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 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.

Carrot and sweet potato hash, with a broken poached egg on top.

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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.

What Goes into this Recipe

Ingredient Notes & Substitutions

★ 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 herbs you want to. (Sage is another herb that works well int his 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.

★ Sausage (optional): 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.

★ Poached eggs (optional): A poached egg just brings the whole meal together.

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 brown 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 3 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 a little kosher salt and pepper, then cover and cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are nearly done.

When the potatoes are fork-tender, add browned sausage, and/or additional vegetables (i.e., grated carrots, etc). Sauté for three to five minutes more, until the additions are heated through and well-incorporated into the hash.

Add chopped fresh herbs and seasonings, and stir to combine. Cook for one minute more.

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.

Overhead shot of carrot and sweet potato hash, with an unbroken poached egg on top.

FAQs & Expert Tips

Can you bake sweet potato hash in the oven?

Yes! To bake hash in the oven, combine the ingredients and pour them 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.

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.

Side view of carrot and sweet potato hash, with a broken poached egg on top and a small sprig of rosemary..

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Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Main Dish

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegetarian

Prep Time:5 minutes

Cook Time:25 minutes

Total Time:30 minutes

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 3 minutes.
Add the cubed sweet potatoes, then decrease the heat to medium-low (or low, depending on your stovetop).
Sprinkle with a little kosher salt and pepper, then cover and cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are nearly done.
When the potatoes are fork-tender, add browned sausage, and/or additional vegetables (i.e., grated carrots, etc).
Sauté for three to five minutes more, until the additions are heated through and well-incorporated into the hash.
Add the chopped fresh rosemary and stir to combine. Cook for one minute more.
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.

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Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

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