The bacon wins. Even non-fans of sweet potatoes will be bowled over by the savoury bacon flavour that permeates this simple dish. It’s an easy main dish, a very hearty side dish, or a weekend breakfast option that is destined to triumph over any skeptics you might have in the house.
All you need are four simple ingredients. I happened to have bacon, sweet potatoes, spinach, and green onions on hand this week, and so I decided to go for it. Not surprisingly, the whole family loved this skillet! And I think you will too. Just don’t expect leftovers.
Sweet Potato Skillet with Bacon and Greens {Paleo}
Ingredients:
- 4 to 5 cups sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch (1-cm) cubes
- 9 to 12 slices of bacon (I prefer uncured natural bacon)
- 4 to 5 cups loosely packed greens, such as spinach, swiss chard and/or arugala
- 2 green onions, diced
Directions:
- In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium high heat until mostly crisp. Remove bacon from skillet and let cool. Spoon out some of the bacon drippings until a layer of drippings covers the bottom of the skillet. Reserve any extra drippings for another purpose.
- Add the sweet potatoes to the skillet and fry over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes, turning the cubes with a spatula every few minutes. When sweet potatoes are mostly cooked through, add fresh greens. Break up cooled bacon into 1-inch (2-cm) pieces and stir into the skillet with the sweet potatoes and greens. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until greens are wilted. Remove skillet from heat and stir in green onions. Serve warm, straight from the skillet if you wish.
I share recipes at Allergy Free Wednesdays, Gluten Free Wednesdays, and here.
Also sharing at Natural Family Fridays and Savoring Saturdays.
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This looks great. My husband doesn’t really care for sweet potatoes but keeps trying them for the health benefit. He may go for this, thanks!
Yes, not everyone in my family likes sweet potatoes, but we all LOVED this dish!
Looks so yummy! Bacon adds so much flavor! Bring it on!
Yes, I agree completely!
Bacon and sweet potatoes are one of my all time favorite combinations, I’ll bookmark this for later, thank you!
Glad to hear it! Enjoy! 🙂
Love all the bright colors! Bacon and sweet potatoes, that’s a winner in my book! Sweet and salty, yum!
I like the colours too and think it might be good for our St. Patrick’s Day meal. We’re not Irish anyways.
I enjoy making sweet potato dishes like this for supper. Never thought of adding greens though. Will have to give it a try.
Greens and bacon go so well together too. Enjoy!
Yum yum yum! I am making this asap! Great Flavors! Tweeted too!
I think you will really enjoy it! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
This looks yummy I’d switch the bacon to turkey bacon but a must try for sure. I don’t find many sweet potatoe Recipies I like but this one hit the spot! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I hope you love it as much as we did! You might need to add a little oil if you’re using turkey bacon since it is lower in fat.
Hi, We’re neighbors this week on Savoring Saturdays. Your recipe sounds awesome, what with frying right in the bacon drippings. Yum. 🙂
Love the ingredients–so fresh, delicious, filling, and inspiring!
Thanks! I think I will be making this skillet regularly. Because bacon. 🙂
I know I would lve this…featuring your recipe this week on Allergy Free Wednesday!
Thank you, Tessa! We all need some simple recipes like this in our arsenal. 🙂
I was just looking for a recipe for a good quick lunch and this fits the bill. Going to give it a try for sure!
Glad to hear it! I just popped over to your blog and like what I see there too. 🙂
You pretty much can’t go wrong with sweet potatoes and bacon! 🙂 Thanks for sharing this at Savoring Saturdays! 🙂
This looks lovely – a perfect breakfast dish.
A recipe that I can make! Usually I have problems with following recipes because there are so many steps and ingredients, but this one looks simple and absolutely delicious. Thank you!
Yes, it’s quite simple once you have the sweet potatoes chopped. Enjoy!