Home Fries Frittata
Everyone knows you can't have breakfast without eggs. This frittata has the added benefit of adding some potatoes to an already tasty dish. Originally served as part of: Pancake and Frittata Breakfast.
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Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup leftover home fries (defrosted)
- 5 large eggs
- to taste salt & pepper
- 2 teaspoons Pecorino romano cheese (Locatelli)
Instructions
We pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
We heat up our 10 inch non-stick pan (a pan that is oven-safe) with the olive oil over medium heat. We add the already cooked but cold home fries and cook stirring occasionally until heated through.
Meanwhile, we beat the eggs, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl with a fork. When the home fries are ready, we pour the egg mixture into the pan and lower the heat to medium-low. We cover the pan with aluminum foil and cook, shaking the pan occasionally, until the top is starting to set and the bottom is brown. This takes about 10 minutes. We then place the pan in the oven and cook for another 5-10 minutes. We want the frittata to be cooked through.
We carefully take the pan out of the oven with a pot-holder and slide the frittata onto a cutting board. We flip it over back into the pan. We want to brown the other side of the frittata so we place the pan on the stove again and heat on medium heat until browned. We sprinkle the cheese on top and slide onto a serving plate. We cut into wedges and enjoy.
Ingredients
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 cup leftover home fries (thawed)
- 5 large eggs
- salt and pepper
- 2 tsp Pecorino Romano (Locatelli)
Instructions
What's a kid job?
A Kid job is a step kids can help with, with a grown-up nearby, not one they do on their own. Every kid is different, so go by what your child can do rather than by age. Roughly:
- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
Steps with a knife, microplane, skewers, stove, oven, grill or hot oil, or with raw meat, poultry or seafood, are marked Grown-up. Kids can still watch those, from a safe distance.
Heat the oven to 350°F. Heat the oil in a 10-inch oven-safe nonstick pan over medium heat and warm the home fries, stirring now and then.
Kid job
Meanwhile, beat the eggs with salt and pepper in a medium bowl with a fork.
Grown-up
Pour the eggs over the potatoes, lower to medium-low, cover with foil, and cook about 10 minutes, shaking the pan now and then, until the bottom is brown. Finish in the oven 5 to 10 minutes, until cooked through.
Grown-up
With a potholder, slide the frittata onto a board, flip it back into the pan, and brown the other side on medium. Sprinkle with cheese, slide onto a plate, and cut into wedges.