Maple Bacon Sweet Potato Hash

Chopped sweet potatoes flavoured with spices, a hint of cinnamon, maple syrup, and rosemary are pan-fried until crispy and caramelized around the edges.

This Maple Bacon Sweet Potato Hash is so delicious and takes less than 20 minutes to make. Caramelized tender sweet potato tossed in maple syrup, cinnamon and crispy bacon add a savouriness to the dish.

I have always been a little biased towards savoury sweet potato dishes.

As a healthy substitute for white potatoes,  I always try to incorporate Sweet potatoes in our diet (Though I will always be a white potato lover). These are great for snacking. I often air fry them along with some spices.

Sweet potato works great as a side dish alongside some protein. You can also serve this as a main meal if you want to keep the diner light.  Serve it whichever way you want; this sweet potato hash is really delicious.  And when there is bacon in a dish, the deliciousness factor doubles.

Ingredients You Need

• Sweet potato-

How To Make Sweet Potato Hash?

One good thing about this hash is that everything is done in one skillet.

• Cut bacon to small pieces. Here is a small tip to cut bacon, Using kitchen scissors to cut bacon is really easy and quick. Else, stack them up and cut into bite-size pieces.
• While the bacon is being cooked, Start with cleaning the sweet potatoes (Multitasking you know, saves time! But keep an eye on the bacon). Dice sweet potatoes to equal-sized pieces (roughly 1/2 inch). Cutting into equal bite-sized pieces ensures even cooking.
• Use a heavy cast-iron skillet to make these hash.  Heavy-bottomed skillets cook the sweet potatoes evenly and also nicely caramelize the edges.
• After cooking the bacon, discard everything but one teaspoon of bacon fat. I know bacon fat is so flavourful, but cooking entirely with bacon fat would dominate other delicate flavours. So just reserve 1 teaspoon of bacon fat and then add butter to the pan to cook.  Butter also helps to caramelize.
• For even and quick cooking, cover the skillet and cook on medium heat, string a couple of times in between.
• Rosemary works wonderfully with the rest of the ingredients and also lends a freshness to the dish.
• If you don’t have maple syrup in hand, use honey instead.
• For extra crunch throw in some toasted pecans at the end of the cooking.

Serving Suggestion…

Sweet potato hash is really versatile and can be served in many ways.

You would normally find a savoury version of sweet potato hash with eggs, served as breakfast. Upgrade this Maple bacon sweet potato hash to a filling breakfast by adding a fried egg to it.

This is a perfect side dish to put on your Thanksgiving/Christmas table. It goes well with a lot of main protein dishes, and the best part is that you will save your oven space for other dishes.

If you are worried about leftovers, then these store well in an air-tight container for up to 4 days. I have never tried freezing it. But when it just takes less than 20 mins from start to finish, then why not make it fresh and hot?

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