Aldi Breakfast for Dinner
Eggs, hash browns, and turkey bacon at 7pm, because the ingredients are cheap, the mood is good, and nobody has ever complained about it. Friendly Farms eggs are one of Aldi's most reliable bargains, and Fit & Active turkey bacon keeps the cost down while still giving you the salty, crispy thing that makes breakfast food work. Eight eggs, eight slices of bacon, and a pan of hash browns comes to about $6.42 for four people, so around $1.61 each. It is the answer to a night with no plan, no time, and no energy: two pans, about 15 minutes of actual attention. Add hot sauce, or fold the eggs into a tortilla.
15 min
4
$6.42
$1.60
Ingredients
Estimated Aldi prices for the amount this dinner uses, based on regular shelf prices and the current weekly ad.
Steps
- 1Bake the hash browns on a sheet pan at 425°F for 20 minutes, flipping once, until crisp.
- 2While they bake, cook the turkey bacon in a skillet over medium heat 3–4 minutes per side until crisp; drain on paper towel.
- 3Whisk the eggs with a splash of water, salt, and pepper.
- 4Melt the butter in a nonstick skillet over low heat; pour in the eggs and gently push with a spatula until soft curds form, 3–4 minutes.
- 5Plate the hash browns, top with scrambled eggs, and serve the bacon alongside.
- 6Finish with an extra crack of pepper and serve immediately.
Tips & swaps
- Swap in whatever sausage or ham is on sale that week — nothing else on the plate changes.
- Cook the hash browns in an air fryer while the bacon fries on the stove if you have one.
- A handful of shredded cheddar stirred into the eggs just before they set makes them richer.
- Leftover potatoes and bacon reheat into a very fast breakfast burrito the next morning.
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