How to cook frozen hash brown patties in the air fryer in only 10 minutes, without oil for crispy hash browns for breakfast, quick snack, or dinner!
Hash brown patties are DELICIOUS for breakfast, served alongside air-fried bacon, brioche French toast, fluffy pancakes from scratch, sausage and biscuit dippers, air-fried cinnamon rolls, or biscuits and chorizo gravy! Plus, when cooked in the air fryer, they’re an easy side dish for breakfast!
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Can you cook from frozen in an air fryer?
Yes! That’s what I love about the air fryer. Being able to cook frozen foods in it like these hash brown patties, french fries, and frozen chicken wings in the air fryer makes it so much easier and faster than waiting on them to thaw them out!
Why You’ll Love Cooking Air Fryer Hash Browns
- it’s easy!
- can cook frozen patties in minutes, no thawing
- less heat/energy required than baking in a conventional oven
- no oil required
- creates crispy patties
- an amazing side dish for a quick breakfast or dinner
- ready in only 10 minutes
Ideas for Ways to Use Frozen Hash Brown Patties
Hash brown patties are delicious by themselves as an ideal breakfast side. However, here are some fun ideas on how you can serve and use hash brown patties too!
- Use them to make a casserole (breakfast casserole, hash brown casserole, potato casserole, etc.). You can crumble them up if you don’t have shredded on hand to use.
- Melt cheese and bacon on top to create quick “air fryer loaded hash browns” or “hash brown breakfast nachos”.
- As the “bun” for these burgers in the oven!
- As a crostini for an easy appetizer for a party food idea.
- To serve an open-faced sloppy joe on.
- Serve with simple homemade chili.
- Use as the “bread” for avocado toast.
- Hash brown benedict.
- As the crust for breakfast pizza.
Dipping Sauces for Hash Browns
If you prefer to eat the hash browns by themselves, or serving breakfast for a crowd (think “hashbrown bar” or a brunch food bar) and looking for dips besides ketchup, here are some ideas for you:
- white country gravy
- spicy ketchup
- A1
- smokey sauce (made with sour cream, paprika & spices)
- fry sauce
- queso
- salsa
- taco sauce
- Heinz 57
Instructions:
Start by placing the individual patties in a single layer in the air fryer basket or in the air fryer oven.
(Due to the hash browns usually containing a little oil, and if your basket is “non-stick” you shouldn’t have a need to spray the basket or air fryer trays with cooking spray — and actually, some air fryer brands recommend not spraying the basket.)
However, if you find that your patties are sticking to the basket, you can use a little cooking spray or oil (like olive oil or vegetable oil) preferably in a spritzer, to spray the hash browns.
Air fry the frozen hash browns at 400° ( degrees F.), with a cook time of 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. (We preferred the 10-minute mark but cooking time can vary depending on your air fryer model and you can increase the cook time by a couple of minutes for extra crispy air fryer hash browns.)
Sprinkle with salt, if desired, and serve!
Allow the leftover hash browns to cool off and come to room temperature. Store them in an air-tight container and place them in the refrigerator until ready to enjoy and reheat later.
Reheating hash browns using an air fryer is the best! It gives it the crispy texture like cooking them the first time! You can use a microwave to reheat although it makes them softer.
After they’ve been cooked or thawed out, they good for approximately 4-7 days.
Yes! As long as the hash browns did not sit out at room temperature for more than 2 hours.
Expert Tips:
- For best results, when removing the hash brown patties from the basket, use a large plastic (so it’s less likely to scratch the air fryer basket and lining) spatula to remove one hash brown at a time, to reduce the risk of the hash browns falling apart.
- After cooked, and removed from the air fryer, place the hash browns on a paper towel-covered plate, to soak up any oil.
What to Serve with Hashbrown Patties:
These hashbrown patties are delicious, served alongside hearty recipes for breakfast such as this easy biscuit and gravy casserole!
More Air Fryer Recipes:
We love air fryer recipes around here but here are easy recipes you may want to try:
- Air Fryer Apple Chips
- Butternut Squash Cooked in the Air Fryer
- Air Fryer Eggplant Fries
- Crispy Air Fryer Tofu
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Recipe
Air Fryer Frozen Hash Brown Patties
Equipment
- air fryer
Ingredients
- 4 hash brown patties, frozen or however many can fit in a single layer in the air fryer basket
- salt if desired
Instructions
- Place the frozen hash brown patties in the air fryer basket, in a single layer
- Cook at 400° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown and crispy
- If desired, sprinkle with salt and serve!
Notes
- When removing the hash brown patties from the basket, use a large plastic (so it’s less likely to scratch the air fryer basket and lining) spatula to remove one hash brown at a time, to reduce the risk of the hash browns falling apart.
- After cooked, and removed from the air fryer, place the hash browns on a paper towel-covered plate, to soak up any oil.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
Natasha says
Made and served these hash brown patties with bacon yesterday for breakfast and my family enjoyed it! It came out great and perfect, thank you for the recipe!
Jessica says
Excellent! They’re some of our favorite things to have for breakfast. So glad that you liked them too, thank you!
Natalie says
My kids love these!! Cooking them in the air fryer is quick & they turn out so crispy!
Jessica says
Yay!! I’m so glad that you liked them, thank you!
Beth says
Yum! My teens love this and they can make it themselves!