This is an easy breakfast skillet recipe that will become part of a weekly tradition in your home! After you take the first bite, you will understand!
Potato, Andouille Sausage and Egg Skillet is a delicious breakfast skillet with andouille sausage, potato, eggs and gooey cheese. Ready in 30 minutes and perfect for special weekend brunch!
I get lazy making breakfast. It is so much easier to send hubby out for bagels or pour a bowl of cereal than it is to make a mess of the kitchen. However, every once and a while the mood strikes and I want to make a morning meal.
Today it was a simple, inspirational photograph of a potato and egg one-dish skillet I saw on a billboard. Many of my recipes start this way and then progress based on what is in my fridge and pantry instead of using a prescriptive recipe. The billboard was my muse.
Ok, I’m getting a little deep considering this is just a breakfast skillet. Calm down, Jessica.
Preparation for this Sausage and Egg Skillet can be done the night before, so the actual preparation is speedy. I used a 10-inch cast iron pan, but you can easily double the amount served by using a larger cast iron pan.
Andouille sausage adds a bite, so if you would prefer a tamer version, choose a tamer sausage. Just make sure it is savory, not sweet. Cheese and potatoes bring the dish together, as they usually do.
I love making cast iron skillet recipes, the skillet retains heat, lasts longer than other cookware, they are usually cheaper to buy, can be used for many different types of recipes like baking, sautéing, and cooking. If you don’t have one, I highly recommend one.
Recipes with andouille sausage:
Red Beans and Rice Recipe
Spicy Crab and Sausage Soup
Before you get started, make sure you know how to properly season your cast iron and how to clean your cast iron!
Sausage and Egg Skillet
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pound red potatoes diced into 1 inch cubes
- 1/2 sweet onion chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 links andouille sausage sliced into 1/4 inch disks
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese grated
- 1/4 cup flat leaf parsley coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Heat olive oil in 10 inch cast iron skillet or other oven proof pan over medium-high.
- Add potatoes and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring to make sure they don’t stick to the bottom. If they absorb all of the oil and/or stick, add just a little bit more olive oil.
- Add onion, salt and pepper and continue to stir. Cook for an additional 5 minutes or until onions are soft. Potatoes will start to soften, but won’t be fully cooked.
- Add andouille sausage and cook for another 2 minutes. Using the back of your spoon, form 4 wells. Crack eggs into each well. Transfer pan from the stove top to the oven.
- Cook for 5 minutes. Remove, top with sharp cheddar cheese and return to the oven. Change oven setting to broil. Watch carefully and remove when cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Remove and top with fresh parsley. Serve Potato, Andouille Sausage and Egg Skillet piping hot.
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
Loved this recipe!! I’m learning to use different types of pan and this recipe was perfect for cast iron.
I saw some comments that they added bell pepper and I had the same thought but needed them for another meal.
This recipe will be a repeat, especially when I need to feed a large crowded.
Next time to keep the eggs easy, I might just torch the eggs. 🙂
Yay! Glad you loved it!
Something different for dinner. It was very good and we will be making it again!!
Thanks, Millie! Just curious why you gave it 4 stars- what would you do differently to make it 5?
Yummylicious! I added mushrooms because my husband loves them. This recipe is worth keeping! Thank you for sharing your cooking skills!
Woohoo! Thanks for coming back to let us know! We like mushrooms too.