Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash or Sweet Potato Shakshuka (with sausages)
This sweet potato breakfast hash or shakshuka is quick to whip up and very flavorful considering all the ingredient used. The good thing about it is that you only need a handful of the various ingredients need including the sweet potatoes, kales (sukuma wiki) and any type of sausage on hand.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 8 standard sausages, decased
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 green bell pepper (hoho), deseeded & diced
- 1 yellow bell pepper (hoho), deseeded & diced
- 1 large sweet potato peeled & diced into small cubes Approx. 4 cups
- 1 bunch kales (sukuma wiki), roughly chopped ( Approx. 2 cups)
- ¼ tsp cumin
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp paprika
- 4 eggs
- Sea salt & black pepper, to taste
- 1 bunch chives/ cilantro/ parsley for garnish, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Start by preparing all the vegetables; peel & cube the sweet potatoes, deseed & dice the bell peppers and onion and remove the sausage casing.
- On a large cast iron pan or heavy stainless steel pan or a heavy non stick pan, heat one table spoon cooking oil then add the decased sausages. Cook them till golden and crispy on medium heat. Once done, remove & set aside.
- On the same pan, heat the remaining oil then add the diced onion, green & yellow bell peppers (hoho) and sauté for about a minute till they soften then add in the spices and mix well.
- Stir in the diced sweet potato and let them cook wile covered to soften them for about 10-12 minutes, stirring often until fork tender. Incase they are sticking on the bottom of the pan, add a dash of water to deglaze the pan.
- Add back the cooked sausages and stir then add the kales (sukuma wiki) and cover. Allow to wilt for 1-2 minutes then stir them in. Cover again for another 1-2 minutes to cook. Remember to season with black pepper & sea salt.
- Using a spatula or cooking spoon, create 4 wells. Crack an egg into each well and cook until the eggs are done to your liking. Remember to season the eggs with black pepper & sea salt. You can cover the pan to cook the eggs faster. If you prefer well done eggs, make sure when you insert a skewer or toothpick, it comes out clean.
- Remove the breakfast hash/shakshuka from the heat. Garnish with chopped chives/ cilantro/ parsley then serve.
Notes
- You can substitute the sausages with bacon or minced meat or beans of your choice (black beans/chickpeas would work best). Or a combination!
- You can swap the sweet potatoes with regular potatoes.
- Incase you want to swap the kale (sukuma wiki) with spinach, make sure you’ve pre steamed them & drained the water. Failure to doing so, the dish will be super soggy!
- You can skip the eggs or if you love a runny yolk, cook for a shorter amount of time.
- Cook the whole meal on medium heat but on adding the eggs, lower the heat to low.
- You can use the spices you prefer.
- The more colourful the bell peppers (hohos) the better. Get red, orange, yellow and green if you can.
- You can make it a one pot lunch/dinner as well especially if you go for minced meat/beans and skip the eggs or as is!