Crispy Home Fries Recipe

Crispy home fries are a tasty naturally vegan breakfast potato recipe the whole family will love. They make the perfect pair for your favorite tofu scramble or a great addition to a breakfast taco. Made with only four ingredients, they are a simple recipe that any level cook can accomplish in just 20 minutes.

Why This Recipe Works

• A short list of simple ingredients. 
• Easy to follow recipe for tasty crisp breakfast potatoes.
• A tasty breakfast potato recipe that goes with a variety of breakfast dishes.
• A super adaptable dish that you can use as a way to clean out veggies you have in the fridge.

What Goes Into This Recipe

Four ingredients are all you need! It truly doesn’t get any easier than this breakfast home fries recipe! Here’s what you need:

• Canola oil: The oil is what gives the potatoes a crispy outside texture. You can also use vegetable oil or another neutral oil for cooking the potatoes. 
• Potato: The simple, humble Russet potato works great for this recipe. 
• Onion: Use a sweet onion such as Walla walla or Vidalia for the best flavor.
• Lime: This vegan breakfast potato recipe is unique thanks to the addition of lime juice and zest. 

Variations

Here are some ideas for adding some other flavors to your home fries.

• Spicy: Add in some diced chilies, cayenne pepper, or red chili flakes.
• Smoky: Sprinkle with smoked paprika when you season at the end.
• Bell peppers: Add any color diced bell peppers to cook with onions and potatoes.
• Sweet potatoes: Swap the white potatoes with diced sweet potatoes. Or use a mix of white and sweet potatoes.
• Other veggies: Really you can add any veggies you have available. Mushrooms, squash, asparagus, or whatever you enjoy!

How To Make Home Fries

Are you ready? Let’s get cooking! Here’s an overview of the steps to make these vegan breakfast potatoes. Details are in the recipe card.

• 1) Heat the oil in a skillet.
• 2) Add the potatoes and onions. Toss the vegetables around to fully coat them with the oil. Cover the skillet with a lid and cook for 10 to 13 minutes. Check and stir them occasionally as they cook.

• 3) Add a couple of shakes of pepper and salt after cooking for about 6-7 minutes.
• 4) When the potatoes are tender enough to be split with a spatula without too much effort, take off the lid, and turn up the heat to start browning the potatoes and onions. 

• 5) Cook for another 5 to 7 minutes, stirring enough to brown them all over. Squeeze the juice of up to half a lime over the potatoes. You can add more if you want. Add more salt and pepper to taste in the last few minutes of cooking.

• 6) Sprinkle the lime zest over the top and serve breakfast potatoes with ketchup or your condiment of choice.

Expert Tips 

• Don’t skip the lime! It’s the home fries seasoning that makes these vegan breakfast potatoes unique!
• Stir while cooking. This keeps the potatoes and onions from burning.
• Cover with a lid. Keeping the heat in the pan will help the potatoes cook more quickly.
• Store leftovers in the fridge for up to five days. Reheat in a skillet with a bit more oil or spread them on a baking tray and heat in the oven.

FAQs

What to Serve with Vegan Breakfast Potatoes

Serve up your vegan breakfast potatoes with your favorite vegan breakfast options. We love them with:

• Scrambled Tofu Breakfast Burritos
• Vegan gravy and biscuits
• Lima Bean Vegan Sausage
• Eggless Benedict with Hollandaise

Home fries are usually served for breakfast but in my opinion, you can serve them any time! So feel free to add them to your favorite vegan main dishes too!

More Vegan Potato Breakfast Recipes

• Easy Sweet Potato Toast
• One Pan Root Vegetable Hash
• Vegan Potato Fritatta
• Savory Potato Pancakes

Photos by Alfonso Revilla