Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

Name: Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 pounds sweet potatoes (cubed ¼- to ½-inch); 1 large sweet onion (chopped); 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary (or sage, oregano, etc.); salt & pepper ( to taste); 4-6 ounces sausage (cubed, sliced, or ground); ¾ cup grated carrots (or other vegetables); hot sauce (to taste); poached eggs

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Sweet potato hash is healthy, delicious, budget-friendly, and so versatile! Serve it as is as a side dish, or add some sausage and top it with a poached egg for a full meal deal. Ready to eat in 30 minutes.

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Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

Why You Will Love this Recipe

Sweet potato breakfast hash is a fast, easy, budget-friendly side or main dish. All you need to make a bare-bones basic hash is a couple of sweet potatoes, an onion, and some butter and/or oil.

Hash is a great way to use up leftovers, too! In fact, hash is a dish that was literally developed as a way to use up leftovers! For a more protein-rich meal, add a little leftover sliced or ground sausage, and a handful of vegetables or greens. Then finish the whole thing off with the obligatory poached egg, and you've got yourself a well-rounded, satisfying, and delicious meal.

Once you understand the basic process for making hash, it will become a regular item on your menu. Although it is usually considered a breakfast dish, hash can be served for breakfast, lunch, or supper, and is ready to eat in 30 minutes.

Sweet Potato Hash Ingredients

Sweet Potatoes: We like to use a mixture of white and orange sweet potatoes. All sweet potatoes should be cut into ¼- to ½-inch cubes.
Onion: Use chopped sweet onions, shallots, leeks, or green onions.
Herbs: Rosemary works particularly well with carrots and sweet potatoes, but you can use whatever fresh or dried herbs you want to use. (Sage is another herb that works well in this mix.)
Oil & Butter: Use a neutral oil like light olive oil or canola oil. We like to use a 50/50 mix of butter and oil to enrich the flavors. You can also fry hash in ghee or bacon fat.

How to Make Easy Sweet Potato Hash

If you plan to add sausage or other meats to your hash, fry the meat first in a cast iron skillet until it is browned and crispy.

Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil and butter to the skillet, mixing as the butter melts.

Add the chopped onions and fry in the butter and oil mixture, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper as you go.

Add the cubed sweet potatoes, then decrease the heat to medium-low (or low, depending on your stovetop). Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and paprika, and stir to combine. Lay fresh, whole herbs (i.e., rosemary) over the top, or sprinkle dried herbs in with the seasonings.

Two sprigs of rosemary laid across the top of cooked hash. Rosemary is fresh and vegetables appear uncooked.

Cover and cook on medium-low to low for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are fork-tender.

If you use rosemary fronds, pick them up momentarily when you stir the mixture. This will help you avoid leaving rosemary needles in the finished hash.

Two sprigs of rosemary laid across the top of cooked hash. ROsemary appears dark and dry from cooking.

When the potatoes are fork-tender, remove any rosemark fronds. Add browned meat or sausage if desired, additional vegetables (i.e., grated carrots, etc), and any chopped fresh herbs.

Cook for three to five minutes more, turning from the bottom with a flat metal spatula, until any additions are heated through and well-incorporated into the hash.

Cooked hash in skillet, with grated carrots, etc.

Remove the hash from the heat, and season to taste with additional kosher salt, pepper, and hot sauce.

Overhead shot of a bowl of sweet potato hash garnished with fresh rosemary sprigs.

Serve warm, topped with a poached egg if desired.

Variations

Hash with Sausage: We love this sweet potato hash with a little sliced and browned sausage. (Our current favorite is Aidells Spicy Mango With Jalapeno Chicken Sausage. You can usually find it at Costco.)

Leftover rotisserie chicken, pork chops, ham, or turkey also all work well as added protein in this dish. Brown the meat separately before adding it to the hash.

Add a poached egg: A poached egg just brings the whole meal together.

Equipment

We recommend using a heavy enameled cast iron or non-stick skillet, or an electric skillet for this recipe. Avoid using light-weight, aluminum skillets.

Top Tip

Oven-Baked Hash

To bake hash in the oven, combine the ingredients and pour them into a casserole dish and bake at 375°F (90°C) for about 30 minutes, or until the mixture is heated through and crispy around the edges.

FAQ

What's the difference between orange and white sweet potatoes?

Nearly all of the sweet potatoes found in the US fall into two categories: (1) golden skin with creamy white flesh, and (2) brown or copper skin with an orange flesh.

Orange sweet potatoes have a sweet, smooth, soft texture. White sweet potatoes, on the other hand, have a milder flavor and crumblier, more potato-like texture when cooked.

FYI: True yams are almost impossible to find in the States. Those things you grew up calling 'yams' were almost certainly orange sweet potatoes.

Bowl of sweet potato hash with two poached eggs on top. One egg yolk is broken.

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Pairing

Sweet potato hash makes a great breakfast or brunch side dish. Try it with pancakes, egg bites, quiche, or even an egg-in-a-hole grilled cheese breakfast sandwich!

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Sweet potato hash is a healthy, delicious, budget-friendly, and so versatile! Serve it as is as a side dish, or add some sausage and top it with a poached egg for a full meal deal. Ready to eat in 30 minutes.

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Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Main Dish

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegetarian

Prep Time:5

Cook Time:25

Total Time:30

Servings: servings

Calories: 310kcal

Author: Renee

Equipment

1 Enameled Cast Iron Skillet

Ingredients

Basic Hash

2 pounds sweet potatoes cubed ¼- to ½-inch
1 large sweet onion chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary or sage, oregano, etc.
salt & pepper to taste

Optional Ingredients

4-6 ounces sausage cubed, sliced, or ground
¾ cup grated carrots or other vegetables
hot sauce to taste
poached eggs

Instructions

If you plan to add sausage or other meats to your hash, fry the meat first in a cast iron skillet until it is brown and crispy and set aside.
Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil and butter to the skillet, mixing as the butter melts.
Add the chopped onions and fry in the butter and oil mixture, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes.
Add the cubed sweet potatoes, then decrease the heat to medium-low (or low, depending on your stovetop).
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and paprika, and stir to combine. Lay fresh herbs (i.e., rosemary) over the top, or sprinkle dried herbs in with the seasonings.
When the potatoes are fork-tender, add browned sausage, and/or any additional vegetables (i.e., grated carrots, etc) and chopped fresh herbs.
Cook for three to five minutes more, turning from the bottom with a flat metal spatula, until any additions are heated through and well-incorporated into the hash.
Remove the hash from the heat, and season to taste with additional kosher salt, pepper, and hot sauce.
Serve warm, topped with a poached egg if desired.

Notes

Oven-baked Option: Instead of frying, you can bake hash in the oven. To do this, pour the hash mixture into a casserole dish and bake at 375°F | 190°C for about 30 minutes, or until the mixture is heated through and crispy around the edges.

Nutrition facts do not include values for optional ingredients.