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Really Simple Sweet Potato Hash

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A simple way to prepare sweet potatoes for a quick and delicious side dish!

Sweet Potato Hash // The Pancake Princess

Sweet Potato Hash // The Pancake Princess

When my savory-inclined friend came over for brunch, I mixed up a batch of buckwheat crepes, sautéed some spinach with caramelized onions (here’s how to make them fast!) and tossed a fried egg on top. On the side, I shredded a sweet potato and fried it into a hash. And served a leftover failed batch of lemon poppy seed pancakes for dessert.

This is truly the simplest preparation of sweet potatoes, but it’s so tasty!

Sweet Potato Hash // The Pancake Princess

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Really Simple Sweet Potato Hash

This very lightly fried sweet potato hash is a great swap for traditional potato-starchy, greasy hash browns. A healthy, simple, and extremely tasty side dish!
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 sweet potato or more
  • salt and pepper
  • fresh or dried herbs of your choice: rosemary thyme, basil, herbes de provence, etc.
  • olive oil

Instructions

  • Grate the sweet potato on a grater (not sure if food processing would work quite as well) and season with salt, pepper and herbs—a generous dash of each. Heat a small frying pan over medium heat. When a drop of water sizzles on the pan, add a teaspoon or two of oil and swirl to coat the bottom of the pan. Add the grated potato and use a spatula to press it evenly into the pan, about ½” thick. Let cook for about 3 minutes (depending on the size/thickness of your hash) without disturbing—it’s forming a crust at this point. Carefully slide your spatula under the patty—this should be easy to do if the bottom is fully cooked and carefully flip. Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes, then serve hot. Eat it like candy, man.

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  1. Ruby @ The Ruby Red Apron

    Love the brunch menu… and this sweet potato hash looks perfect. Sweet potatoes are a huge favorite of mine!

  4. Nancy @ gottagetbaked

    Can you pleeeeeeeaaaaase come and cook for me? Your brunch menu sounds like my idea of heaven. Bring on the carbs, girl! Especially delicious sweet potato hash. I love sweet potatoes and I usually eat them simply steamed or baked. I’d go gaga for ’em in hash form.

    • erika

      Omg that would be amazing. And you can serve up some amazing baked good(s) for dessert since we obviously won’t get enough at brunch 😉

  5. Kelly

    I can eat sweet potato everyday and this sweet potato hash looks fantastic! I love simple savory dishes like these especially when sweet potatoes are involved. Pinning and thanks for sharing Erika:)

  7. [email protected]

    Erika-I could eat sweet potatos every day, and I practically do! Sweet potato hash looks like heaven to me! Love the picture with the rosemary on top. I LOVE rosemary! I went out to eat with some friends of mine and they had a white bean soup with rosemary in it and I died over how good it was and they all thought it sucked because of the rosemary! I’m like, Y’ALL are crazy!!! This looks so easy and delicious!

  8. Shikha @ Shikha la mode

    I love sweet potatoes! And I love how you link to your other brunch recipes – such a good idea!

  9. Sockmonkeys Kitchen

    OH MY! I already adore these and haven’t even made them yet! I must, must, must have these soon!

  10. Kaylie @ Skinny Muffin

    Girl. You might call these breakfast, but I call these dinner. That way you get the best of both worlds: sweet breakfast, savory ‘breakfast’ dinner. Yes and yes. Also, I like your idea of putting savory things on pancakes. Like onions, spinach, and an egg. You should totally blog that. Because I would be lost on how to make that.

    • erika

      That makes so much sense. But the problem I run into is when I host brunch and there are people who prefer savory foods *huff* But otherwise I would live that^! Lol I’ll try to blog a savory pancake soon!

  13. erika

    Yes!!!!! If I ate bacon, that would certainly be on the menu…maybe I’ll try some coconut bacon for my next brunch!! And omg YES. Okay I take back everything I said about savory brunch. Anything involving cheese and pastry is a friend o’ mineee. I am obsessing over these baked egg boats: http://www.spoonforkbacon.com/2012/01/baked-egg-boats/ !!! Also breakfast nachos.

    • Christine

      I have made thise egg boats and they were great. Whole family liked them, though they were a little big. I used the rolls from Costco (Canada). I would have liked a little less chew, but was still raves all around.
      Ok. Prepare to have your world rocked ( probably). Erika, please meet Ali. And my nemisis -Ali’s recipe for flaky croissant pastry in a food processor. I have been avoiding making this, because if it is as good as it looks, I would make it every day. Instead I just drool on her pictures. This recipe is probably the high preistess of brunch, and goes savoury or sweet, naturally.
      http://www.alexandracooks.com/2013/03/26/prosciutto-gruyere-croissants/

      • Christine

        …..crickets….
        Sorry, think I must have fallen and hit my head.
        IT’S A THING!!?
        ….crickets (understudies)…
        Ok, I’m back. Wait- IT’S A THING?!!

        I feel like we are starting to process our own food. What on earth is a coconut amino?
        Yet I am very curious in a non-motivated way. Until I see coconut aminos on a shelf somewhere for $54.99US with an expiry date two weeks from now (I made that up, like all of this) and think, “Oh, I must possess these, because there was a cool idea I saw that needed these…” And will never remember what, even when I finally chuck them one year after expiry. (Yeah 43!)
        It’s how I roll.

      • erika

        Hahaha I agree, I have no idea what a coconut amino is. But I’m down with the soy sauce option! Haha I really want you to try them now.

  14. Christine

    Erika- we must be more than mind twins, because your fantasy brunch seems intuitively familiar…. Mine would also have crispy thick cut bacon, by the tray and something hot with pastry and cheese. Maybe a football game involved somehow, just so we have an excuse to take several hours to nosh at all this. Nosh…mmmm…bagels….