Recipes
Sweet Potato and Egg Skillet
This skillet combines chorizo and sweet potato with aromatic spices for the perfect weeknight dinner or weekend brunch.
Serves
6
Prep Time
5 min
Cook Time
35 min
Print RecipeIngredients
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) canola oil
- 1 green onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 red pepper, diced
- ¼ cup (60 mL) finely diced chorizo (1/6th of a 63 g chorizo link)
- 4 cups (1 L) sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into half-inch pieces
- 1 tsp (5 mL) cumin
- 1 tsp (5 mL) coriander
- 6 eggs
- ¼ tsp (1.25 mL) freshly ground pepper, or to taste
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) fresh parsley
Instructions
- Step 1
Pour canola oil into a large non-stick pan. Cook onions, garlic, red pepper, chorizo sausage, sweet potatoes, cumin and coriander over medium-low heat for 10 minutes.
- Step 2
Cover and continue to cook until potatoes are tender. Add a small amount (2 tbsp) of water if needed.
- Step 3
Make 6 small indentations in the potatoes and crack eggs into each opening. Cook uncovered over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
- Step 4
Cover eggs and potatoes and continue to cook until eggs are set, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Step 5
In the last two minutes of cooking and when the eggs are almost set, sprinkle with ground pepper and fresh parsley. Scoop and serve.
Tips
Leftover chorizo can be frozen.
Nutrition Facts
| Per serving | |
|---|---|
| Calories | 184 |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Trans Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 21 g |
| Fibre | 3 g |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Sodium | 135 mg |
