Breakfast Scramble with Bacon, Eggs, and Potatoes

What You’ll Need To Make A Simple Breakfast Scramble

Our breakfast scramble is made with potatoes, eggs, and bacon. So it’s pretty much what you’d expect from any good diner-style brunch! It’s a little greasy, a little salty, and a little cheesy. It’s definitely not healthy, but it’s got all the tasty components of a comforting homestyle breakfast.

Here’s what you’ll need to make the best breakfast scramble:

• Russet potatoes
• Bacon
• Eggs
• Milk
• Shredded Mexican-blend cheese
• Sliced American cheese
• Hot sauce
• Vegetable oil
• Salt & pepper

How To Make A Breakfast Scramble With Bacon, Potatoes, and Eggs

While some breakfast scramble recipes cook everything in one skillet, we like to prepare each component separately for easy, no-fail cooking:

• Fried potatoes
• Crispy bacon
• Scrambled eggs

This will help you control the cooking process, and cooking time, for each main component of your breakfast scramble. Frying potatoes, crisping bacon, and cooking scrambled eggs all happen at different temperatures and rates! Here’s how to uncomplicate breakfast by cooking everything separately:

1. Fry the potatoes. Peel and dice the potatoes, then season with salt and pepper and fry them in vegetable oil in a deep cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Let them be for the most part. You’ll need to stir them occasionally so they don’t stick to the pan and burn, but you want to let them sit undisturbed to get crispy.
2. Cook the bacon. You can either fry the bacon in a separate skillet on the stove, or bake it in the oven, while the potatoes cook. Drain excess grease and then roughly chop into smaller pieces.
3. Scramble the eggs. Whisk eggs and milk in a small bowl, then cook in a frying pan over medium-low heat until fluffy. Lower heat and add both kinds of cheese, stirring to combine with the eggs until melty and gooey.
4. Combine. Once everything is ready, drain any excess grease from the potatoes. Then add the cheesy scrambled eggs and bacon to the potatoes and stir to combine. Add a dash of hot sauce if desired, and serve family-style right in the cast iron skillet!

Tips For Making The Best Breakfast Scramble

Before you gasp at the amount of cookware required to make this breakfast scramble – we have a few tips to cut down on dishes! Take our advice below and you’ll only end up with two dirty pans to wash after breakfast:

1. Fry the potatoes in a skillet that’s large enough to serve the whole breakfast scramble. You’ll add everything to this pan at the end!
2. If you fry the bacon on the stove you can drain the excess grease once it’s done and cook the scrambled eggs right in that same pan. You’ll get bonus bacon flavor infused into your eggs, which is never a bad thing.

Breakfast Scramble Serving Suggestions

A family-style skillet of this bacon, potato, and egg breakfast scramble is perfect for:

• Feeding an entire horde of relatives during the holidays
• Sharing with your friends at your next brunch potluck
• Enjoying on a lazy Sunday morning after staying out too late the night before

Since our breakfast scramble is relatively simple, it can easily be dressed up any way you like! Here are some suggestions for different add-ons and toppings:

• Ketchup
• Chipotle mayo
• Sliced avocado
• Pico de gallo
• Sautéed peppers and onions

It also tastes great alongside many other breakfast foods, if you want to serve a whole spread. We especially enjoy some buttered toast on the side and a glass of juice with our bacon egg and potato breakfast scramble! Here are a few ideas for what to serve this breakfast scramble with:

• Toast
• English muffins
• Biscuits
• Fresh fruit
• Mini bagels
• Mini muffins
• Croissants
• Coffee or tea
• Juice