Hash and Egg Skillet
Dried hash browns, freeze-dried eggs, and sausage crumbles rehydrated into one pan of breakfast.
- calories
- 620
- weight
- 4.5 oz
- cal / oz
- 138
- protein
- 31 g
- serves
- 2, scales
- prep
- 5 min
- cook
- 12 min
- total time
- 17 min
- water
- 400 ml boiled
- cost
- $$
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Breakfast
- Canister stove
- Liquid fuel
- Car camping
- Basecamp
- Backpacking
- Gluten free
- Nut free
- One pot
- Pre-mix at home
- Shelf stable
- Basic
Ingredients
| Dehydrated shredded hash brown potatoes | 1 cup | the shelf-stable carton kind, not frozen |
|---|---|---|
| Freeze-dried egg powder | 6 tbsp | equals about 4 eggs |
| Powdered whole milk | 2 tbsp | stands in for the milk in the casserole |
| Shelf-stable sausage crumbles | 3 oz | summer sausage diced fine also works |
| Sausage seasoning | 1 tsp | sage, fennel, paprika, red pepper |
| Freeze-dried shredded cheddar | 1/3 cup | or 1.5 oz of real cheddar if the weather is cool |
| Oil | 1 tbsp | |
| Salt and pepper | to taste |
Method
- Cover the hash browns with 250 ml of boiling water in the pot. Lid on, 10 minutes, off the flame.
An oven casserole does not travel, so this is the same five things cooked flat in a pot instead of baked. Everything that was refrigerated becomes powder: eggs, milk, and cheese all come dried, and the sausage is the shelf-stable precooked kind. The seasoning blend is there because plain crumbles taste like nothing.
Order matters more than technique. Potatoes have to soak first or they stay gritty, and the eggs go in last over low heat because powdered egg turns rubbery fast. Pull the pot before the eggs look finished; they carry enough heat to set on their own.
Packing
Hash browns in one bag. Egg powder, milk powder, seasoning, salt, and pepper premixed in a second. Sausage and cheese in a third.
Variations
- Dried onion and bell pepper, soaked with the potatoes, add bulk for almost no weight.
- A packet of hot sauce cuts through the fat.
- Skip the pan and eat it as a bowl if you are only carrying a pot.
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