Sheet Pan Breakfast with Kale, Bacon and Hash Brown

This easy meal boasts your favorite comfort food ingredients with added nutrition from kale made easily and hassle free on a sheet pan in the oven. Sheet Pan Breakfast with Kale, Bacon & Hash Brown is a family favorite and crown pleaser. 

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Is it just me or is there a legitimate reason to avoid using the stove? I opt for the oven whenever I can to feed my family of hungry teenagers and hard-working hubby.  I can no longer get away with making a hash brown breakfast on the skillet to feed everyone. Even when I use my large cast iron skillet. I would need two of those to sufficiently feed my brood.

That’s why I’ve been loving all things sheet pan! They are large enough for our family and I can even do two sheets at a time when we have company. And the best part? My stove is clean and since it’s literally in the middle of our kitchen with glorious morning light glaring right at it – that’s a good thing!

Sheet Pan Breakfast with Kale, Bacon & Hash Brown

Kale

This Sheet Pan Kale and Bacon Hash Breakfast has all your favorite comfort-food ingredients but with an added bonus: kale. You can choose to opt out of this hardy green but if you’re wanting to add more vegetables to your diet – this is a great way. You can also swap kale with spinach or chopped chard, if kale is not your thing.

Bacon

It’s important to note that in order to achieve that crispy bacon, it has to be par-cooked first. Simply place it in a pre-heated oven for 15 minutes and while that’s cooking – prep your other ingredients.  After this cooking time, I then remove the bacon and carefully pour out excess grease onto a half-pint mason jar to use for other recipes. Be sure to reserve a few tablespoons of the grease on the sheet pan for the hash brown and kale mixture.

Note: Grease from bacon that is made with clean ingredients is good to use. I prefer to use antibiotic & hormone-free bacon cured with natural sugars. This bacon grease can be used for stir-frys, eggs and other recipes that’s why I always try to reserve it when making bacon.

Hash Browns

If using frozen hash browns, you would need to thaw them and drain excess liquid first. I’ve also cooked potatoes in the pressure cooker for 5 minutes on manual with natural release pressure. Do this the night before so the potatoes are completely cool to make shredding easier.  I have not tried this with store-bought hash browns as they typically contain canola oil and/or preservatives and do not recommend them.

Related: How to Make and Freeze Hash Browns

Timer

Finally, timer is your friend here. Because of the different cooking times of the ingredients used in this recipe, you will need to take the pan out a total of three times to add more ingredients for that perfect sheet pan breakfast. If you set a timer (I used my built-in oven timer), you should be okay. Having said that, ovens do vary so these times are just a general guideline.

Sheet Pan Breakfast with Kale, Bacon and Hash Brown

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Author: Anya

All your favorite comfort food ingredients with added nutrition from kale made easily on a sheet pan in the oven. 

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Ingredients

• 4 cups hash browns OR 4 medium potatoes cooked, cooled, and shredded to make hash browns
• 16 oz pastured bacon
• 3/4 cup parmesan cheese, divided
• 2 cups fresh kale, chopped thinly
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 6 pastured eggs
• freshly ground salt & pepper

Instructions

Hash Brown Prep:

1. If using frozen pre-made hash browns, thaw first and drain excess liquid. Or cook them the night before so it has enough time to cool down, making shredding easier. I cook them in my pressure cooker for 5 minutes with 5 minutes natural pressure release, then quick release. 

Sheet Pan Breakfast

1. Preheat oven to 450 F degrees.

2. Cut bacon strips in half (this makes cooking quicker and easier to assemble later). Place them in single layer on a large sheet pan.

3. Par-cook bacon for 15 minutes in a preheated oven. Set timer for 15 minutes.

4. While bacon is cooking, combine hash brown, 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, salt, paprika, and parsley together in a medium bowl. Toss in kale and give a quick toss but don't over mix. 

5. When timer goes off after 15 minutes, remove sheet pan from the oven. Using tongs, remove bacon from sheet pan onto a plate. Carefully pour out excess bacon grease from the pan onto a small jar for other uses, reserving 2-3 tablespoons on the pan for the hash browns. 

6. Toss in the combined hash browns and kale mixture and spread evenly across the pan. 

7. Set bacon strips directly on top of the hash brown and kale mixture and place back in the oven for 8 minutes.

8. After the hash brown has cooked, remove the pan from the oven. Carefully make 6 small wells in the pan. Make sure the bottom of the wells are greased (they should be from the bacon).

9. Break in the eggs into the wells. Season the eggs only with freshly ground salt and pepper. Toss the remaining 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese all throughout the pan.  

10. Set back in the oven for 5-7 minutes for softer yolks or longer for more cooked-through eggs, depending on preference.