This easy recipe for apple potato hash is perfect topped with a poached egg or all on its own! It’s delicious comfort food.
I am such an easy mark for anything with the word “hash” in the title. And usually that means corned beef hash, but after our recent apple picking episode wherein the Southern husband and I picked close to our combined weight in apples, I was basically adding apples to everything I cooked.
We are talking apples snuck into breakfast, lunch and dinner, my friends, so it was kind of inevitable that I figured out that apples could, yes, go into hash.
A hash that is an easy, crispy conglomeration of chopped apples and potatoes sauteed with some onions and olive oil and butter and thyme until they were the perfect amount of tender and crunchy.
It was a delicious plate full of fall flavors, just begging to be topped with a poached or fried egg.
The issue with apple picking is that you have this festive ride to the apple orchard, you make your way out to the trees which at this time of year are loaded and drooping with millions of gorgeous ripe apples, and it takes you about 3 minutes to fill up your one peck-sized bag. Even when you are picking slowly.
So because only 3 minutes have passed, you go for another peck-sized bag. And so on.
And before you know it, you have enough apples to last you for the full month of October, and you realize you better start rustling up some apple recipes because there is only so much your apple-loving Southern husband can do on his own in terms of lowering the apple population in the kitchen.
So far I have made applesauce, apple slab pie…and this apple potato hash.
And while I will always be up for a bowl of corned beef hash, I think this new version may have stolen my heart. And I’m not just saying that because it helped lower my apple count by one whole apple.
Do you have a favorite apple recipe that I should know about? Leave it for me in the comments…and let me know if you need any apples. I know someone who has some.
Apple Potato Hash
This recipe for apple potato hash is perfect topped with a poached egg or all on its own! It’s delicious comfort food.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 servings
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 sweet onion, peeled and diced
- 2 large Yukon Gold potatoes, diced
- 1 large apple, cored and diced
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- 1 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fresh thyme for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a medium deep skillet over medium high heat. Add onion and saute until tender, about 3 minutes.
- Add potatoes and saute for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add apple, thyme and butter and saute for another 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with fresh thyme, if you like.
- Serve as a side dish, or topped with a poached or fried egg.
Notes
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Toni Oros says
Loved this recipe, used as a side with Pork Tenderloin on the grill. Using your suggestions I made some tweaks for health reasons. Par boiled mixed color cubed potatoes, used a little less oil, and substituted Smart Balance for butter. So easy so good!
Hi Toni and I’m so glad it worked out! Sounds like a delicious dinner. :) :)
Toni Oros says
So yummy. Can the nutritional value be changed by using Smart Balance instead of butter? and maybe a little less oil?
Hi Toni! You can definitely swap out the butter for Smart Balance. As for the oil, my only hesitation would be that you want the hash to cook up in a nice crispy way, and that’s where the oil comes in. I would experiment by using a tablespoon and half of oil and see if you like how it turns out – hope that helps and happy cooking!
Toni Oros says
Hi Kate I am going to try the potatoes and apples this afternoon. I’m going to make the adjustments and I will let you know how know how everything turns out thanks for getting back to me so quickly
Mir says
I have way too many loved apple recipes to leave them here, but that’s okay. You just shared one that I never even thought of! I need to get with the whole hash thing. It’s not something I’ve ever done!
Isn’t it great to find new ways to use classic ingredients? Now I have to go look through all your apple recipes. :)
grace says
what a unique hash! i like a little sweetness in just about everything i eat, so i’m sure i’d love this version of a favorite side dish!
Sounds like we have the same version of a sweet tooth! Hope you try and love it! :)
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
You had me at potato hash, Kate! I love ordering these kinds of breakfasts at restaurants. Such a brilliant idea to throw in some apples! I can almost taste the deliciousness now…yum!
Yay, a fellow hash-lover! I made this again last night to go with some apple cider chili – it was a fun combo!
Kennedy Cole| KCole's Creative Corner says
There are few things better than crispy potatoes, but your addition of apples and spices makes this all that much better! Top this with a couple of fried eggs, and give me a shovel and then I’d be ready to dig into this dish! ;D Thanks for sharing! :D
I’m loving anything that helps me use up All The Apples, but I do love this hash even without that added benefit! :)
Jess @ What Jessica Baked Next says
This hash looks delicious! I’ve never thought of adding apples to hash, but they sound great! Love the garnish of thyme – one of my favourite herbs.
I am basically throwing apples in everything these days – and getting some good surprises back in return!
Erin says
I know I’m waaaaaaay late but out of similar desperation I have added apples to tomato sauces, curries, and stir fries with success.
Ha! Apples do make so many things better. :)