These leftover cheesy potato pancakes are made from — you guessed it, leftover cheesy potatoes! Which means you can easily whip up this fantastic savory breakfast at a moment’s notice. Enjoy!
It’s Potato Pancakes for Breakfast!
These savory and delicious potato pancakes make for a dang good breakfast! And they’re made using leftover cheesy potatoes, so you won’t find yourself in the kitchen for hours the morning you make these. They’ll be ready to serve in under 30 minutes.
How to Make Leftover Cheesy Potato Pancakes
These cheesy potato pancakes are oh so easy to make! You’ll be enjoying this yum yum breakfast in 5 simple steps:
- Place cheesy potatoes, breadcrumbs, and chives into a large bowl and mix well.
- Then, heat a large skillet over medium/high heat on the stove top. Once hot, add olive oil.
- When the olive oil is fragrant (you’ll know both the oil and the pan are well heated!), add 1/3 cup of the pancake mixture into the pan.
- Let the pancake cook for 2-4 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Pro Tip: These pancakes will be a bit more moist than traditional pancakes, but the golden brown edge will make them easy to flip. Repeat this pancake cooking and flipping process until all of the cheesy pancake mixture is gone.
- Serve these potato pancakes HOT with greek yogurt and chives sprinkled over the top (or any of the additional jazzy toppings below!).
How to Make Cheesy Potatoes
To make these delicious cheesy potatoes, head on over to our Cheesy Potatoes recipe. You’ll need the following ingredients:
- Frozen hashbrowns – the beauty of this recipe is that it calls for frozen shredded potatoes or hashbrowns, so there is no need to shred them yourself!
- Cream cheese – cream cheese helps smooth things out a bit and adds a tangy flavor. And, what is a cheesy potato without some cream cheese?
- Shredded cheddar cheese – the cheese star of the show for this crockpot cheesy potatoes recipe is shredded cheddar cheese. You can use any kind of cheddar you wish- yellow, sharp, mild, white, etc.
- Lawry’s – Lawry’s seasoning salt is our secret flavor weapon for this recipe. 2 teaspoons is all you need!
- Chicken broth: chicken broth is used to the cheesy sauce extra saucy.
Toppings for Cheesy Potato Pancakes
These leftover cheesy potato pancakes are perfection topped with any (or all?!) of the following fun topping ideas:
- Dollop of sour cream or Greek yogurt
- Chopped chives
- Bacon bits
- Sriracha
- Applesauce (if you like something a little more on the sweet side!)
Leftover Cheesy Potato Pancakes
Ingredients
Cheesy Potato Pancakes
- 4 cups leftover cheesy potatoes
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup minced chives plus more for garnish
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Toppings
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt or sour cream
Instructions
- Place cheesy potatoes, breadcrumbs, and chives into a large bowl and mix well.
- Next, heat a large skillet over medium/high heat. Add olive oil.
- When olive oil is fragrant, add 1/3 cup of the pancake mixture into the pan.
- Let the pancake cook for 2-4 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Pancakes will be a bit more moist than regular pancakes. Repeat until all of the cheesy pancake mixture is gone.
- Serve hot with greek yogurt and chives sprinkled over the top.
