Pre-preparing breakfast scramble -- potatoes

cafe_carl

I liked to cut up a bunch of onions and bellpeppers once a week so that when I make eggs in the morning I just need to put a scoop in the pan and add the eggs once they are cooked. This has been going well, but I want some more variety by adding sausage and potatoes to the mix as well. For the sausage I plan to precook it and mix it in with the veggies. However, I'm not sure what to do for the potatoes as they take longer to cook. Should I...

Originally asked by John Howard on Stack Exchange (cooking) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

You're right that they will need to cook a bit longer than your other ingredients and you should plan on cooking them separately for that reason. If you just want them soft then I would dice them and cook them in the microwave until they are done. For the quantities that I prepare it is only 5-8 minutes and they are almost completely cooked. If you want them crispy then you will need to fry them. Precooking them in the microwave will make the frying go faster and be more even. After the potatoes are cooked feel free to mix with the other veggies. They will keep in the fridge for a while- the sausage will go off before the potatoes do. If your potatoes were fried you will lose some of the...

Full answer by Sobachatina: https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/75720 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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