The Best Healthy Sweet Potato Hash (with Eggs!)

Are you looking for the ultimate healthy, hearty, and unbelievably delicious one-pan meal that is perfect for any time of day? A dish that is as ideal for a show-stopping weekend brunch as it is for a quick and easy weeknight “brinner”? This incredible, from-scratch Sweet Potato Hash with perfectly cooked, runny-yolked eggs is that perfect meal. It’s a vibrant, satisfying, and completely customizable skillet that is guaranteed to become your new go-to for a wholesome and flavorful feast.

This isn’t just another breakfast recipe; it’s your definitive guide to the perfect hash. We’ll show you the simple but crucial secrets to sweet potatoes that are perfectly tender on the inside with beautiful, caramelized edges, and the foolproof technique for cooking your eggs right in the skillet. This is a stunning, restaurant-quality meal that is surprisingly simple to make at home.

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Recipe Overview: The Ultimate One-Pan Breakfast

What makes this Sweet Potato Hash so spectacularly delicious is its incredible combination of flavors and textures, all created in a single skillet. The foundation of the dish is a savory and sweet hash made with caramelized sweet potatoes, smoky poblano peppers, and tender onions. This hearty base is then studded with earthy lacinato kale and seasoned with a classic, warm chili powder. The true magic, however, happens when fresh eggs are cracked into little wells in the hash and gently steam-cooked until the whites are perfectly set and the yolks are lusciously runny, creating their own rich, golden sauce for the entire dish.

Metric	Time / Level
Total Time	30 minutes
Active Prep Time	15 minutes
Difficulty Level	Easy
Servings	4

The Essential Ingredients for This Vibrant Hash

This recipe uses a handful of fresh, wholesome ingredients to create its signature savory, sweet, and smoky flavor.

• The Hash Base:
  • Sweet Potatoes: The sweet, creamy, and nutrient-packed star of our dish. The key to a great hash is to cut the sweet potatoes into uniform, 1/2-inch cubes so that every piece cooks evenly and gets beautifully caramelized.
  • Poblano Pepper: This is a fantastic, mild chile pepper with a wonderful, rich, and earthy flavor that becomes slightly smoky when cooked. It adds a fantastic, complex flavor to the hash without a lot of heat.
• The Eggs (The Saucy Topping!): Using the freshest, highest-quality eggs you can find will reward you with the richest, most delicious, and beautifully golden, runny yolks. The yolks are the “sauce” that brings the whole dish together.
• The Greens: A few leaves of lacinato kale (also known as Tuscan or dinosaur kale) add a beautiful pop of dark green color, an earthy flavor, and a ton of fantastic nutrients to the hash.
• The Fresh Toppings: A final, generous topping of cool, creamy sliced avocado, fresh cilantro, and a bright squeeze of fresh lime juice is essential for balancing all the warm, savory flavors of the hash.

Step-by-Step to the Perfect Sweet Potato Hash

This delicious, one-pan meal is incredibly simple to prepare.

Step 1: Sauté the Aromatics and Cook the Hash

Step 1: In a large, lidded skillet, heat 2 teaspoons of the avocado oil over medium heat.

Step 2: Add the 1/2 chopped small red onion, the 1 chopped poblano pepper, the 2 thinly sliced garlic cloves, and 1/4 teaspoon of the sea salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 5 minutes, until the vegetables have softened and are fragrant. Remove the cooked vegetables from the pan and set them aside.

Step 3: Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons of avocado oil in the same skillet. Add the 1 large, cubed sweet potato and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are fork-tender and have beautiful, deep golden-brown and caramelized edges.

Step 4: Add the sautéed vegetables back to the pan with the sweet potatoes. Stir in the 1 teaspoon of chili powder and the 4 torn leaves of lacinato kale.

Part 2: Cook the Eggs in the Hash

Step 1: Use the back of a large spoon to make 4 shallow “wells” or indentations in your sweet potato hash.

Step 2: Carefully crack one egg into each of the wells.

Step 3 (The Secret to Perfect Eggs!): Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover the skillet with a lid, and let the eggs cook for 3 to 5 minutes.

Pro Tip: Covering the pan is the key! This traps the steam, which gently steam-cooks the tops of the eggs so that the whites become perfectly set, while the bottoms of the eggs cook in the hot hash. The yolks will remain beautifully runny.

Step 4: You will know the eggs are perfectly done when the whites are completely opaque and set, but the yolks still jiggle when you gently shake the pan.

Part 3: Garnish and Serve

Season the finished dish with salt and pepper to your taste.

Top the hash with the fresh, sliced avocado and a generous sprinkle of cilantro, if you are using it. Serve immediately, directly from the skillet, with your favorite hot sauce and some fresh lime wedges for squeezing.

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Storage and Make-Ahead Tips

This Sweet Potato Hash is a fantastic meal-prep recipe for a week of delicious and healthy breakfasts or lunches.

• Make-Ahead: For a super-fast and impressive meal, you can get a head start by preparing the entire sweet potato and vegetable hash (without the eggs) up to 4 days in advance. Store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
• Storage: Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
• Reheating: When you are ready to eat, simply reheat the pre-made hash in a skillet on the stovetop. Once it is hot, you can create your wells and cook your fresh eggs directly in the hash as directed.

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Creative Recipe Variations

1. Add a Savory Protein: For a hearty, non-vegetarian version, you can brown about 1/2 pound of crumbled chorizo, breakfast sausage, or some crispy, diced bacon in the skillet at the very beginning of the recipe.
2. Add Some Beans: For an even more substantial, protein-packed meal, you can stir in one 15-ounce can of drained and rinsed black beans along with the kale at the very end.
3. Add a Cheesy Finish: For a delicious, cheesy twist, you can sprinkle the finished hash with about 1/2 cup of your favorite crumbled cheese, like a salty feta or cotija, just before serving.

Enjoy The Ultimate One-Pan Breakfast!

You’ve just created a truly special dish that is a perfect harmony of wholesome, fresh ingredients and delicious, satisfying flavors. This classic Sweet Potato Hash is a testament to the power of a simple, from-scratch meal to be both incredibly fast and wonderfully elegant. It’s a rewarding and deeply satisfying recipe that is sure to become a new favorite for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

We hope you enjoy every last, perfect, and delicious bite!

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