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🥞 American

Sweet Potato Hash

🥞 American

Skillet cooking, American-style: a screaming cast-iron pan, Sweet Potato crusted hard in butter and oil, and a quick pan sauce built from the drippings. Hearty, fast and full of flavour.

Prep 10 min Cook 7 min Serves 3 Easy

Ingredients

  • Butter2 tbsp
  • Saltto taste
  • Garlic4 cloves, minced
  • Potato4, diced
  • Bell Pepper1, sliced
  • Eggs4, fried
  • Spring Onions3, cut into batons
  • Sweet Potato3
  • Ketchup2 tbsp
  • Smoked Paprika1 tsp

Optional extras

  • Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat until it just starts to smoke; add the oil.

  2. 2

    Season the Eggs generously on both sides and sear undisturbed until a deep crust forms, about three minutes.

  3. 3

    Flip and add the butter, basting as it foams with Sweet Potato for another two to three minutes.

  4. 4

    Move the Eggs to a plate and soften Garlic in the pan drippings, scraping the crusty bits loose.

  5. 5

    Deglaze with a splash of stock or water and reduce to a quick pan sauce, seasoning to taste.

  6. 6

    Rest the Eggs, then serve smothered in the pan sauce with the buttery drippings pooled over.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the smoked paprika in the oil before adding anything wet.

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