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Hash brown egg cups are a creative and yummy way to combine two tasty breakfast foods into one. These are perfect for a breakfast gathering with friends and family.
These cups are a great grab and go breakfast made in a muffin tin. They’re similar to healthy egg muffins and breakfast egg cups, with the addition of hash browns! So yummy.
For Breakfast Lovers
Breakfast lovers unite for this incredible breakfast recipe!
These egg cup hash browns are genius. Combining two of the best breakfast foods into one little egg cup is perfection. Eggs and hash browns were made for each other. We love making these for a breakfast gathering with friends and family. They are the perfect side dish to pancakes, waffles, muffins, etc.!
These hash brown egg cups are also great for quick on-the-go breakfasts when you have a busy morning. Take out of the fridge or freezer, heat up in the microwave and enjoy!
Making Potato and Egg Cups
These hash brown egg cups can be made with homemade hash browns or frozen hash browns—whichever you prefer!
PREP. Grease a muffin pan and preheat the oven to 400 degrees to get the recipe started.
HASH BROWNS. Thaw the hash browns and press them into 12 greased muffin cups. Be sure to press potatoes into the sides and bottoms of the pan. Bake the hash browns for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
EGGS. While the potatoes are cooking melt the butter over the stove in a skillet. Add the eggs, milk, and salt to the pan. Cook everything together until mostly cooked and no liquid remains. Add the chopped bacon and 1 cup of the cheese and cook an additional minute or so.
COMBINE. Spoon the egg mixture into the potato cups, sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake for 5 more minutes in the oven. Let the egg cups cool 5-10 minutes before removing from muffin cups.
using homemade hash browns
If you’re using homemade hash browns (regardless of if you’re making them fresh or pulling them out of the freezer), you’ll want to fry them up a little bit before putting them in the muffin. Go to our post for how to make hash browns for instructions on how to cook them!
Variations + Tips
Feel free to change up the ingredients, spices, and herbs in this recipe to make variations. Here are some additional ingredients you could add:
- pepper jack cheese
- paprika
- chili powder
- parsley
- cilantro
- chopped jalapeño
- sausage
- chorizo
- ham
- chopped bell peppers
Casserole version. This recipe also works well for a casserole rather than individual muffins! You can use an 8×8 or 9×9 casserole dish and just follow the recipe accordingly.
Make Ahead + Store. You can make this recipe at the beginning of the week and keep these breakfast cups on hand for a quick and easy breakfast the rest of the week! Simply store them in the fridge in an airtight container, and when you’re ready to eat, either reheat in the microwave or in the oven for 5-7 minutes at 325°F.
For more easy breakfast recipes, check out:
Hash Brown Egg Cups Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Press thawed hash browns into 12 greased muffin cups. Be sure to press potatoes into the sides and bottoms of the pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- While potatoes are cooking, melt butter, add eggs, milk and salt and cook until mostly cooked and no liquid remains. Add chopped bacon and 1 cup cheese and cook an additional minute or so.
- Spoon egg mixture into the potato cups, sprinkle with cheese and bake for 5 more minutes. Let cool 5-10 minutes before removing from muffin cups.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Made them this morning for the upcoming week. Easy and very delicious!
Thank you
You are so welcome! Glad you made them & liked them! Thank you!
Directions for cooking eggs are vague. I’m assuming they are scrambled but the recipe really doesn’t say.
Yes, sorry about that. They are scrambled. Enjoy!
I did not scramble the eggs…I baked the hash browns 20 minutes added the egg mixture and let them bake 30 minutes…Perfect
The Perfect all in one breakfast. Has all the stuff you like and you can pick up and run with it.
I made this recipe for my family a couple weeks ago. It was DELICIOUS!!!! We all loved them!!
These were so good! I loved the crunchy shell. Next time I think Ill try using some breakfast sausage too.
Making these for a Back to School Breakfast. My kids are going to love them!
Ok, these were so good!! I was looking for something different to make & tried these. They were crisp & my family loved them! We added some sausage & peppers, too!
Perfect for leftover hash browns! Thanks!
Am i missing something? i don’t see a quantity of eggs in this recipe. Please help!
It takes 6 eggs 🙂 Enjoy!!
Can these be frozen and served later? Do you have directions about how high to reheat, how long, thaw first? Tried them and they are delicious so I want to use them for breakfast after Sunrise Service on Easter. But want to make them ahead of time. Thanks.
They sure can! You can freeze them or you can make this recipe at the beginning of the week and simply store them in the fridge in an airtight container, and when you’re ready to eat, either reheat in the microwave or in the oven for 5-7 minutes at 325°F.
These would be perfect for busy school mornings!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
Sure would!! Hope you try them!