Simple Beef & Hash Brown Skillet
This nourishing and kid-friendly Simple Beef & Hash Brown Skillet utilizes only a few ingredients and cooks in under 20 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 yellow onion diced small
- 1 pound ground beef 85/15 or 93/7
- 1 Tablespoon butter or olive oil
- 12 oz frozen root veggie hash browns I use the Cascadian Farms brand
- 2 cloves garlic minced
Ranch Seasoning:
- ½ teaspoon dried dill
- ½ teaspoon granulated garlic
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon mineral salt
- 20 grinds of fresh-cracked black pepper
- 3 Tablespoons scallions sliced thinly, to garnish
Instructions
- Begin by mixing together all of the ranch seasoning ingredients in a small bowl.
- In a large lipped saute pan over medium high heat, add the olive oil and diced onion. Saute for 3-4 minutes until the onions begin to soften. Next, add the ground beef and 1/2 of ranch seasoning mix, leaving undisturbed in a single layer to brown. Break up and cook ground beef.
- When beef is cooked through, push the beef and onion mixture to the perimeter of the pan allowing the fat to accumulate in the middle. Add frozen hash browns, pushing down in a single layer, and cover.
- Reduce heat to medium heat. Let hash browns cook for 5 minutes, uncover and flip hash browns with a spatula. Sprinkle remaining ranch seasoning atop has browns. Press down again, and cover a second time.
- Let cook an additional 5-6 minutes until hash browns are lightly browned and cooked through. Add scallions and mix skillet together. Serve and enjoy!