Satisfying Potato Breakfast Recipes

12 Hearty Ways to Have Potatoes for Breakfast

Make the most of potatoes in the morning with pancakes, latkes, or hash browns, or utilize leftovers with breakfast hash recipes.

Food & Wine Editors

Updated on September 29, 2023

Latke Breakfast Hash Recipe — Photo: Anna Stockwell

Prepare a filling, flavorful start to the day with these breakfast potato recipes, from hash browns and breakfast hash to latkes and sweet potato pancakes. Whether you have leftovers to repurpose or a brunch spread to keep interesting, breakfast potatoes can feed a crowd and pair perfectly with eggs. Dig in with a satisfying breakfast potato recipe among our favorites.

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Breakfast Potatoes

These savory and golden breakfast potatoes can be customized with your favorite spice blend or dashes of hot sauce.

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Candied Sweet Potato Pancakes

Mashed sweet potatoes give these light, fluffy pancakes a beautiful color and keeps them extra moist and tender. Flecked with orange zest and studded with crunchy walnuts, they're a decadent fall breakfast and a great way to use leftover candied sweet potatoes the morning after Thanksgiving.

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Potato Pancakes

The trick to a crispy potato pancake that holds together well is to use Russet potatoes, which have a high starch content. You can grate the potatoes on a box grater, or a food processor makes this recipe especially fast and easy.

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Julia Child's Hash Browns

These potatoes are crispy outside, creamy inside, and delicious with fried eggs.

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Latke Breakfast Hash

Pastry chef Caroline Schiff, who loves to fry up latkes the way her great-grandmother did, likes to use a dash of pimentón, Spanish smoked paprika, to give extra depth to this eggy, savory breakfast dish.

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Chicken Hash with Eggs

Jonathan Waxman uses leftover chicken in a hash with green pepper, onion and jalapeños for a nice, hearty breakfast that welcomes a dash of hot sauce.

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Hash Brown Chaat

Sweet, spiced apple butter chutney and an herbaceous green chutney, crunchy toppings, and plenty of spices and herbs make this potato-based dish, from blogger and cookbook author Hetal Vasavada, a riot of texture and flavors. Top scrambled eggs with the green chutney, too.

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Sweet Potato Hash Browns

Kay Chun tops sweet potatoes and smoky poblano peppers with a fried egg for a savory, hearty breakfast.

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Potato, Mushroom, and Chicken Hash

This hash is the perfect place to use leftover cooked turkey or chicken. Just toss it in at the end with the mushrooms, and top the brunch favorite with a fried egg.

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