My family loves bacon, eggs and fried potatoes for breakfast. Due to the calories, etc., we don't have them very often, so it is a treat when we do have them. Today, I tried something new that turned out great, so I thought I would pass it along.

To get good crispy fried potatoes, many people boil the potatoes first, dry them, then cut up to fry. Last night, I was cooking some chicken on the pellet grill, and knowing that I would be making fried potatoes this morning, I decided to skip the pre-boil and just cook them on the grill. I took red potatoes, put a bit of oil and coarse sea salt on the outside and tossed them on the top rack of the grill. Once done, I saved the potatoes for the morning, and then diced and fried as usual. The smoky grilled flavor was excellent. These are definitely the best fried potatoes I have ever made.

Sounds good!

Sounds good.
Here’s another way to cook the shredded potatoes like Denny’s serve. They take forever to cook it seems and never get crispy enough. Wife tried making them in our waffle maker. They were semi frozen to begin with and turned out hot and crispy. Probably would have been a little better if completely thawed out prior. Spray WM with Pam and cleanup was not bad.
I like sliced potatoes with onions like Mom made better. But this was a new twist.

I buy frozen shredded potatoes at Publix & put a little butter in the pan. Turn once, empty pan & fry the eggs. Dump eggs on potatoes, mix the yoke into the potatoes. Krogers also sells the frozen shredded potatoes, cheaper but not as good.

Sounds GOOD, DrDan!! I was craving hash browns the other day, but I abstained. These are a little "work" but Cowboy Kent shows us how...

I do a variation of Jeffrey Rogers’ recipie but I add bacon. I dice the potato’s and microwave them with a few tablespoons of water for 12 mins. While this is going on I cook up some bacon till it’s 75 percent done. Remove it but leave some fat ( I used a cast iron skillet). Drain potato’s well and add to skillet. I add a bit of butter and cook for 10 mins. I then flip and cook for 10 mins or so. I flip, season and add onions and the bacon. Stir it up and cook for another 10 minutes or so or until desired crispness is achieved. You might have to add some butter during the process. I’ve also sliced the potato’s with similar results.

My cholesterol went up 20 points just reading this!

flashguy

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...but I add bacon...

Almost always a good move.

whether baked or boiled, parcooking is the secret to getting the crispy exterior and creamy interior.

I gernally cut mine, rinse them, and let them soak in salted water for two hours or so, then patting dry and frying.

One of my favorites is to take the potatoes left over from a low country boil smash them into hot cast iron skillet with bacon grease and add more bacon grease on top. Let them warm up and the bottom get crispy and flip.

The spices from the boil really make for great hashbrowns.

I take Yukon Gold potatoes and cut them into a little bigger than bite size. Then, I nuke them in the microwave for 5 minutes. And I then take them out and let them cool off for a couple of hours. Then, when cool, I add the microwaved potatoes to the onions and peppers I have sauteing in the skillet. I like how it turns out.

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Originally posted by Apphunter:
One of my favorites is to take the potatoes left over from a low country boil smash them into hot cast iron skillet with bacon grease and add more bacon grease on top. Let them warm up and the bottom get crispy and flip.

The spices from the boil really make for great hashbrowns.

Well, now I know what to do with the leftover potatoes we always seem to have.

The best home fries are made with already cooked potatoes. These smoked ones sound good.

Just described these to my wife. We are debating what to smoke this week just to add some spuds in the back.

I keep those small containers of dehydrated shredded or hash brown potatoes on hand. 10-12 minutes to rehydrate, follow the directions, and cook. They cook well, don’t clump up like frozen, taste good, easy to use.

I “think” the Waffle House uses dehydrated hash browns instead or fresh or frozen.

Costco sells a multi pack of, I think it’s 6, smaller containers of the dehydrated hash browns, roughly the size of a small (pint???) size like a milk carton. I can buy the Hungry Jack brand, looks like the small milk carton size, for roughly $1.25 each, at Wallymart or Winco, other grocery stores. Roughly a 1 year Best By date. I believe they are great for camping, RV’ing, emergency preps, etc.

I don’t have to mess with fresh potatoes I bought that are now gone bad, or frozen ones. I prefer the dehydrated. Winco even sells them by the pound in their bulk food section, but I prefer the small containers. You even see a much larger size, like a gallon milk container size, at Sam’s for around $7 - $8, but it’s too big for me.

Good luck, and enjoy.



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