Dad-Worthy Father's Day Breakfast Recipes

EC: The World's Crispiest Hash Browns Come from a Waffle Iron

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Celebrate dad's special day with a brunch table decked out with all of his favorite breakfast foods like hash browns, steak, eggs, and of course, bacon.

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The Master Hash

Photo: Jennifer Causey; Styling: Claire Spollen

The Master Hash Recipe
This essential hash is the perfect main event at the Father's Day brunch table. With hearty veggies, sauces, and ingredients, Dad is sure to be thrilled!

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Be-Still-My-Heart Breakfast Pizza

Photo: Kelsey Hansen; Food Styling: Blakeslee Giles; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis

Be-Still-My-Heart Breakfast Pizza Recipe

As delicious as cold, last-night's pizza can be for breakfast, some occasions call for a little something extra. Perfectly cooked eggs, tender heart-shaped dough with a crisp bottom, and traditional hot Italian sausage make the cutest morning pizza. Add whatever extra toppings you, or whomever you're making this for, love. Just make sure not to crack the egg into the bacon heart, because it won't cook.

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Creamy Brioche and Egg Bake

Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis

Creamy Brioche and Egg Bake Recipe

This stand alone breakfast dish is an upgrade from the usual breakfast casserole. Baking eggs in brioche and heavy cream allows for perfectly set, soft, and runny eggs. Fresh herbs and rich egg and meaty sausage flavors round out this bake and give it irresistable texture. Ask for brioche at your local grocery store or bakery and they are sure to have it.

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Mexican Chorizo Hash

Photo: Jason Wallis; Styling: Cindy Barr

Mexican Chorizo Hash Recipe
This breakfast skillet gets heat from spicy Mexican chorizo. Don't stir the potatoes too much as they cook so they crisp in the pan.

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Jerk Pork Belly with Quail Egg and Stewed Fava Beans

Photo: Cedric Angeles

Jerk Pork Belly with Quail Egg and Stewed Fava Beans Recipe
This hearty dish isn't a breakfast for the faint of heart. With jerk pork and quail eggs, it's sure to be a memorable morning dish.

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Breakfast Biscuit Sandwiches

Quentin Bacon

Breakfast Biscuit Sandwiches Recipe
A giant step up from a fast-food breakfast sandwich, this biscuit is topped with eggs, cheese and country ham, jam optional. These tender biscuits have a salty edge. If you prefer, decrease the amount of salt in the recipe to 1 1/2 tablespoons.

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Breakfast Enchiladas

Photo: Lee Harrelson; Styling: Jan Gautro, Laura Zapalowski

Breakfast Enchiladas Recipe

Associate Food Editor Mary Allen Perry likes the make-ahead ease of this breakfast casserole recipe. Prepare the recipe, without baking, and refrigerate overnight. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes; bake as directed. Tip: Make the Cheese Sauce before scrambling the eggs so the sauce will be ready to add at the proper time.

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Egg Sandwich with Mustard Greens and Avocado

Photo: Paul Costello

Egg Sandwich with Mustard Greens and Avocado Recipe
"I usually make these sandwiches on days when there isn't enough time to sit down for a proper breakfast," says Sera Pelle, who wraps them in parchment paper for her kids to eat on the go.

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Bacon and Egg Sandwiches with Caramelized Onions and Arugula

Photo: John Kernick; Styling: Paige Hicks

Bacon and Egg Sandwiches with Caramelized Onions and Arugula Recipe

This upscale twist on the traditional breakfast sandwich features sweet, tender caramelized onion and peppery arugula. A fresh fruit salad would be a good accompaniment.

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Oatmeal Pancakes with Wild Blueberry Sauce

Charles Masters

Oatmeal Pancakes with Wild Blueberry Sauce Recipe
Stack these pancakes high for a towering breakfast that's sure to be amazing. Topped with a wild blueberry sauce, these pancakes celebrate the best flavors of the season.

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Homemade Bacon

Photo: Thomas J. Story

Homemade Bacon Recipe
Making the bacon is a three-step process: Cure, smoke, and roast. The process takes about 6-8 days, but the end result is totally worth it.

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Hot Chicken-and-Waffle Sandwiches with Chive Cream

Photo: Hector Sanchez Styling: Caroline M. Cunningham

Hot Chicken-and-Waffle Sandwiches with Chive Cream Recipe
This Southern delicacy featuring crispy chicken tenders on top of big, fluffy, waffles is perfect for the brunch table when appetites are high.

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Steak and Eggs

Tim Turner

Steak and Eggs Recipe
Some weekend mornings call for a rich indulgence of buttery eggs and sizzling steaks. The easy approach is to sear the steaks first, so they pick up some smoky flavors from the grill, and then fry your eggs alongside the meat in a cast-iron skillet.

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Egg and Hash Brown Casserole

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Egg and Hash Brown Casserole Recipe
This dish is like enjoying an omelet stuffed with spinach, Swiss cheese, and mushrooms, with hearty sides of bacon and hash browns, all in one package.

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Mexican Breakfast Burritos

Oxmoor House

Mexican Breakfast Burritos Recipe

If you love big breakfasts, this one is an all-time favorite. The fiber in the beans will keep everyone full, and the combination is out of this world.

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Tex-Mex Hash Brown Casserole

Photo: José Picayo; Styling: Michele Faro

Tex-Mex Hash Brown Casserole Recipe
This simple skillet supper uses shredded potatoes as a base. The potato mixture cooks on the stove top first to get it browned and crisp on the bottom.

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Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

Photo: Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Margaret Dickey; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck

Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole Recipe

Make a hearty breakfast casserole with hot pork sausage, cubed hash browns, eggs and shredded cheese. Top with picante sauce and sour cream for Tex-Mex flair.

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Tex-Mex Breakfast Bake

Meredith Food Studios

Tex-Mex Breakfast Bake Recipe

This flavor-packed take on breakfast casserole is a great way to use up leftover Texas toast or garlic bread. Rich, indulgent, and spicy, its gooeyness is perfectly complimented by the tang from the crema, which can be found in a Latin market. Play around with frozen toast flavors to spice things up, or serve it as breakfast for dinner.

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Breakfast Meatballs and Spud-Ghetti

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Breakfast Meatballs and Spud-Ghetti Recipe

Kind of like breakfast for dinner, but still breakfast.

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Golden Beet-and-Potato Breakfast Bake

Victor Protasio

Golden Beet-and-Potato Breakfast Bake Recipe

Beets add color and flavor to hash browns in this tasty one-pan breakfast. Squeeze out as much liquid as possible from the beets and the potatoes so they crisp up in the pan.

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Szechuan-Style Breakfast Biscuits

Abby Hocking

Szechuan-Style Breakfast Biscuits Recipe

This is a riff on the classic sausage biscuit, China style. Or as I call it in the restaurant, “This Little Piggy Went to China.” I slather a cheddar-scallion biscuit with hoisin mayo (because it makes everything better), top it with a nice big Szechuan sausage patty, add a fried egg, and drown the whole thing in Szechuan Chile Sauce that’s been sweetened with a little maple syrup (you know, for breakfast). Then I finish it off with some blackberries to bring that bright acidity. Don’t be shy about picking this guy up to eat it, but a knife and fork can be useful. Reprinted from Gather & Graze: 120 Favorite Recipes for Tasty Good Times. Copyright © 2018 by Stephanie Izard, Inc. Photographs copyright © 2018 by Galdones Photography. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC.

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Hot Chicken and Doffles

Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Mark Driskill, Deb Wise, Margaret Dickey; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck

Hot Chicken and Doffles Recipe

Winner, winner, hot chicken doffle. If these glorious waffle-doughnut hybrid chicken sandwiches don’t peel you out of bed in the morning, we probably can’t help you. Chicken cutlets are dunked in hot sauce-laced buttermilk, doused in an oil bath to master the coveted crisp-crunchy skin, and then glossed with spicy melted butter. The heat of the chicken is quelled by the glazed doughnuts, which helps master the crave-worthy sweet-salty-spicy breakfast alchemy we all aspire to. Warning: A fork and knife (or a bib, at the very least) are required to tackle this monster of a sandwich.

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Savory Sausage Breakfast Rolls

Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Jan Gautro

Savory Sausage Breakfast Rolls Recipe

Filled with sausage and cheese, these hit the spot on a chilly fall morning. We like reduced-fat pork sausage, but turkey sausage also works in these breakfast rolls.

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Arepa Breakfast Sandwiches

Photo by Daniel Agee

Arepa Breakfast Sandwiches Recipe
Your BEC deserves to be inside an arepa

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Eggs Florentine Breakfast Pizza

Photo by Daniel Agee

Eggs Florentine Breakfast Pizza Recipe
It's like the classic dish studied abroad in Italy

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Loaded Breakfast Nachos

Photo by Daniel Agee

Loaded Breakfast Nachos Recipe
Who says nachos have to be savory?

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Breakfast Pizza Pockets

Photo by Daniel Agee

Breakfast Pizza Pockets Recipe
Make a batch ahead of time and have breakfast for the week

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Egg in a Waffle Hole

PHOTO BY CAITLIN BENSEL

Egg in a Waffle Hole Recipe
One bite, full breakfast flavor

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Copycat Waffle House Hash Browns

Meredith Food Studios

Copycat Waffle House Hash Browns Recipe

Enjoy your favorite breakfast spuds—scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked—in the comfort of your own kitchen with our copycat version of Waffle House's iconic hash browns.

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Argentinian Pancakes

Photos by Kathy Wolfe

Argentinian Pancakes Recipe
They're like crepes but better

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Sweet Potato and Bacon Frittata

Jennifer Causey

Sweet Potato and Bacon Frittata Recipe

Smart shortcuts deliver a frittata that’s perfect for a busy weeknight or headlining a weekend brunch menu. Microwaving the sweet potatoes helps them cook faster; Canadian bacon adds flavor with half the saturated fat of regular bacon.

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Waffle Iron Hash Browns

Photo by Hector Manuel Sanchez

Waffle Iron Hash Browns Recipe
It's 100 percent fail-proof

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Dad-Worthy Father's Day Breakfast Recipes

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The Master Hash

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Be-Still-My-Heart Breakfast Pizza

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Creamy Brioche and Egg Bake

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Mexican Chorizo Hash

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Jerk Pork Belly with Quail Egg and Stewed Fava Beans

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Breakfast Biscuit Sandwiches

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Breakfast Enchiladas

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Egg Sandwich with Mustard Greens and Avocado

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Bacon and Egg Sandwiches with Caramelized Onions and Arugula

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Oatmeal Pancakes with Wild Blueberry Sauce

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Homemade Bacon

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Hot Chicken-and-Waffle Sandwiches with Chive Cream

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Steak and Eggs

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Egg and Hash Brown Casserole

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Mexican Breakfast Burritos

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Tex-Mex Hash Brown Casserole

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Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

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Tex-Mex Breakfast Bake

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Breakfast Meatballs and Spud-Ghetti

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Golden Beet-and-Potato Breakfast Bake

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Szechuan-Style Breakfast Biscuits

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Hot Chicken and Doffles

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Savory Sausage Breakfast Rolls

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Arepa Breakfast Sandwiches

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Eggs Florentine Breakfast Pizza

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Loaded Breakfast Nachos

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