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    Sweet Potato Hash

    Published: Jan 9, 2025 by Ned Adams · This post may contain affiliate links · 1 Comment

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    This skillet Sweet Potato Hash goes together quickly and easily for a delicious, healthy breakfast? It’s packed with so much flavor, uses whole food ingredients, and takes about 20 minutes to make!

    This hearty breakfast is sure to be a crowd pleaser for all types of eaters! It’s easy enough to make during the week but tasty enough to serve for brunch guests on the weekend. Looking for more breakfast egg recipes? Try this skillet frittata or this super hearty mountain man breakfast recipe!

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    • Why You Will Love This Sweet Potato Recipe
    • Ingredients
    • Variations
    • How to Make Sweet Potato Hash
    • Serving Suggestions
    • Expert Tips
    • More Easy Breakfast Recipes
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    Creating the perfect sweet potato hash isn't hard at all. All it takes is some simple ingredients like sweet potatoes and vegetables along with spices for seasoning and eggs for added protein.

    Why You Will Love This Sweet Potato Recipe

    • Easy Cleanup. This entire skillet breakfast hash cooks up in only one pot which means there are less dishes to clean up afterwards. 
    • Sweet and Savory. The combination of lightly sweet sweet potatoes with savory eggs, bacon, and seasonings is a true winner! 
    • Versatile. This dish is so easy to change up which makes it great to customize to your tastes or to use up ingredients you have on hand. 

    Love sweet potatoes? Try this chicken and sweet potatoes skillet next!

    Ingredients

    • Bacon: Use uncured cut into 1" pieces. The fat that renders from the bacon will be used to saute the onions infusing them with so much savory and smoky flavors. 
    • Onion: A must-have ingredient; they bring out all of those wonderful flavors from the sweetness of the sweet potatoes. Feel free to use sweet, yellow, or white onion.
    • Sweet potato: This recipe uses cooked sweet potatoes to make the prep quick. You can bake or boil your sweet potatoes ahead of time or use leftover sweet potatoes to make this breakfast hash.. 
    • Eggs: These add protein and help hold the entire dish together. Crack them into a bowl one at a time before adding them to your pan. This makes them much easier to add to the pan.
    • Brown Sugar: Add a bit of brown sugar to slightly sweeten up the dish.
    • Seasoning: Just a touch of salt, pepper, paprika, and granulated garlic is all you need. 
    • Chives: Optional for garnish.

    Be sure to scroll down to the full recipe card for the complete list of ingredients along with their quantities. 

    Variations

    • Use White Potatoes or a Mixture. You can easily use cooked white potatoes or even a mixture of sweet and white potatoes if you prefer. 
    • Add More Seasonings. Try experimenting with different herbs or spices such as cumin!
    • Swap the Meats. This dish works equally well with chorizo, breakfast sausage, or Italian sausage instead. You can even use ground beef and serve this sweet potato hash for an easy lunch or dinner. 
    • Vegetarian. Skip the bacon and cook the onions in a bit of olive oil or other vegetable oil.
    • Add More Vegetables. Cooked sliced mushrooms or bell peppers with the onions or you can stir in some spinach or kale to wilt just before you add the eggs.

    How to Make Sweet Potato Hash

    Here’s everything you need to know to make this sweet potato hash recipe. Gather all your ingredients, your Dutch oven, and let’s get started. This dish goes together in a flash.

    Step 1: Cook the bacon. Add your chopped bacon to your skillet and cook until crispy.

    Step 2: Add the onion. Add the onion to the skillet and cook until they’re softened. 

    Step 3: Add the sweet potatoes. Add the cooked sweet potatoes and cook for about five minutes to warm up the potatoes. 

    Step 4: Add the spices. Add brown sugar, granulated garlic, salt, pepper, and paprika

    Step 5: Add the eggs. Make little spaces in the skillet and crack an egg into each one.

    Step 6: Cook. Cover and continue to cook until desired doneness. About 5-7 minutes for eggs that are still runny.

    Serving Suggestions

    These breakfast sweet potatoes make a terrific brunch or breakfast dish. It’s really meant to be hearty enough to stand on its own. For a weekday breakfast enjoy it with a smoothie or some fresh fruit. 

    For a weekend brunch or breakfast I love to give people options and serve it up with my zucchini potato waffle or some homemade popovers. For something sweet, I always reach for these jam filled ebelskivers or these sweet cherry rolls. 

    Serve this up for lunch or dinner too! It’s great paired with a simple salad or vegetable side dish like this roasted asparagus or some creamy coleslaw. 

    Skip the eggs and serve this as a sweet potato side dish for your favorite meaty mains!

    Expert Tips

    Cover the pan to cook the eggs. They will cook much more efficiently by surrounding them with heat from all sides. 

    Storing leftovers: Personally, I like the eggs cooked fresh. If I know I’m going to have leftovers, I cook just the amount of eggs for that meal and store the leftover sweet potatoes in the fridge. They will last for up to three days. Then I reheat them in a skillet and add the eggs. So yum!

    Add toppings: Feel free to jazz up your breakfast hash with some sliced avocado, cheese, salsa, or some chopped fresh herbs.

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    Sweet Potato hash in a 10" lodge skillet.
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    Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

    This Sweet Potato Hash is a flavorful, healthy breakfast made with whole ingredients. Quick, easy, and perfect for busy mornings—ready in 20 minutes!
    Prep Time5 minutes mins
    Cook Time20 minutes mins
    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 4 people
    Calories: 316kcal
    Author: Ned Adams
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    Equipment

    • 10" cast iron skillet

    Ingredients

    • 8 strips bacon cut into 1" pieces
    • 1 cup onion diced
    • 1 cup sweet potato chopped, cooked
    • 4 eggs
    • 2 tablespoon brown sugar dark
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon pepper
    • ½ teaspoon paprika
    • ½ teaspoon granulated garlic
    • chives chopped; optional
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    Instructions

    • In a 10 inch skillet over medium heat, cook the bacon until crispy.
    • Add the onion and cook until softened- about 5 minutes. Reserve 2 tablespoon bacon fat
    • Add the cooked sweet potatoes and cook for about five minutes to warm up the potatoes. 
    • Add brown sugar, granulated garlic, salt, pepper, and paprika and stir to mix thoroughly
    • Make little spaces in the skillet and crack an egg into each one. Optionally add chives.
    • Cover and continue to cook until desired doneness. About 5-7 minutes for eggs that are still runny.

    Notes

    Expert Tips
    Cover the pan to cook the eggs. They will cook much more efficiently by surrounding them with heat from all sides. 
    Storing leftovers: Personally, I like the eggs cooked fresh. If I know I’m going to have leftovers, I cook just the amount of eggs for that meal and store the leftover sweet potatoes in the fridge. They will last for up to three days. Then I reheat them in a skillet and add the eggs. So yum!
    Add toppings: Feel free to jazz up your breakfast hash with some sliced avocado, cheese, salsa, or some chopped fresh herbs.
     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 316kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 193mg | Sodium: 666mg | Potassium: 340mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 5096IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 1mg

    Dutch Oven Daddy is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is only an estimate. We recommend running the ingredients through an online nutritional calculator if you need to verify any information.

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      January 09, 2025 at 10:12 am

      5 stars
      Tasty!!

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