Onions and potatoes go hand in hand. Cooking them together guarantees a delicious breakfast, snack, lunch, or dinner! These recipes we show here all have unique seasonings, flavors, shortcuts, and twists on the classic breakfast skillet. Try our favorite skillet potatoes and onions recipes below!
1. Rachel Ray’s Potatoes and Onions
This is Rachael Ray’s take on potatoes and onions, and it’s a quick dish to whip up any day of the week. This recipe calls for basic ingredients of butter, potatoes, and onions, but adds the extra ingredient of heavy weights! Place heavy weights on top of your potatoes while cooking, and they will be ready and cooked in about 30 minutes! This is truly an easy recipe!
2. Sliced Skillet Potatoes and Onions
This is a simple recipe that uses loads of seasonings, including thyme, paprika, parsley, salt and pepper! This recipe uses thick Idaho russet potatoes cut into 1/4″ slices, however you can choose to cut them into small cubes as well. This is the perfect recipe to get you potatoes that are crunchy on the outside, and soft and decadent on the inside! Use this recipe any time of day!
3. Southern-style Skillet Potatoes and Onions
This is one of the simplest recipes that use one magic key ingredient – garlic powder, to add lots of taste! This is the best recipe for someone who wants a one-pot meal or a one-pot side dish for their dinner that’s quick and easy. This recipe can be whipped up in 30 minutes. The recipe asks you to leave your potatoes to brown, so don’t over-stir when making this dish
4. Ray Mack’s Southern-style Skillet Potatoes and Onions
Youtuber Ray Mack puts his spin on skillet potatoes and onions by adding lots of seasoning, including paprika, parsley,thyme, and of course, salt and black pepper. However, he opts for using minced garlic in oil and not garlic powder for a deep, rich garlic flavor! Ray Mack also uses lots of butter in this savory dish. Pair it up with your favorite entree, or use as the main course!
5. 5-star Skillet Potatoes and Onions
This recipe from food.com has a 5 star rating! It might be because the recipe starts off with cooking some sweet onions in the skillet separately until caramelized and golden brown.
You then use this caramelized butter and oil to cook the rest of the potatoes, which should be boiled or baked beforehand, and combine everything toward the end. A delicious twist on a classic dish. Try this recipe today
6. Pan-Fried Skillet Potatoes and Onions with a Twist
Sam the Cooking Guy is a famous Youtuber with over 3 million followers, and this is one recipe to show you why! He cooks his potatoes and onions in bacon grease after frying up some delicious smoked bacon! This is the perfect dish for you bacon-lovers out there, and can be eaten on game night, with a side of steak, or as Sam suggests, with a fried egg on top!
7. West Virginia Style Skillet Potatoes and Onions
This is a great recipe for a weekday brunch or even a late night dinner! Recipe writer Chenée recommends using either Yukon gold potatoes or russet potatoes for this recipe, with russet potatoes yielding a softer texture.
She recommends adding red pepper flakes for some heat, or some green onions or chives for a delightful flavor combination! Simple and classic, this is one recipe that won’t give you dried potatoes.
8. Hearty Dressed-up Skillet Potatoes and Onions
This is a hearty recipe that can feed the entire family! Youtuber and grill master AB simply eyeball the ingredients in this recipe, which includes large (and small) Idaho russet potatoes, cheese, bell peppers, bacon (used in the beginning for added flavor), and eggs!
This dish can be enjoyed as a full-course meal. If you do not want to use bacon, AB recommends using oil and butter.
9. Southern Pan Fried Potatoes and Onions
This is another classic take on skillet potatoes and onions. This recipe uses diced potatoes to add lots of texture and contains flavor in every mouthful.
This skillet potatoes and onions recipe call for Idaho russet potatoes cubed small, butter, oil, and diced onions. The recipe recommends leaving the skillet lid off for crunchier potatoes or leaving the lid on for soft potatoes. Add in some cumin for extra flavor.
10. Island Vibe Skillet Potatoes and Onions Recipe
For a Creole twist, try this recipe for hearty skillet potatoes and onions from Youtube’s Island Vibe Cooking! This recipe uses gorgeous andouille sausages to add loads of flavor, in addition to regular (not smoked) paprika, seasoning salt, black pepper and thyme!
This is a great recipe for those looking for a spicy, flavorful, and hearty version of skillet potatoes and onions. This recipe also uses bacon for added flavor!
11. Classic Skillet Potatoes and Onions (with a shortcut)
Like all classic skillet potatoes and onions recipes, this one uses traditional russet potatoes with sweet onions. Food blogger Angela has a shortcut for dicing your onions in this recipe – grate them using a cheese grater instead!
This gives you onions that are easily cooked and caramelized, and virtually melt into your potatoes! Angela also recommends making this dish your own by your favorite ingredients such as mushrooms or cherry tomatoes.
12. Packed and Flavorful Southern-Style Potatoes and Onions
Youtuber Camirra takes inspiration from her southern childhood to make this delicious skillet potatoes and onions recipe. This recipe uses seasoning including old bay and Cajun seasoning for the potatoes and onions!
This adds a wealth of flavor, a touch of spice, and is sure to make your whole home smell amazing! In addition, this recipe uses bell peppers and bacon grease instead of oil, but again, use what you have!
13. Skillet Browned Potatoes and Onions
This recipe is all about the skillet! This recipe ensures your potatoes come out crispy by using a heavy skillet on medium-low heat. Although it takes a bit longer to cook your potatoes, they come out full of texture and fried to crispy perfection. This recipe also uses garlic at the beginning of the recipe to flavor your oil. You can keep it or discard it in your recipe.
14. Gordon Ramsay’s Steak and Potatoes and Onions
If Gordon Ramsay can make steak, potatoes and onions in 10 minutes, so can you! This is a two-for-one recipe for steak and skillet potatoes and onions!
Gordon Ramsay uses purple onions in addition to green onions, and drizzles his thinly-sliced potatoes with a homemade chimichurri sauce packed full of fresh herbs including basil, parsley, and chili! This is an elegant, yet simple and quick version of potatoes and onions!
15. Easy Skillet Potatoes and Onions
This recipe is rated 4 out of 5 stars, and is quick and easy for homemade breakfast! This recipe calls for using red potatoes, rather than Idaho russets, due to their smaller and sweeter taste.
Combine the red onions with fresh minced garlic, rather than garlic powder or garlic in oil, for a truly flavorful dish! Don’t forget the ground paprika and red bell peppers, also included in this recipe.
16. Hearty Skillet Potatoes and Onions with Sausage
This is another fan-favorite recipe from YouTube channel Island Vibes Cooking. It uses both bacon and breakfast sausage, in addition to Cajun seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, and dried parsley!
These seasonings combine to make a hearty breakfast that can feed the whole family! In addition, this recipe calls for boiled potatoes to ensure they are crispy and flavorful on the outside, yet soft, moist and tender on the inside.
17. Rosemary Skillet Potatoes and Onions
The key ingredient and star of this recipe is, of course, Rosemary! Rosemary is a beautiful herb that can be grown outdoors, and you might even have some laying around in your garden or in your pantry! For this recipe, use fresh rosemary and combine it with sweet onions, large Idaho russet potatoes, along with a bit of butter and oil. Serve them along with a steak!
18. Healthy Skillet Potatoes and Onions
This recipe by the Youtube channel Strong and Beyond uses simple ingredients for a healthy skillet potatoes and onions recipe. Not only do they use onion powder, salt, and pepper, but the recipe above also incorporates rosemary!
They take an unusual but effective shortcut by microwaving their potatoes before cooking them for about 5 minutes! You can also choose to boil your potatoes, but microwaving them is perfectly safe too.
19. Ari Liang’s Skillet Potatoes and Onions Recipe
Food blogger and creator of well-seasoned studio Ari Liang introduces this recipe as her diner-style potatoes and onions! This is a recipe that uses all the key ingredients of oil, Idaho russet potatoes, and sweet onions, but uses sweet paprika rather than ground or smoked!
This adds great color and flavor. Ari also likes to squeeze a bit of lemon over her skillet potatoes and onions for an added bite!
20. Oven-roasted Ranch Potatoes and Onions
Cowboy Kent Rollins has over 1 million subscribers on Youtube, and this is one recipe that can show you why! He combines baby russet potatoes with red potatoes diced small for easier prep time.
This recipe also calls for cooking sliced onions and bell peppers until just tender, then combining with the potatoes. The secret ingredient – ranch seasoning! Combine them all and roast in an oven for a flavorful breakfast.
21. Mom’s Skillet Potatoes and Onions
This recipe by Fran Murray on food blog Just a Pinch is as simple as it gets! No extra seasonings or other ingredients, just soft, high-quality Yukon gold potatoes, salt and pepper to taste, butter, and a large yellow or sweet onion! Fran likes to boil her potatoes beforehand until they are partially cooked and then sliced into 1/2″ cubes. This recipe is simple, yet rated 5/5 stars!
22. Cast-Iron Potatoes and Onions
Youtube Jeffrey B. Rogers, also known as the culinary fanatic, uses this recipe for his go-to breakfast skillet potatoes and onions! This recipe uses a cast-iron skillet, which Rogers reminds home cooks to use only over medium heat.
The medium heat will allow the potatoes to cook low and slow and lock in moisture and flavor. He also microwaves his potatoes for 5 minutes beforehand for a better cooking time!
23. Lyonaisse Potatoes and Onions
This recipe dresses up the classic potatoes and onions by using a mandolin slicer to ensure the potatoes and onions are thinly sliced and cooked evenly. It also calls for chicken broth, which adds a deep, rich flavor to the potatoes, and ensures they don’t stick to the bottom of the skillet while cooking! Use water instead if you don’t have chicken broth on hand, and finish with fresh parsley.
24. Bacon and Garlic Fried Skillet Potatoes and Onions
This is another classic recipe by the Youtube channel Strong and Beyond, and uses reserved bacon grease, bacon bits, and onion to flavor the potatoes!
It also uses garlic, paprika, and dried parsley to add some extra flavor and color. These beautiful golden and red potatoes are perfect for breakfast or dinner, and also use a shortcut- microwave the potatoes for 5 minutes before cooking to shorten the overall cooking time.
Summary
We hope you try our favorite skillet potatoes and onions recipes above for your next brunch, dinner, or game night! From cajun-style to simple yet delicious skillet potatoes and onions, these recipes are sure to be a staple in your household.
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