Ham, Cheese and Hash Brown Frittata
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Are you looking for a quick and healthy meal to help use up leftover items in your fridge? Here is a great recipe for a Ham, Cheese and Hash Brown Frittata Recipe using frozen hash browns.
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Ham, Cheese, and Hash Brown Frittata Recipe
The great thing about a frittata is that the basic recipe is very flexible. You can use just about anything you have in the fridge, and it will taste delicious. Technically, this is more of a strata or egg bake than a frittata. (Fritatas usually start on the stovetop and are then transferred to the oven.) I don’t actually have a pan that can safely go from the stovetop to the oven, so I bake it in the oven from start to finish.
Change it up
I’ve made this recipe in so many ways based on what is in the fridge, and it always turns out great.
- No bread? Use leftover hamburger or hotdog buns. (Because, let’s face it: no matter how many hot dogs you buy, there are ALWAYS leftover buns.)
- No ham? No problem, use ground or smoked sausage.
- What? No hashbrowns? How do you even make an egg hashbrown casserole? That’s easy – use frozen french fries!
- Are you out of shredded cheese? That’s okay. Use whatever you have in the fridge—broken-up sliced cheese, ricotta, or even cottage cheese—whatever works. (I’ve used cottage cheese many times. I prefer to blend it in my blender until smooth, then mix it in with the eggs.)
Today, I varied a bit from the written recipe in that I used frozen sausage crumbles instead of ham. In addition to the shredded cheese, I also had some ricotta to use up, so I whipped it into the eggs. (That’s what the white stuff on top is—I guess I didn’t whip it good enough, lol. But I actually enjoyed the little pockets of ricotta.)
Turned out beautifully… (even if the photos didn’t, lol!) And was devoured by all.
Make Ahead Instructions
Want to prep the recipe the night before? Assemble it the night before, refrigerate it, and bake it the next morning for a low-stress breakfast that everyone will enjoy. Snce the dish is cold, plan on 15-20 minutes of additional heating time. If the top is getting too brown, loosely cover the dish with foil.
Enjoy!
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Ham, Cheese and Hash Brown Frittata
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 40 min
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Category: breakfast
Ingredients
- Olive oil
- 4 slices of white bread, torn into pieces
- 1 1/2 cups frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed. (I just heat them a little in the microwave)
- 1 cup of diced Ham
- 1 cup shredded cheese
- 6 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cup of milk
- Salt and pepper to taste
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, lightly grease a 9 x 9 or 7 X 11 baking dish with olive oil.
- Add the bread pieces to the bottom of the baking dish and distribute evenly.
- Layer the hash browns, ham, and cheese over the bread.
- In a medium bowl, whisk eggs and milk together, adding a little salt and pepper.
- Pour egg mixture on top.
- Bake 35-45 minutes until frittata is puffy and golden brown.
Notes
Six eggs and 1 1/2 cups of milk are the basic requirement; everything else can be substituted/increased/decreased based on what you have in the fridge/freezer.
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