points by making these for breakfast, lunch and maybe even dinner once in a while!! Think of all the different things that could be added to these to stretch them to other meals or just a healthy snack after playing outside, sliding, making snowmen and having snowball fights! DELICIOUS!
Thanks for the great recipes and the chance to win this giveaway!! Who knows, I might even be able to get our 4 year old granddaughter who is a fussy eater to eat some veggies and meat by disguising them in this cool “package”! It would be a meal time changing treat!
Oh YUM. The waffles look Wonderful as well as Delicious.
Can never have enough cast iron skillets.
Thank U 4 this wonderful giveaway opportunity
I love this idea and can’t wait to try it! Especially like the idea of a new use for my waffle iron besides just waffles. Thank you!
Hi there! I just wanted to say that I made these the Egg and Cheese Hashed Brown Waffles the other night and they were great! My 5 year old Son helped me and he claimed they’re the best dinner ever…we called them “Willie’s Famous Sausage Waffles!’ 🙂 The sausage part is because I had some Maple Sausage Links on hand that I cut up finely and threw in too for some extra flavor. Anyway, it was a great change of pace and something different. Just wanted to thank you for the inspiration and a thank you from Willie too! 🙂
That is adorable! So glad you ALL enjoyed them!!
Wow! This looks like a winner recipe for sure! I will definitly be trying this for our weekend brunch
Love the breakfast waffle hack! My toddler (and entire family) would love these!