Hash Brown Avocado Toast

This hash brown avocado toast is our favorite easy breakfast. We throw a hash brown patty in the air fryer, cook an egg over easy, mash an avocado, and put it all together. It's so easy and delicious.

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• Why We Love This Avocado Toast
• Key Ingredients and Substitutions
• Step-by-Step Instructions
• Top Tips
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Why We Love This Avocado Toast

• It's easy: This hash brown avocado toast is as easy as mashing an avocado, cooking an egg, and throwing it on a frozen hash brown (although we do give some ideas on how to dress it up a little).
• It's fast: I have a long commute, so quick grab and go breakfasts that are actually filling are super important. This recipe fits the bill.
• It's delicious: This has all of the same delicious flavors as regular avocado toast, but without the bread (but WITH potatoes).

Looking for other easy breakfast ideas? Try our greek yogurt scrambled eggs, cottage cheese avocado toast, or thin stuffed omelette.

Key Ingredients and Substitutions

Avocados: Perfectly ripe avocados make all the difference. Follow this guide to pick the perfect avocados. Once you have ripe avocados, store them in the refrigerator and they'll stay perfectly ripe for several days!

Hash brown patties: We use hash brown patties, not shredded hash browns. You can find them in the frozen section of most grocery stores, and Trader Joe's carries their own brand of frozen hash brown patties.

Eggs: Fresh eggs taste best, but use whatever you normally buy. If you want to omit the eggs, you could substitute some microgreens, tomatoes, or other veggies.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Cook the hash brown patties according to package instructions or using your preferred method. We cook them in the air fryer at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until crispy.

Step 2: Mash one avocado in a bowl and set aside. If you want to dress it up a bit, add lime juice and cilantro.

Step 3: Add oil to a large pan over medium-low heat. Crack the eggs directly into the hot pan and wait until the egg turns from clear to mostly white and firm. Carefully flip the egg over and cook for another 20 seconds. Take the eggs out of the pan and lightly season with a dash of salt and pepper.

Step 4: Divide the mashed avocado and apply it generously to the top of each hash brown, then top each hash brown with an egg.

Step 5: If you like, lightly sprinkle each hash brown with paprika or hot sauce.

Top Tips

• Don't forget to add oil to the pan before cooking your eggs. It prevents them from sticking to the bottom of the pan and burning.
• If you're making over-easy eggs, I only like to cook the yolk side for about 20 seconds. That way the egg is still nice and runny once you break into it.
• Mollie and I have tested hash brown patties from a couple of grocery stores, and our favorite brand is Trader Joe's. If you don't have a Trader Joe's near you (I feel terribly sorry for you), Ore-Ida makes a perfectly good version that most grocery stores seem to carry.
• We cook our hash brown patties in the air fryer for about 10 minutes at 400°F, but if you don't have one, feel free to cook them according to package instructions. However you do it, for best results, cook until they're nice and crispy.

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