Hosting a brunch? This simple recipe for cheesy egg and hashbrown cups is just the thing to serve. It incorporates all the best breakfast ingredients - eggs, hash brown potatoes, cheese, and prosciutto (which I think is better than bacon). This recipe gets made in a muffin tin, and it is easy to make a dozen or more at a time. This is the perfect recipe for times when you need to serve brunch to a crowd, or for mornings when you just want something easy to prepare.
I love this recipe because you can make it for one person or twenty, and making a big batch doesn't take much more time. I love prosciutto and it folds into the hash brown cups so easily, but you could add some crumbled cooked bacon instead. You can add any cheese you like, my go-to is Cabot Cheddar, so I added that.
The potatoes take a little while to get really crispy - I made this recipe a few times to master it, and that process takes about 30 minutes. The other important thing is to cook the egg whites but leave the yolks runny, this takes about 12 minutes, bringing the total preparation time up to about 45 minutes.
On my second attempt at this recipe the potatoes turned out wonderfully crispy. It's worth the extra time. I also used bacon instead of prosciutto.
I am not going to get into specific amounts in the recipe, because you can adjust it based on your preferences. For each individual serving you need about ¼ cup hash browns, 1 tablespoon shredded cheese, 1 egg, and a slice of bacon or prosciutto.
For a kick of spice serve with sriracha or your favorite hot sauce drizzled over the top.
Ingredients
- Shredded Hash Browns
- Butter
- Eggs
- Cheese
- Prosciutto or Bacon
Instructions
- Generously butter the muffin tin. Then add about ¼ cup of the shredded hash browns into each compartment, pressing the potatoes down and up the sides.
- Then place in the oven at 350 degrees to bake for 25-30 minutes, until the potatoes have browned slightly.
- If you are making bacon, cook it in the oven alongside the potatoes until crisp.
- Once the potatoes are slightly brown, remove them from the oven. Either place a slice of prosciutto or some crumbled bacon on top of the hash browns. Then add a bit of cheese. Add an egg, and top with a bit more cheese.
- Bake for 11-13 minutes - until the white has fulled cooked, but while the yolk is still runny.
- Serve immediately.
Want to see some of my favorite breakfast recipes? Here you go:
Eggs in Hash Brown Nests involve nearly all the same ingredients in this Cheesy Egg and Hash Brown Cups recipe, just with a different preparation.
This Strawberry Nutella French Toast will satisfy your sweet tooth.
And Breakfast Pita Pizza takes just 5 minutes of preparation time to make.
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
These look so tasty - and what a great dish to serve guests! Thanks for sharing on the What's for Dinner link up!
Kit Graham says
Thanks! I love that idea of serving this at a brunch.
Julia Nyanyo says
I'm not sure if we have shredded hash browns available here in the UK but I will certainly look out for them, this looks delicious.
Kit Graham says
If you don't you could use a cheese grater to shred eggs!
Chandra Italian Belly says
Found this on Mix it Up Monday. This is a fantastic idea especially because it can be easily done for 2 people or 15 people and is so simple. I guess it's like a variation of a baked egg en cocotte? shirred eggs?
Chandra Italian Belly says
So, I made these last night. Were a hit! Thanks again for the idea 🙂
Kit Graham says
Thank you so much!!! Glad to hear that the recipe was a hit.
Melissa Ruddy says
These look easy and yummy for a quick breakfast. I was wondering if they could be freezable so I could make a triple batch and reheat for weekday mornings?
Kit Graham says
I think you could if you scrambled the eggs instead of keeping a runny yolk.
Samantha @ SammyApproves.com says
This looks like an amazing breakfast! I'll have to save for later. Thanks for joining the Family Joy Link Party.
Kit Graham says
Thanks Samantha!
sosomom says
This looks great. I might try it for my MOPS group breakfast sometime. Pinned! #thisishowweroll
Kit Graham says
Thank you! It's just so easy to make!
Miz Helen says
I just love your presentation for your awesome Cheesy Egg and Hash Brown Cups. Hope you are enjoying your day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday!
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Donna Wirthlin says
Yum, so tasty. I am so hungry! Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday.
Kit Graham says
Thanks for stopping by Donna!
Rachel Teodoro says
Just wanted you to know I featured this on my round up for the Create Link Inspire party! I'll be pinning it to the group board today. Thanks so much! http://www.rachelteodoro.com/2017/01/create-link-inspire-party-13-recipes.html
Kit Graham says
Yay! This is so exciting! Thanks Rachel!