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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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Wow….your hashbrown waffles look amazing! You totally have the best ideas. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe and the chance to win an awesome iron skillet! Oh, and by the way….love your name, lol! I don’t believe I have ever seen anyone else spell it with “in” 🙂
I’m definitely going to give these a try! I can’t wait! ?
This recipe looks fabulous!! Can’t wait to try it…my kids say it looks yummy, and they’re picky eaters!! Thanks for the chance to win also!
I love cast iron skillets and use one in preparing most every meal. I would love to have an addition to my collection.
Love this recipe! I bet the same recipe cooked in a cast iron would be wonderful too.
It would be wonderful to win the skillet! If so, I could very well try this recipe out and my family would love you to pieces for the recipe.
All the breakfast recipes look delicious. I’ll have to try them all. Me and my daughter love cooking breakfast for supper, so these would quite easily be an anytime dishes for us! Would love to enter to win the cast iron. Love cooking out of anything cast iron. They make the food taste so much more delicious!
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Floretta
Yum! I love breakfast food! Can’t wait to try the recipe!
Yum, Yum and did I mentioned YUM!!!!! Thanks for sharing and for having such a great blog.
You’ve made me literally drool with the photos of this Egg & Cheese Hash Brown Waffles. I will have to try this recipe out this coming weekend.
I love cast iron skillets and can’t wait to try the recipes!!
Great recipes! I cant wait to try them….all of them! Simply potatoes are the best way to enjoy “homemade” hashbrowns…tastes just like you were at your favorite breakfast spot 🙂
How clever! I just love how crispy the hash browns get! Thanks for sharing the recipe, and thanks for the opportunity to win the awesome cast iron skillet, Kristen!
Your egg and cheese hash brown waffles look scrumptious! I like the idea of mixing everything together! So simple! Thanks for the cast iron skillet giveaway!
LOVE Simply Potatoes! They are the only brand I buy! I’m looking forward to trying these hash brown waffles…as soon as I get a waffle iron!
???Than you Kristin for your inspiring recipes and pics to match. I am learning to cook and have recently found the Joy ( and ease) of CIS (cast iron skillet) cooking and baking. Your hash brown posted recipe is one reason why I won’t push the “just 10 more minute” snooze button tomorrow morning. These bleak Northwest January (brrrr) mornings need all the inspiration to face the day one can get! I will look forward to using my new CIS and love it with every new recipe I master and the best part is I can even use it outdoors when I can finally head out ⛺️ once again. Sincerely, Trish in Spokane
I hope my LAST name isn’t posted in the online post ? Just submitted by Trish in Spokane Thank you!
This recipe sounds delicious and easy, both of which I love!! I’ll definitely be trying it out soon. And I’d love to win a cast iron skillet!!
Yummy, yummy!
Love the recipes! Must try them soon! Cast iron skillets bring back so many memories of my mom cooking meals when I was a kid.
This recipe is exactly the type of recipe I love. Great comfort food. Glad I found this site. I am going to buy the ingredients tomorrow. Thank you.