I'm gonna show you
my ham, egg and cheese hash brown waffles.
First up, preheat your waffle iron.
You wanna start with a one pound bag of hash browns.
These are frozen hash browns
that I've thawed in the refrigerator overnight.
You just want these to be thawed out
because if there's any moisture in here,
it's not gonna make a very nice waffle.
These are just some plain hash browns,
one of my favorite ingredients.
To the hash browns,
I'm gonna add in two tablespoons of olive oil
just so they get nice and crispy in the waffle iron
and then I'm going to season with some salt
and a little black pepper.
You can already buy your hash browns
in the freezer section seasoned
then you could skip this step.
It'd be an even easier recipe.
I'm going to give this a mix.
I'm gonna kinda use my spoon
to score this in four different sections
and then that's how I'm gonna know
that each of the squares in the waffle iron
are going to be even
and you wanna preheat this to medium
'cause they're gonna cook for a little bit longer
and you don't want them to burn.
Gonna give each square of the waffle iron
a nice hearty spray of some cooking spray
and then I'm gonna take half of each of the portion sections
and I'm gonna put that right down into each of the squares
and I'm going to, don't burn yourself,
I'm going to just kinda spread them out
so that they're getting nice and even on the bottom
and make sure each of the little spaces
have some potato in them
'cause this is gonna be one side of our hash brown waffle.
Okay, so now over our first layer of potatoes,
I am going to crack one egg right in the middle
and I'm gonna poke the yolk just so it's gonna set nicely
and it's not gonna spill out all over.
Have you guys ever made eggs in the waffle iron?
I really like to do that too.
All you do is just make scrambled eggs and you whip 'em up
and you put 'em right in here.
It's a quick way to make scrambled eggs
or like little kind of waffle frittatas
for a bunch of people like a bunch of kids
or if you're having brunch,
it's a quick, easy way of doing it.
Now, I'm going to put a slice
of just some deli slice cheese.
I've got some sharp cheddar here
and what I like about doing this
is that you're not using shredded cheese
so it's not getting like all over
and then I'm gonna take some ham.
The fun part about doing the ham last
before I put the next layer of hash browns
is that the ham kinda gets griddled by the waffle iron
and now I'm gonna take the remainder of our hash browns
and put it right on top.
Make sure these are nice and even on top.
We're gonna close her up
and we are gonna cook these for 12 to 15 minutes
until they're really deeply golden and crispy on both sides.
Ooh, look at how brown and cheesy.
Over here, some of the cheese kind of exploded.
These look so good.
Okay, so the next step of this
is you wanna turn off your waffle iron
and you wanna let them sit for two minutes
so that they set and they're easier to take out.
Check this out.
Look at this delicious, hot, crispy
ham, egg and cheese hash brown waffle.
Okay and I'm gonna kinda play off that ham and cheese vibe
and I'm gonna do a little light greens and apple salad.
I just really like to dress it with simple lemon juice
and some olive oil and a little bit of salt and pepper.
So we're gonna top one of these waffles
with some of my arugula and apple salad.
Look at that, isn't that beautiful?
You could easily serve these for brunch
and now I'm gonna show you
how I top my ham, egg and cheese waffle.
It's with my favorite ingredient, ketchup.
Don't these both look absolutely delicious?
A meal perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
This one especially for brunch.
Maybe with the ketchup's a little bit better for the kids.
Maybe I'm just a big kid.
I love ketchup on my ham and eggs.
I'm gonna give this one a try.
Mm mm.
So crispy.
10 out of 10, absolutely delicious.