Sweet Potato Turkey Hash

This Sweet Potato Turkey Hash is an easy, healthy breakfast that’s packed with flavor and protein to keep you full all morning! With hearty sweet potato, savory ground turkey, and warm spices, it’s a one-pan meal that comes together in just 40 minutes. Top it with eggs, avocado, or fresh herbs for a delicious, wholesome start to your day!

• Easy: This Sweet Potato Turkey Hash comes together in just one pan with just 10 ingredients and 30 minutes. It’s naturally paleo-friendly, gluten and dairy free, and packed with nutrients, making it a quick and wholesome choice for any meal.
• Versatile: Enjoy it as a breakfast hash with eggs, or serve it for lunch or dinner with a fresh salad. You can easily swap the ground turkey for sausage, chicken, or even tofu to fit different diets!
• Family friendly: This sweet potato and turkey hash is loaded with wholesome, kid-approved ingredients. The natural sweetness of sweet potatoes balances the smoky, savory spices, so even picky eaters will love it!
• Great for meal prep: Make a big batch and reheat it for quick, protein-packed meals all week. The hash stays flavorful and hearty, making it perfect for easy, stress-free breakfasts, lunches, or dinners!

• Turkey: Ground turkey is typically a blend of turkey breast and thigh meat and quite lean and lower in fat. For best results, season generously and use moist ingredients to enhance its flavor and texture.
• Sweet potatoes: Hearty, healthy, and delicious! I use the orange-fleshed variety, often called yams, but any type of sweet or regular potatoes would work here.
• Onion and bell pepper: Classic breakfast hash ingredients. Adds more flavor, texture, and nutrition but feel free to use any vegetables you'd like.
• Chicken broth: To lightly steam the sweet potatoes. This helps to cook the potatoes faster while infusing flavor. I cook exclusively with bone broth. It's rich in collagen, supports digestion, and has anti-inflammatory components. Use low or no-sodium broth whenever possible.
• Spices: Chili powder, sage, and garlic powder adds warmth, depth, and smokiness to the Sweet Potato Turkey Hash.
• Cooking oil: Avocado oil is my favorite oil to cook, fry, and sauté with because of its high smoke point (500°F) and neutral flavor.
• Kosher salt: The salt amounts listed in this recipe are for Diamond Crystal kosher salt. If using Morton kosher salt, sea salt, or Himalayan pink salt, reduce by half. If using table salt, reduce the salt by ¼.
• Optional toppings: lime juice, fresh herbs, avocado, hot sauce, eggs.

• Instead of ground turkey, you could use any type of meat you'd like! Turkey or breakfast sausage, ground beef or chicken, or chorizo are easy substitutes. Or you could even use leftover turkey from Thanksgiving!
• Want to keep it vegetarian? Skip the meat and bulk the hash up with your favorite vegetables like kale, shredded brussels sprouts, zucchini, spinach, or cauliflower.
• If you'd like to finish this Sweet Potato Turkey Hash with eggs, make 4 wells in the hash, crack eggs in, and cover with a lid to cook for 3-5 minutes or until cooked to your desired doneness. Alternatively, serve it with eggs on the side - hard-boiled, fried, scrambled, or poached eggs are all great!

STEP ONE: First, heat oil in a large pan and add chili powder and sage. Allow to toast in the oil for about 30 seconds while stirrring.

STEP TWO: Then add the ground turkey, salt, and pepper. Crumble into small pieces and cook for a couple minutes.

STEP THREE: While the turkey is still a little raw, add the diced onion and bell pepper. Continue cooking for about 3-4 more minutes or until onion starts to become translucent.

Transfer the turkey and veggie mixture to a large bowl and set aside. Keep any remaining liquid in the pan.

STEP FOUR: Next, add sweet potato, garlic powder, chicken broth, and salt to the same pan. Cover with a lid and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Stir halfway but try to minimize how much steam escapes.

After 5 minutes, remove the lid and continue cooking uncovered, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are fork tender. If dry, add more broth as needed.

STEP FIVE: Add the turkey and veggies back in. Stir to combine and season to taste. Serve with any toppings, if desired.

• Bloom the spices first. Heating the chili powder and sage in oil first releases their essential oils and enhances its flavor. Since ground turkey can be lean with less flavor, this simple step makes a big difference!
• Cook in batches by removing the turkey and vegetables before cooking the sweet potatoes. This prevents overcrowding the pan, ensuring the ingredients cook evenly and fully.
• Steam the sweet potatoes by cooking with broth and covering the pan with a lid. Potatoes are very dense and hearty, so steaming them first helps soften the potatoes so they cook through more quickly. Afterward, cooking without a lid allows any excess moisture to evaporate, allowing the sweet potatoes to crisp up slightly.
• Finish with toppings. Fresh herbs, avocado, and/or lime juice adds brightness that takes the Sweet Potato Turkey Hash to the next level.
• Customize it to your liking. Breakfast hashes are super versatile - add or swap in whatever ingredients you have on hand like veggies, cheese, or hot sauce to match your preferences!