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    Home / Breakfast and Brunch Recipes / Easy Breakfast Skillet - Loaded and Hearty

    Nov 1, 2018 · Last Updated: Oct 19, 2021

    Easy Breakfast Skillet - Loaded and Hearty

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    Make this easy breakfast skillet for your next brunch. Your guests will love this loaded breakfast skillet recipe that's packed with sausage, potatoes, and eggs. Get the recipe and tips now.

    Easy Breakfast Skillet in One Pan | The Worktop

    This post is sponsored by Circulon.

    I really hope you are hungry. I'm here today with a big, hearty, loaded breakfast skillet recipe for you.

    This easy breakfast skillet is loaded with sausage, potatoes, eggs, veggies and cheese

    You might call this a country breakfast skillet or a farmers breakfast skillet. It's loaded with ingredients that are hearty and filling. So dig in, and pretend you are on that ranch about to put in a hard day's work.

    But let's be real. I'm a city girl, and this sausage potato breakfast skillet isn't just meant for the country or farmers. It's a dish you want to set on a table for your brunch squad on lazy weekend mornings.

    Breakfast skillet recipe - potatoes, eggs cheese, sausage in a skillet with spatula | The Worktop

    You'll love this simple recipe to make sausage breakfast skillet

    The great part about making this easy breakfast skillet recipe is that everything can be done in one pan. Just start cooking everything on the stove top, and then finish it off in the oven.

    It's easy to throw this one pan breakfast together, and you can swap out the veggies for what you have in your fridge. It also cooks quicker than a traditional breakfast casserole since you start it on the hob.

    Because this recipe finishes in the oven, you can step away for part of the cooking time. Go chat with your guests or set the table as this hearty brunch finishes up cooking.

    Like a breakfast casserole, you can serve this hearty breakfast skillet to a large group all at once. When I use my 30-cm skillet, I can feed up to 8 people. Or if I don't have 8 people to feed, it saves well as a breakfast-for-dinner.

    Healthy breakfast skillet that is hearty and loaded - in a pan | The Worktop

    How do you cook a breakfast skillet?

    So you ready to get cooking? The full recipe is below, but I'll run through some of the tidbits here and provide some tips as well.

    What do you need to make this recipe?

    It's an understatement to say this is a loaded breakfast skillet. These are the ingredients you'll need / that I suggest:

    • potatoes
    • sausages
    • onions
    • mushrooms
    • red and green bell peppers
    • eggs
    • cheese
    • (I eat it plain, but it's also great with a touch of hot sauce)

    The most important part of making a breakfast skillet is to use a skillet that's non-stick and oven-proof. In the pictures, I use a Circulon Momentum Hard Anodised 30cm Frying Pan.

    Easy Breakfast Skillet with Sausage and Potatoes | The Worktop

    I've actually used Circulon pans for years, so I'm very excited to work with them to bring you this easy breakfast recipe. There's so much good to say about Circulon, so feel free to email me directly if you are interested in learning more.

    But here are the highlights that make this pan perfect for breakfast:

    • Tried and tested (by yours truly), it's non-stick so you get a beautiful breakfast that's easy to serve.
    • It can go into the oven up to 400°F / 204° C. Hot enough that you can can use it to cook eggs in the oven, giving you access to a lot of breakfast recipes.
    • The skillet is dishwasher safe (!), meaning easy clean up.

    See the circular grooves in the pan below? They are cleverly designed to create air pockets, so egg and cheese (which are both sticky) easily release.

    Baked Breakfast Skillet Recipe with Sausage | The Worktop

    The high parts of the grooves also help protect the base of the pan from scratches caused by cooking utensils. So don't worry when you sauté the ingredients, or when you are serve a slice of this hearty breakfast skillet to your guests.

    What is the best way to cook this hearty breakfast skillet?

    The best way to cook a this recipe is to stagger when you put in the ingredients. This recipe is loaded with many ingredients, and each of those have a different cooking time.

    So add the ingredients in order of what needs to cook the longest. In this case, start with the potatoes. Then the onions and sausage meat. Then you add the mushrooms and peppers.

    Once the vegetables are sautéed, pour in the eggs and allow this baked breakfast skillet to set in the oven

    Lastly, you pour over the egg and cheese, and let it finish baking in the oven. By baking the eggs and cheese, you end up with a breakfast skillet casserole that looks beautiful and holds together when plated.

    Not that there's anything wrong with a plate of scrambled breakfast, but guests will be pleasantly surprised with a less-common slice of baked breakfast skillet.

    Tip: Use this recipe for homemade breakfast sausage. It's quick and easy to make, and you avoid the fillers that store-bought sausage meats contain.

    Loaded Breakfast Skillet Casserole | The Worktop

    Breakfasts you can make with sausage

    If you end up with extra sausage after making this recipe, or if you just love sausage breakfast recipes and want more, here are a few that I love:

    • Sausage and Egg Breakfast Casserole
    • Puff Pastry Hand Pies with Sausage
    • Simple Baked Omelettes
    • Make Ahead Breakfast Burrito
    • Cheese Sausage Egg Muffins

    Get your appetite ready. Enjoy this loaded breakfast skillet!

    Loaded Breakfast Skillet Casserole | The Worktop

    Easy Breakfast Skillet - Loaded and Hearty

    5 from 18 votes
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    Serves: 8
    Prep: 15 minutes mins
    Cook: 30 minutes mins
    Total: 45 minutes mins
    Make this easy breakfast skillet for your next brunch. Your guests will love this loaded breakfast skillet that's packed with sausage, potatoes, and eggs. This recipe starts on the stovetop, but finishes with a quick bake in the oven.

    Ingredients

    • 2 tablespoons oil or butter
    • 1 pound baby potatoes - cut into 1-cm pieces
    • 1 medium onion - diced
    • 1 pound sausage meat
    • 1 medium green bell pepper - diced
    • 1 medium red bell pepper - diced
    • 5 ½ ounces mushrooms - chopped
    • 8 large eggs
    • 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
    • salt - to taste
    • pepper - to taste
    • green onions - for garnish
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    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 375°C / 190°C. 
    • Heat the oil or butter in a large (30-cm) oven-proof nonstick skillet on medium-high. Add in the potatoes. Sauté for about 2 minutes. The potatoes should be coated in the oil or butter by now.
    • Add in the onions and sausage meat, and continue to cook for about 2 minutes, breaking apart any large clumps of sausage meat with a spatula. At this point, the potatoes may be starting to brown on the outside, but will still be firm inside.
    • Add in the red and green bell peppers and mushrooms, and continue to cook about 2 minutes, until the peppers and mushrooms begin to soften. The ingredients won't all be cooked through at this stage and it's ok. We're sautéing the fresh ingredients to get out some of the water content and to brown the edges. They will finish cooking in the oven.
    • In the meantime, beat the eggs together in a medium bowl, and stir in the cheese. Gently pour the egg mixture into the skillet. Slowly stir everything around a few times. The hot pan will cause the eggs to start cooking a bit, which is fine.
    • Transfer the pan into the middle rack of the oven. Bake for 20 minutes, until the eggs are just set in the middle. Remove from oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

    Notes

    Tip: Make this recipe with homemade sausage meat. You will need ½ the recipe of this homemade sausage meat. Freeze the rest into breakfast sausage patties.
    Course: Breakfast, Brunch
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: Easy Breakfast Skillet
    Special Diet: Dairy Free
    Author: The Worktop
    Cal : 392kcal
    Note: Nutrition information is a rough estimate.
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    Filed Under: Breakfast and Brunch Recipes, Breakfast for a Crowd, Breakfast for Dinner Ideas, Breakfast Recipes with Eggs, Brunch Recipes for Mother's Day, Christmas Morning Breakfast Recipes, Easter Breakfast Recipes, Father's Day Brunch Recipes, Gluten Free, Kid Friendly, Oven, Quick and Easy Brunches, Savory Breakfast Ideas, Stove Top, Winter Breakfast RecipesTags: cheese, egg, sausage

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    1. Jody says

      January 21, 2023 at 5:21 pm

      5 stars
      This wonderful and tasty. Used Tator Tots and used Umami seasoning in place of mushrooms since I didn’t have mushrooms. Along with Spinach and Herb seasoning from TS and Creole seasoning. I will be saving this recipe and using this from now on. Thank you.

      Reply
    2. Mary says

      December 04, 2019 at 6:33 am

      5 stars
      Nice recipe. Thanks.

      Reply
    3. Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy says

      November 20, 2018 at 2:30 pm

      This looks DELICIOUS! Thanks for including our Make Ahead Breakfast Burrito :)

      Reply
    4. Shelby @Fitasamamabear says

      November 12, 2018 at 4:44 pm

      5 stars
      I love how simple this is!

      Reply
    5. Tessa Simpson says

      November 12, 2018 at 2:43 pm

      5 stars
      Breakfast perfection!! I love the flavors, a perfect way to stat the day!

      Reply
    6. Kari - Get Inspired Everyday! says

      November 12, 2018 at 5:28 am

      5 stars
      This is most definitely loaded and so perfect for having holiday company!

      Reply
    7. Catherine Baez Sholl says

      November 12, 2018 at 4:36 am

      5 stars
      This breakfast skillet looks so flavorful! Love the mushrooms and sausage

      Reply
    8. Elaina says

      November 10, 2018 at 7:30 pm

      Mmm! This is my kind of savory breakfast. I love that you don't have to peel or boil the potatoes ahead of time. Less prep work for the win.

      Reply
    9. Hope says

      November 10, 2018 at 5:50 am

      5 stars
      This looks so satisfying, tasty and filling! Perfect brunch!

      Reply
    10. ChihYu Smith says

      November 09, 2018 at 4:02 am

      5 stars
      That skillet looks so gorgeous. What a great hearty breakfast!

      Reply
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