Sweet Potato Hash
Posted: 11/17/20
Updated: 02/02/23
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This sweet potato hash is loaded with sausage, onion, and bell pepper, making a seriously delicious one-pan meal that’s perfect for dinner or breakfast! Whole30 and paleo compliant, but delicious anytime.
Why This Recipe Is So Good
- This savory and sweet breakfast is absolutely loaded with flavor. This sweet potato has is perfect for an easy weekend breakfast or a holiday brunch.
- It’s Whole30, paleo, gluten free, and dairy free, plus it’s so easy to make! You can use store-bought breakfast sausage for extra convenience, or make a super simple homemade version with just a handful of ingredients.
- My husband is obsessed with this recipe. He said he could eat it every single day, so you know it’s good!
Breakfast sausage – Use sugar-free sausage that is Whole30-compliant, such as Pederson’s Natural Farms spicy ground breakfast sausage or Mulay’s breakfast sausage
Onion – A yellow or white onion adds a sharp flavor and is perfect for cooking.
Red bell pepper – The ripest, sweetest variety of bell peppers, a red bell pepper pairs perfectly with the sweet potato and savory sausage.
Sweet potato – Mild and slightly sweet, sweet potatoes help make this hash rich and filling.
Eggs – Top your sweet potato hash with eggs with a yolky center for the perfect finishing touch.
How To Make It
The full recipe & ingredients list are below, but here you’ll find a quick overview for making this recipe perfectly, along with useful tips and info!
Add your sausage to a cast iron skillet and cook while breaking up with your spatula. Add the onion and pepper.
After the veggies have softened, add the sweet potatoes to the skillet and let them get slightly brown. Sprinkle in the minced garlic, then the spices.
Make four wells in the hash with the back of a spoon and crack an egg into each one. Stick the skillet in the oven for a few minutes until the whites of the eggs are set, but the yolks are still nice and runny.
Chef’s Tips
- Instead of popping your skillet in the oven to cook the eggs, you can also cover the skillet and cook on the stove for about 5-10 minutes.
- This sweet potato hash is delicious on its own, but you can also top it with sliced avocado, pickled jalapeño slices, spicy mayo, or just a dash of hot sauce.
- To make this recipe vegetarian, you can use veggie sausage crumbles instead of regular breakfast sausage.
Easy Homemade Sausage
To make your own breakfast sausage, all you need is:
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 teaspoons dried sage
- 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- pinch red pepper flakes
Mix everything well in a bowl, and then it’s ready to cook!
More Breakfast Recipes
- Eggs Benedict Casserole
- Paleo Pancakes
- Crockpot Breakfast Casserole
- Italian Breakfast Casserole (Whole30, Keto)
Sweet Potato Hash
This one-pan breakfast is absolutely delicious, loaded with flavor, and paleo and Whole30 compliant
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons oil divided
- 12 ounces fresh sugar-free breakfast sausage or easily make your own, See Notes
- 1 medium onion halved and sliced into 1/4" pieces
- 1 medium red bell pepper
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 large sweet potato peeled and diced, about 4 cups
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- cinnamon
- salt
- 4 eggs
- scallions thinly sliced, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven 425º F. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage, and cook for 5-6 minutes while using a spatula to break up sausage.
- Add 1 tablespoon oil plus onion and pepper. Cook for 4-5 minutes or until softened.
- Add remaining oil and sweet potatoes to skillet. Cook 5-6 minutes or until sweet potatoes are lightly browned. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds, then sprinkle smoked paprika, pepper, garlic, and onion powder over. Stir well.
- Make 4 small wells in mixture with back of a spoon, them crack eggs into each one. Place skillet in oven for 10-15 minutes or until whites of eggs are mostly set with yolks still runny.
Notes
- Cooking option: Instead of cooking eggs in oven, cover skillet and cook on stove 5-10 minutes.
- Topping ideas: Sliced avocado, pickled jalapeño slices, spicy mayo, or just a dash of hot sauce.
- Vegetarian option: Use vegetable sausage crumbles instead of regular breakfast sausage.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 326kcal, Carbohydrates: 12g, Protein: 13g, Fat: 25g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 150mg, Sodium: 425mg, Potassium: 384mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 6330IU, Vitamin C: 28mg, Calcium: 39mg, Iron: 2mg, Net Carbs: 10g
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.
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Do you cook the sweet potato 🍠 prior to adding it? It seems like you would need to or else it would be too hard.
Nope! They cook for roughly 20 minutes as you make the hash. If you cut them into large cubes, they’ll take longer to cook.