Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash
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Updated Nov 26, 2023
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Sweet potato breakfast hash nails all the right savory flavors in one easy skillet recipe. A simple mix of sweet potato, kale, bacon, onion and bell peppers, it’s hearty and nourishing. Just crack a few eggs on top for a tried-and-true breakfast of champions recipe.
When I wake up, the first thing I normally think about is: food. Sometimes I crave savory egg muffins and sometimes I crave sweet paleo pancakes. But if you’re torn in between the two, sweet potatoes will be your best friend at breakfast.
Are Sweet Potatoes Good For Breakfast?
Not only do sweet potatoes have a delicious flavor and a creamy, rich texture, but they’re full of fiber, vitamins and antioxidants. Plus, they’re such a versatile ingredient when it comes to cooking. You can bake them, spiralize them, roast them or in this case, sauté them!
Side note: this sweet potato breakfast hash is great for meal prepping. Simply prepare and cook all the ingredients, except for the eggs, ahead of time. Then reheat everything in a skillet, giving it a quick stir, and crack fresh eggs into it. Although this dish is great for a large group of people, you can also cook this into a smaller portion for one or two people.
Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash Ingredients
This recipe is extremely flexible when it comes to ingredients. You can make a breakfast hash for all seasons! But here’s what’s in mine today:
- Sweet Potatoes: They form the bulk of the recipe and provide energy with good carbs.
- Bacon: Crispy bacon adds enormous flavor to this skillet recipe.
- Onions: Choose yellow onions or white onions, they both work beautifully.
- Red Bell Pepper: You could use any color, but I love red bell pepper to complement the other colors in the skillet.
- Kale: A sturdy green that wilts just enough, but not too much.
- Cumin, Garlic Powder and Paprika: For that addictive savory flavor that will have you going back for seconds.
- Eggs: I use 4 eggs, but you could easily add up to 6 eggs.
- Green Onion: Because more savory greens on top for garnish is always a good idea.
How To Make A Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash
Made from a group of wholesome ingredients, this sweet potato breakfast hash is healthy and hearty. Here’s how to make it:
- Cook the bacon in a large pan over medium heat. Saute the bacon pieces until they’re golden and crispy and then remove them with a slotted spoon to a paper towel.
- Saute the onion and red bell pepper for about one minute to soften.
- Add the sweet potatoes and spices to the pan and cook for 10-12 minutes. Then place a lid on the pan for the last 5 minutes to further soften the potatoes.
- Add the bacon and kale to the pan and stir until the kale has just wilted.
- Create wells in the hash using a spatula. Crack an egg into each well and cook until the eggs are done to your liking. You can also cover the hash with a lid to cook your eggs all the way through.
- Remove the breakfast hash from heat and season it with a sprinkle of salt, pepper, and sliced green onion. Serve and enjoy!
More Sweet Potato Recipes You’ll Love
Have a few extra sweet potatoes? Turn them into one of these delicious, reader-favorite recipes below!
- Spiralized Sweet Potato Egg Nests
- Sweet Potato Toast with Smoked Salmon, Avocado, Cucumber, and Poached Egg
- Warm Sweet Potato Noodles with Cabbage and Lentils
- BBQ Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet Potato Gnocchi
- Curly Sweet Potato Fries
Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash
Description
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon, cut into ½-inch thick pieces
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and diced into ½-inch cubes (approx 4 cups cubes)
- 2 cups kale leaves, roughly chopped
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 4 eggs
- 1 green onion, sliced
Instructions
- Heat a large saute pan on medium heat. Add the bacon and saute until golden and crispy. Use a slotted spoon to remove the bacon to a paper towel or small bowl.
- Add the diced onion and red bell pepper to the pan and saute for one minute to soften.
- Add the diced sweet potato and spices to the pan. Cook the sweet potato for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring often. Place a lid on the pan for the last 5 minutes to soften the sweet potato until fork tender.
- Add the bacon back into the pan along with the kale and stir for an additional 1 to 2 minutes or until the kale is wilted.
- Use a spatula to create 4 wells in the hash. Crack an egg into each well and cook until the eggs are done to your liking. You can add a lid to the pan to cook the eggs through faster.
- Remove the breakfast hash from the heat. Season with salt and pepper and top with sliced green onion. Serve immediately.
Lisa’s Tips
- My favorite pan to use when cooking this recipe is a Staub cast iron pan, as it cooks evenly and retains the heat.
Nutrition
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Great recipe. I had some leftover sweet potato fries we made in the air fryer, so using those made the recipe super quick. Also used baby spinach for the kale and red onion for the small onion. And I didn’t have bell pepper! I will try it the proper way next time, but I can tell it’s a good mix of flavors. This is a keeper.
Definitely give this a try with bell pepper next time! Otherwise, glad you enjoyed this breakfast hash, Cheryl.
One of my FAVORITE breakfast foods! The cumin and paprika add a nice twist to the sweet potatoes. So many delicious flavors!
I’m so glad you’re loving this sweet potato breakfast hash, Holly!
Made some tweaks, used spinach and ham added mushrooms. So good 😊
Hi Claudia – I’m so glad you loved this sweet potato breakfast hash!
Great recipe. Easy and delicious.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Mike!
Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash makes a frequent appearance in our meal rotation! My husband loves it and so do I. It is a go-to when I want a low-hassle, minimal clean-up dish. I love that it is packed with healthy ingredients and is versatile enough that I can swap out some of the ingredients with others I have on hand. I often substitute sausage for the bacon, which gives it even more bulk. And the flavor combination of the garlic powder, paprika, and cumin is so tasty!
Hi Julia – I’m so glad you and your husband are loving this breakfast hash!
Making for a Christmas brunch. Will I need a cast iron skillet or regular skillet work fine? Also will there be room to double recipe?
Hi Kassandra – You can use a regular skillet! As for doubling the recipe, it will depend on how big your skillet is. But I would not crowd the pan too much so that each ingredients cooks well.
I made this morning after searching for ways to use up some sweet potatoes – and oh my it’s so beautiful and delicious. I had no bacon (but used bacon grease) and topped mine with a small handful of micro greens along with the sliced green onions. So good! I’ll make it again next time with bacon.
Hi Robyn – Thrilled to hear you loved this sweet potato hash! Definitely give this a try with bacon next time.
This has become a frequent breakfast at our house, it is so good and easy to prepare! The spices are just right and I like the addition of kale, although I have used spinach or chard with equally good results.
Hi Louisa – I’m so glad this sweet potato breakfast hash has become a staple now!
Phenomenal recipe! Just an explosion of flavor in your mouth! 100% adding this to my frequent rotation of favorite meals!
Hi Maria – Happy to hear you’re loving this sweet potato breakfast hash!
Love this! Thank you for this recipe!
Hi Liza – Happy to hear you love this sweet potato breakfast hash!
This was a hit in my family! I doubled the recipe for the three of us, and not much was left over. It was a good balance of savory and sweet. Will make again for sure!
I’m so glad this breakfast hash was a hit, Diana!
Outstanding! Had some leftover veg from a traybake that needed using up and this recipe had all of them in so gave it a whirl. Absolutely amazing. Added some rather sorry looking mushrooms and substituted defrosted frozen spinach for the kale as that’s what we had in. Now I’m going to have to buy more sweet potatoes and peppers to make this again
Wonderful! So thrilled you loved the hash, Hazel!
This was an easy healthy dinner meal. No leftovers to spare. I definitely will make this again!
Hi Susan – Happy to hear you love this sweet potato breakfast hash!
Your recipe was delicious for our noon breakfast (we fast in the a.m.) so it filled us up (my husband and I) and ready to go for the rest of the afternoon. I will make this again in the near future. Thank you LIsa!
Hi Jan – Happy to hear you love this sweet potato hash!
Delicious! I did not put eggs in the dish, but instead used the hash as a side with scrambled eggs as the main course. I used smokey paprika and added thinly sliced jalapeños. This was fantastic! Appreciate the recipe!
Hi Robin – I’m glad this hash worked perfectly as a side dish for breakfast.
Hello, I made this recipe but since we are trying to follow vegan, this is how I modified it!
Added 2 cut up black bean patties instead of the bacon and excluded the eggs. Didn’t have any peppers in the house so I omitted them as well. It turned out great! I did add a little hot honey at the end to spice it up a bit. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your modified version, Deb! I’m glad it turned out great.
Can I make this 2 days ahead of time and then just add eggs day of? I rather not freeze it. I love your delicious recipes!
Yep, that’s fine!
Hi Lisa, Is bacon allowed on Whole 30.
Thanks
Helen
Yes, bacon is fine!
Thanks for sharing such an easy and versatile recipe
I swapped out onion, capsicum & kale for celery, cauliflower, mushroom as it was what I had.
Delish!
This recipe has been one of my top 5 go-to meal prep numbers since I discovered you 3 years ago. I made it again this week and I never tire of it. It hits all of the checks on my list for nutrient dense post-workout breakfast. Thank you.
Thrilled to hear you’ve been loving this sweet potato breakfast hash, Gina!
Where are the spices in the recipe?
You can find these linked in the recipe card!
I also didn’t see where in the recipe you add the spices. Could you please clarify that? Thanks! =)
Hi Emma – You’ll add the spices back into step 3 :)
Loved this recipe! Made it for my family, and subbed bacon for chicken bacon. It paired beautifully with the sweet potato, and the spices were perfect! Highly recommend it and will definitely make it again.
I’m glad chicken was the perfect substitute for this sweet potato breakfast hash!
Absolutely delicious! I had to work with what I had, so didn’t add red pepper or kale and subbed chicken apple sausage for bacon. I can’t wait to try it again with more veggies.
This hash is a versatile one! Glad you enjoyed it with the ingredients you had on hand.
I’ve made it a few times as stated, it’s really good. This time I’m going to try adding some yellow/red potatoes too.
Glad you’re loving this breakfast hash!
Delicious recipe! I substituted venison italian ground sausage for the bacon. It was soooo good! Dash of cinnamon with all the spices. Don’t over cook the eggs! They need to be runny!
Glad you enjoyed this breakfast hash Laurie!
My family absolutely loves this recipe! I used part russet potatoes and part sweet potatoes. Absolutely delicious! Thanks so much!!
Glad you enjoyed this sweet potato hash Bri!
Amazing!! Made some tweaks – just sweet potato, back bacon, kale, cherry tomatoes to start, and then I added cottage cheese and eggs – it was unreal. The cottage cheese took it to another level, can’t wait for breakfast again tomorrow!!
Great as is. Went vegetarian sausage, added Chinese peanut sauce to make up for lost bacon. Never looked back.
Happy you loved the recipe, Paul!
Definitely a new favorite at our house! Yummy flavors- the bacon and sweet potato go together so well. Great one dish meal!
The ingredients in this blended together perfectly with each bite. Thank you for sharing!
The recipe is good as is but I decided to add lemon juice from half a lemon and feta cheese at the end since I had them on hand.