Bacon Fat Fried Potatoes
These Bacon Fat Fried Potatoes are crispy, amazing, and delicious. Every time I make sheet pan bacon or bacon in a skillet, I make these fried potatoes.
You use some of the bacon fat to toss the potatoes and they bake up crisp and delicious. Fresh herbs, black pepper, and sea salt make this a culinary dream breakfast.
A Favorite Indulgent Breakfast
This recipe is probably one of my favorites because of how easy it is. While I love experimenting in the kitchen, there are time you don’t want to put in too much effort.
I especially hate making breakfast. It takes me back to my restaurant days working Sunday morning when everyone wanted their eggs to order and I was tired from working the weekend.
Because of this I am always looking for ways to make breakfast recipes easy for myself. One of the other reasons I love making these Bacon Fat Fried Potatoes is because they require one sheet pan, so there is very little clean up.
How To Make Bacon In The Oven
A while back, I posted a recipe for a No Mess BLT where I shared a trick I learned while working those horrid breakfast shifts on how to make bacon for a crowd in the oven. If you haven’t read the post yet, you can click the link in the previous sentence to learn my secrets.
If you already know about the trick great! If not, it’s a simple process.
Simply Line a sheet pan with foil and spread out your bacon, making sure they aren’t overlapping. Put the bacon in the oven as it heats to prevent splatter and bake at 375 until your desired crisp is achieved.
You can add different seasonings like black pepper and brown sugar before baking or just leave the bacon as is. I let the bacon drain on a paper towel lined plate.
I share this bacon knowledge because it is an important step in making the Bacon Fat Fried potatoes. If you would like to add these potatoes to your bacon feast the steps and ingredients are on a recipe card below.
You will want to save some or all of the bacon bits and bacon fat left on the sheet pan. Then you will use the same sheet pan as the bacon to “fry” the potatoes.
Bacon Fat Fried Potatoes
Bacon Fat Fried Potatoes are crispy, amazing, and delicious. Every time I make sheet pan bacon or bacon in a skillet, I make these fried potatoes. You use some of the bacon fat to toss the potatoes and they bake up crisp and delicious. Fresh herbs, black pepper and sea salt make this a culinary dream breakfast.
Ingredients
- 3 Russet Potatoes, Skin On, Diced
- Salt & Pepper
- Fresh Herb of Your Choice, I used Lemon Thyme
Instructions
While your bacon cooks, prep your potatoes by washing them and dicing them.
When you are done dicing the potatoes, make sure you dry them well with some clean paper towels.
Add your potatoes to a large bowl.
When the bacon is done, remove it from the pan and have it drain on some paper towels.
Next, take that grease from the pan and drain it into the bowl with the potatoes. You don't have to use all of it, just enough to give the potatoes a light coating. I also use a rubber spatula to scrape all those yummy salty bacon bits into the bowl as well. No need to clean the pan, it is perfect for roasting the potatoes. SO use the same pan as you cooked the bacon on. You can dab at the pan with some paper towels to take off excessive amounts of the bacon fat. Just leave enough to lightly coat the pan. While you prep the potatoes turn the oven up to 400 degrees, keep the pan in the hot oven so that the pan is hot when you add the potatoes.
In the bowl, toss the potatoes with the bacon fat, add salt and pepper and herb of your choice.
Carefully remove the VERY HOT pan from the oven, Spread the potatoes on the pan you cooked the bacon on, pop in the oven at 400 degrees and let roast for 25 minutes.
Check on them here and there, you will know they are done when they are super crispy. You can give them a toss occasionally.
Remove from oven, adjust the seasoning, plate and top with more fresh herbs.
These potatoes are a meal in itself but paired with the bacon they are even more divine. If you want to get really ambitious you can add a fried egg to the top.
These Bacon Fat Fried Potatoes will be a great addition to your breakfast repertoire and are perfect for the upcoming holiday season when you have to feed a crowd.
For another great meal, check out my recipe for Meatball Sub Sandwiches.
