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Sweet Potato Home Fries

Sweet potato home fries are a delicious breakfast side dish! Top with eggs and avocado for a delicious, nutritious meal.
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Home fries. How do we feel about them? Allow me to summarize my thoughts thusly:

Home fries are the best hangover food ever.

^^No truer words have ever been blogged.

Aside from being great hangover food, I’ve always viewed home fries to be that country kitchen staple – there really is nothing like a home fry that crunches to perfection on the outside and splooges on the inside. With just the right amount of salt. And Tobasco. And ketchup.  

I believe breakfast restaurants should 200% be scored on the quality of their home fry, because let’s face it: home fries are really what we’re in for anyway, right? Plus the bacon, right? Right.

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We all know I’m a mega fan of consuming sweet potatoes in//on//around my breakfast eggs, so I thought I’d pass along some sweet potato home fry steaze for those times you have a hangover to cure, slash some extra time on a weekend morning. It’s really quite simple to prepare this recipe ingredient-wise…really, it’s all in the technique.

Now truth:  These are not going to crisp up quite as well as the crispiest of home fries you’ve consumed in your life.

For starters, they’re not deep fried, and secondly, the body chemistry of the sweet potato makes it softer and less crispable than say a russet or a yukon potato.

Nevertheless, the little tater tots come out of the skillet piping hot, with a nice crisp-to-splooge ratio, and you’ll want to make and enjoy them ee’ry dang day.

Recipe Adaptations:

You can change up the spices you add to your home skillet according to your personal taste. You can serve these crisp mongers with your choice of over easy/sunny side up/poached/scrambled egg, and you can also add some sort of funky fresh breakfast sauce I’ve never even heard of. 

As you can see, I took the sunny side up egg + avocado + hemp seed approach. So simple. So many textures. All the flavors. Breakfast o’ champerines.

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Sweet Potato Home Fries

Change up your breakfast routine by adding delicious and nutritious sweet potato home fries to the mix!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 22 minutes
Total Time: 32 minutes
4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 1 ½ pounds sweet potatoes, chopped into ½-inch cubes
  • 1 large yellow onion, sliced
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1-½ teaspoons chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt, to taste
  • 4 tablespoons to 6 water

Instructions

  • Heat the coconut oil in a large non-stick (or cast iron) skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Add the chopped sweet potatoes and stir to coat in oil. Allow them to cook untouched for 4 minutes.
  • Stir in the chopped onion and cook for 8 minutes, stirring only once or twice to allow the onion and sweet potato to brown.
  • Turn down the heat to medium and add the garlic, salt, chili powder, and paprika. Saute, stirring constantly, for 4 minutes.
  • Add the water (start with ¼ cup - you can always add more later if necessary) and cover the skillet. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes, until sweet potatoes are cooked through.
  • Serve with your favorite breakfast items, such as eggs, bacon, salsa, and avocado.

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 4 - Calories: 245kcal - Carbohydrates: 36g - Protein: 3g - Fat: 10g - Fiber: 6g - Sugar: 7g
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: breakfast, dairy free, healthy, paleo, sweet potato home fries, sweet potato recipes
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 245kcal
Author: Julia

 

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Angel Mahi

Sunday 13th of May 2018

Yummy food recipes.Love it.

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Thursday 8th of September 2016

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Julie

Wednesday 2nd of December 2015

Holy crap, this was good!! Just yum!! That's all, other than Jerry proclaiming that "this is a keeper". Thanks!!

Julia

Wednesday 2nd of December 2015

Yuuuuuuhs! So happy to hear it! One of my close friends made it too and was raving about it. So happy you and Jer Bear enjoyed it! xoxo

Joanne

Sunday 22nd of November 2015

Whenever a breakfast/brunch place fails at home fries it is like the whole world cries. Obviously I should just make them at home more often. Love this sweet potato twist!

Jennie @onesweetmess

Saturday 21st of November 2015

Hell yeah, home fries! I could make a meal out of home fries and often crave them for dinner. Love this recipe and those perfectly cooked eggs layered on top.

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