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Hash Brown Egg Nests

A quick and filling breakfast with frozen hash browns, eggs, and your favorite toppings!
Course Breakfast
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Cost $10

Ingredients

  • 20 oz bag of refrigerated hash browns You can use frozen, just let thaw first.
  • 4 tbl vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 6 ea eggs
  • 4 tbl cream
  • 1/2 cup cooked breakfast meat Ham, Bacon, or Sausage all work well
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese
  • 1/2 cup cooked veggies of your choice Mushrooms, peppers, spinach, tomatoes, or anything else you love!

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  • Take the hash browns in a bowl and mix with oil, cheese, salt, and pepper.
  • Grease 12 muffin cups in a muffin tin very very well!
  • Take ⅓ cup of the hash brown and cheese mix and press into the bottom of the muffin tins and up the edges.
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
  • While the cups are baking, work on prepping your eggs and toppings!
  • When the cups are baking, mix up the egg mix including eggs, cream, breakfast meat of your choice, cheese, and cooked veggies. Stir well to combine.
  • When the hash browns come out, scoop the egg mixture into the cups close to the top.
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes until the egg mixture is set.
  • Once you remove it from the oven, run a knife gently around the edge of each muffin, but don't try to remove it yet. Let it cool and firm up for about 5 minutes before gently removing it from each muffin tin.

Notes

  • Makes 12 muffins
  • To make these vegetarian, omit the breakfast meat and increase the veggies to 1 cup.
  • The bottom of a measuring cup will help with pressing, and it is ok if the hash browns come up above the edge of the muffin tin.  
  • These freeze incredibly well. I will remove it from the freezer, and microwave in the morning for about a minute or two depending on the size until they are warmed through. 
  • Top these with a little salsa, sriracha, or guac for some extra flavor!!
  • These can be a little tricky to get out of the muffin tins. If you have a silicone muffin tin or liners, this would be a great place to put them in use!