This Easy AIP Sweet Potato Hash with Bacon and Kale is the best one-pot breakfast. It’s savory and sweet, great for meal prepping, paleo, dairy-free, egg-free, Whole30 compliant and so satiating!
If you’re looking for a nutrient-dense, easy, AIP breakfast without eggs, look no further. This AIP Sweet Potato Hash recipe is super delicious and comes together quickly on the stovetop in one-pot. The key is to chop the sweet potatoes into fine cubes of even sizes so that they cook quickly and evenly!
This gluten free breakfast hash recipe is also perfect for meal prep/making ahead. I often make this hash on Sundays and store it in the fridge for a satiating breakfast for the week!
What do I eat for breakfast on the AIP?
This might be the most common question folks ask when they start the autoimmune protocol. Once I let go of the idea of a traditional North American breakfast of eggs, bread, or cereal, things got easier for me because my mindset shifted. While I eat AIP pancakes and bacon or baked n’oatmeal with sausage every now and then, my breakfasts are more typically savory, including protein, veggies and complex carbohydrates.
This recipe is one of my go-to egg-free breakfasts and I can’t believe it’s taken me nearly 2 years to get it on the blog. This AIP sweet potato hash is made in one pan, and loaded with mushrooms, kale, fresh herbs and of course, sweet potatoes. What’s not to love?
Here’s what you need for this Eggless Paleo Breakfast Hash recipe:
- Sweet Potatoes – In this recipe, I opted for Japanese sweet potatoes because they’re my absolute favorite. You can use Hanna sweet potatoes or any other variety – they all work well here.
- Mushrooms – I used button mushrooms, cremini and portobello would also work!
- Bacon – for AIP you’ll want to ensure it’s naturally cured with no artificial ingredients or spices (except for salt)
- Kale – feel free to use another leafy green like spinach or chard here!
- Parsley, cilantro, green onions or other fresh herbs of choice. For example, I have used fresh basil, and thyme in this recipe when that was what I had on hand.
AIP Sweet Potato Hash FAQs
Is bacon AIP compliant?
It can be. Dr. Sarah Ballantyne includes bacon as an option for folks looking for breakfast proteins on the AIP. As noted above, you want to ensure that your bacon is naturally cured and contains no artificial ingredients. Eileen Laird from Phoenix Helix writes more about bacon on the AIP here.
How do I store this?
My favorite way to store this breakfast hash is to portion out 4-5 portions and store in individual containers for easy access to breakfast throughout the week. Alternatively, store in one large container in the fridge. It keeps well for about 5 days. I haven’t tried freezing.
Can I omit the bacon?
if you choose to omit the bacon in this sweet potato hash, I’d suggest substituting with something like ground pork or turkey for some protein. You’ll need to use olive or avocado oil to cook the meat in this case, and you’ll want to add additional salt and perhaps other dried herbs to season the meat.
Here are some other egg-free, paleo, AIP breakfast recipes you’re sure to enjoy:
- Stuffed Sweet Potato Cakes
- Sheet Pan Butternut Squash Breakfast Hash
- Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- Egg-free AIP/Paleo Breakfast Meatballs
- AIP Vegan Banana Pancakes (I like to pair with some protein!)
- AIP Breakfast Recipe Roundup
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AIP Sweet Potato Hash with Bacon and Kale (Paleo, Egg-free, Whole30)
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4–5 servings 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
This Easy AIP Sweet Potato Hash with Bacon and Kale is the best one-pot breakfast. It’s savory and sweet, great for meal prepping, paleo, dairy-free, egg-free, Whole30 compliant and so satiating!
Ingredients
- 8 slices of bacon, chopped
- 2 large Japanese sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1/4 inch cubes
- 1 cup button mushrooms, sliced
- 2 TBSP cilantro, chopped
- 2 TBSP parsley, chopped
- 2 TBSP green onions or chives, sliced
- 3/4 tsp sea salt, plus more to taste
- 2 cups kale (or other leafy green), chopped
Instructions
- Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium heat.
- Add chopped bacon and cook until bacon is crispy. Remove from pan using a slotted spoon.
- Add diced sweet potatoes to skillet in an even layer and allow to cook in the bacon fat for 12-15 minutes, stirring infrequently*
- Remove potatoes using a slotted spoon and add in sliced mushrooms and a splash of water. Sauté 2-3 minutes.
- Return bacon and sweet potatoes to pan and add parsley, cilantro and chives and salt. Stir to combine
- Add kale in in 2-3 batches, stirring to wilt/combine between each addition.
- Taste and adjust for salt as necessary.
- Serve warm as is or with sliced avocado
Notes
* You want the potatoes to caramelize, so avoid over stirring!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
If using ground turkey instead, how much would you use to last 5 days?
depends on how much protein you want in there – you can always adjust the seasoning (salt specifically), accordingly. I’d say 1/2 3/4 lb would be where I’d start.
Would this be good with butternut squash??
Yes, but I also have a butternut squash sheetpan hash recipe that’s even better with butternut squash 🙂
Wow I just started my AIP journey and have been dreading it but this recipe gave me hope! So good. I probably won’t add the extra salt at the end next time but overall this is a banger, thank you!
New to AIP and was getting so sick of traditional hashes. This was AMAZING tasting and so pretty too! I did add some fresh garlic and a spritz of avocado oil, but this recipe is perfect!! Thank you!
This is so delicious and filling. I eat it in a lettuce wrap and topped with aip guac!
So good, so yummy’ eating it as o type!
Loved this. I can’t have mushrooms, so I just left them out and added a bit more kale and sweet potato. I actually used regular sweet potatoes, as I like to save my Japanese white potatoes as substitutes when a recipe calls for white potatoes. It was delicious! Thank you for this and all your great recipes!
Made this last week and is absolutely delicious! Thank you Thank you for the great recipes!
What can you substitute for the mushrooms?
Feel free to omit them or sub with another veggie of choice – carrots would be nice 🙂
I recently used a batch of this recipe, made with ground pork, as filling for Nicole’s beef patty recipe: https://healmedelicious.com/aip-beef-patties/ as a way to use something I already had in the fridge during a busy week. It was delicious!
This is SOOOO delicious. It’s in my meal prep rotation for good! Also freezes well — defrost in fridge and heat in cast iron. My non AIP family members can’t get enough of this either.
We’re so glad you liked it! Thank you for your review.
Can we cook this without bacon? And just use olive oil or coconut butter/oil?
Definitely!
Very, very excited to try this with ground pork this weekend! I have been rotating between Nicole’s cod fritter recipe: https://healmedelicious.com/aip-cod-fritters/ and her maple breakfast sausage recipe: https://healmedelicious.com/maple-breakfast-sausages/ for many of my breakfasts, occasionally swapping in her tuna wrap recipe: https://healmedelicious.com/crunchy-tuna-wraps/. I am excited to try this hash with “unbroken” diced potatoes! Pre-AIP I used to make a hash using sweet potato mash that I topped with poached eggs. Though it has occurred to me to make it without the eggs now that my partner and I are eating AIP, it never seems complete because my association with that hash is so entirely organized around eggs! Mushrooms and diced sweet potatoes will be such a great way to switch things up for me! And kale incorporated : ) Thank you! I will update my comment with a reply after I try this one!
SO GOOD! Very much enjoyed this recipe with ground pork and spinach (with a side of kale)! Happy for another breakfast option in my rotation, thank you, Nicole!
Oh this is so good! I added Kale and swiss chard. Absolutely delicious! Thank you for a great recipe.