February 15, 2025

Simple, Healthy Oven Baked Home Fries

These delicious home fries (hash browns) are simply made by cutting up potatoes into cubes, adding seasonings, and baking on a sheet pan in the oven! My kids love these oven baked home fries and are a Saturday morning weekly tradition!

These delicious hash browns are a healthy alternative for those looking to avoid pan frying home fries and are great for meal prepping as you can make multiple sheets in the oven! These can be enjoyed at breakfast with scrambled eggs or at dinner inside your favorite burrito or as a delicious topping for ground beef!

Kids reviews of Oven Baked Home Fries

7 year old- Yummy, love mixing these with eggs & bacon (gives 2 thumbs up)

5 year old- 100 thumbs up!

3 year old- Good (as he scarfs down his 2nd helping haha)

Oven Baked Home Fries with scrambled eggs & bacon

Why You’ll Love Oven Baked Home Fries

They taste crispy, just like the oil soaked pan fried version of home fries! These oven baked home fries, are a delicious, lower calorie alternative to the traditional pan fried home fries.

These oven baked home fries are a great side dish for:

As a side with scrambled eggs or a egg casserole
Tastes great as a topping for ground beef skillets
Also taste great with burritos or your Mom’s favorite Hamburger Hash

Oven baked home fries are one of my go-tos for meal prepping as they taste just as good reheated in the toaster oven over the course of a week! It’s a simple, delicious recipe that can be enjoyed throughout a busy work week!

Recipe Ingredients

These ingredients can be modified based on your preferences and level of spiciness you desire from these home fries. Here is what you will need to make these oven baked home fries.

Russet Potatoes: For crispy home fries, you should use a starchy potato like a Russet or Idaho potatoes.
Seasoning Salt: This is the most important seasoning you need. Delicious home fries can be simply made with potatoes, oil/spray, and seasoning salt.
Paprika: Enhances the flavor of the home fries by giving it a subtle sweetness while giving the potatoes a nice golden-orange color
Optional Spices: Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Sea Salt, and for spicier home fries- Crushed Red Pepper Flakes & Cayenne Pepper

See recipe card below for complete list of ingredients and quantities.

The Directions:

These homemade fries can be made by cutting the potatoes on the spot or by soaking the potatoes overnight to remove the starch and achieve a crispier potato. I’ve had success both ways, but if you have time you will get crispier home fries by soaking the potatoes for at least 15 minutes.

Step 1: Preheat oven to 425F. You can go up to 450F if using avocado oil, avocado oil spray, or ghee.

Step 2: Optional, but if you have time, soak potatoes for at least 15 minutes and wring the potatoes dry as possible with a kitchen towel. This will help remove the starch and produce crispier home fries. You can still achieve a crispy hash brown without pre-soaking the potatoes.

Step 3: Wash potatoes and cut them into 1″ cubes (a potato cutter is a great time saver!).

Step 4: Season potatoes with seasonings and avocado oil spray or avocado oil/extra virgin olive oil in a bowl.

Step 5: Put seasoned potatoes in a single layer on a greased pan and bake at 425F for 15 minutes and then flip potatos. Bake another 15 minutes or until desired crispiness.

Step 6: Optional, but transfer to a bowl and mix in parsley and extra salt if needed. Enjoy with eggs at breakfast or on your favorite burrito, ground beef & rice, etc!

Tips for Delicious, Crispy Home Fries:

Spread out potatoes evenly in a single layer to ensure the crispiest home fries. If they are on top of each other or bunched too closely, they won’t fully crisp up.
When cutting potatoes, try to cut them into the same size to ensure they all cook evenly. A potato cutter is a great option to save time and help you have more even sized cubes.
Flip the potatoes every 12-18 minutes to crisp up all sides of the potato.
If you are using Olive Oil, don’t bake above 425F. If using Avocado oil or ghee, feel free to crank up to 450F (decrease cooking time).
Use this same exact recipe to make delicious, crispy thick cut french fries or shoestring french fries! Baking times vary depending on thickness of fries.
If you have time, parcooking the home fries will help result in a crispier exterior and a softer texture on the inside. To parcook, simply boil the cubes in water for 5-7 minutes. Boil until the cubes are just less than fork-tender, meaning there is resistance in the center of the cube when poked with a fork.

Recipe FAQS:

How to Store Home Fries

Cooked potatoes can be kept in the fridge for 3 to 4 days, according to the USDA. Store in a glass jar or airtight container.
Cooked potatoes can also be frozen for up to 1 year, although the quality of cooked potatoes suffers with freezing.

How long should you boil potatoes before baking?

To achieve the crispiest exterior and softest interior home fries, soak the potatoes before hand for 18 minutes, boil the 1″ cubes for 5-7 minutes (8-10 minutes for a whole potato).

Why aren’t my home fries getting crispy?

If you partially boil home fries before cooking, make sure to let them get back to room temperature before baking in the oven.

Should you salt potatoes when soaking in water?

Yes, this helps draw out excess starch from the potatoes, leading to crispier home fries.

More Potato Recipes to Try

More to come! You can use this same recipe to make french fries, thick cut or shoestring style!