Purple, red and yellow potatoes, red and green bell peppers and yellow onions are cooked together into a colorful and flavorful dish perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. When I saw the variety of potatoes at the market this morning, I couldn’t resist the idea of making a multicolored skillet.
I love having potatoes with breakfast in the morning. Well, technically, I would love having potatoes with most of my meals.
By taking the time to prep them in advance, I just heat as many as we need when we are ready to eat them. These potatoes are great as a dinner side dish, as a simple lunch or tossed into scrambled eggs for a hearty breakfast.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 3 potatoes I used a purple, red and a yukon gold, diced into 1/4" pieces, about 3 cups total
- 1 bell pepper I used 1/2 each red and green, chopped small
- 1 small yellow onion chopped small
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt adjust to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper adjust to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the onions and potatoes. Stir to coat. Season with salt and pepper and stir again. Spread potatoes across the skillet and let cook for 10 minutes, stirring every few minutes and then spreading the potatoes out again. You want the potatoes to get brown and crispy on the sides.
- Add the peppers and stir to combine. Continue cooking, stirring every few minutes for another 5-10 minutes. Taste and season as needed. Serve immediately or cool and refrigerate until ready to serve. To reheat, simply warm them in a skillet over medium heat until hot again. Enjoy!
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Big Dude says
Looks delicious and if had a second egg, I would have thought it was my plate. Fried taters with onions and peppers is hard to beat and when you add all those colors it's pretty as well.
Jenn says
It is a thing of colorful beauty for sure!!! It's almost too lovely to eat…. almost 🙂
Tricia @ saving room for dessert says
A beautiful classic! I could have lived in the old days with a big hearty breakfast everyday (add meat and another egg) then go and work in the fields or tend the animals. I was born in the wrong century! Have a great weekend Mary 🙂
Athena @ Lifes Abundant Adventures says
How do you keep your potatoes from sticking to your pan? Every time I try to make potatoes like this, I end up with a lot of burnt potato stuck to the bottom of my pan, despite being generous with my cooking oil. Any suggestions? 🙂
Mary says
Have you tried using a non-stick skillet, Athena? I keep one in the house just for eggs and potatoes. Make sure the oil is good and hot prior to adding the potatoes. Then toss or stir the potatoes around in the oil quickly to coat them. I don't wait more than 2-3 minutes between stirring them either. I know that some people swear by just flipping them over and not doing that more than a couple times, but mine stick when I wait that long. A cast iron works as well, but it needs to be very well seasoned before even trying it. I hope that helps. I hate when that happens!
Athena @ Lifes Abundant Adventures says
I use stainless steel pans. I've been wanting to invest in some cast iron pans, this might be a good reason! 🙂 I'll focus more on tossing the potatoes with the oil to coat them better and see how that turns out. Thanks Mary! 🙂
Mary says
That explains it. I have awesome stainless steel pans that I LOVE, but for frying like this, they just don't work for me either. I'm thinking that if you toss the potatoes in the oil that might help, but a well-seasoned cast iron will work much better. Like I said above, I hang onto my non-stick skillet just for this purpose and for eggs. I know there are downsides, but for now, it works for me.
Sue/the view from great island says
When my husband is out I've taken to eating this for dinner!
Words Of Deliciousness says
I love these potatoes, they look really tasty.
nancy at good food matters says
those Peruvian purple potatoes taste so good–and I love their look.
Sippity Sup says
They're like colorful Homefries! GREG
Chris says
What a colorful hash! And I skipped breakfast this morning, grrrrrrr.
Jed Gray (sportsglutton) says
The addition of purple potatoes just about makes this the perfect breakfast
Liz says
Thank you for this recipe. I am on the Daniel Fast and this goes very well with it. I added mushrooms. It was amazing!!!
Christina says
I made this dish this morning and it was ah-mazing! I also sprinkled shredded pepper jack cheese on top.
Dilini Gunasinghe says
Just made it this morning. It was delicious
Mary Younkin says
I’m glad you like the recipe, Dilini!