Description
🍠 Loaded Breakfast Sweet Potatoes provide a hearty, nutritious start to your day with a balance of complex carbs, protein, and healthy fats.
🥓 This recipe is versatile, allowing you to customize with sweet or savory toppings like scrambled eggs, bacon, or nut butters for a satisfying morning meal.
Ingredients
– 2 medium sweet potatoes
– 4 scrambled or fried eggs
– ½ cup black beans
– ¼ cup diced red bell pepper
– ¼ cup shredded cheddar cheese
– 2 tablespoons olive oil
– Salt and pepper to taste
– fruit (bananas, berries)
– chia seeds
– chocolate chips
– nut butters
– hemp seeds
– maple syrup
– agave
– granola
– diced avocado
– salsa
– sour cream
– bacon
– sautéed vegetables
– scallions
– preferred seasonings
Instructions
Preheat the oven: Set your oven to 400°F (200°C). Wash and dry 2 medium sweet potatoes. Pierce each sweet potato several times with a fork to prevent bursting during baking.
Roast the sweet potatoes: Place the pierced sweet potatoes directly on the oven rack or a lined baking sheet. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes until tender when pierced with a fork.
Prepare the toppings: While the sweet potatoes roast, dice red bell pepper, rinse and drain black beans, and shred cheddar cheese. If using scrambled eggs, whisk 4 eggs with 2 tablespoons milk or water.
Cook the eggs: Heat 1 tablespoon of butter or ghee in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the eggs gently until curds form but remain moist, about 2-3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Assemble the sweet potatoes: Remove the roasted sweet potatoes and allow to cool slightly. Cut a slit down the center, about two-thirds through the potato. Mash the flesh gently with a fork to create a base.
Add toppings: Layer black beans, diced peppers, and scrambled eggs over the mashed sweet potato. Sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top, and add any other desired toppings such as diced avocado, salsa, sour cream, crumbled bacon, sautéed vegetables, or scallions.
Final warming: Place the loaded sweet potatoes back in the oven for 5-7 minutes to melt the cheese and warm all ingredients thoroughly.
Serve: Garnish with fresh herbs if desired, and serve warm. Adjust toppings based on dietary preferences, e.g., use vegan cheese or omit eggs for a plant-based meal.
Notes
🔥 Choose tubular sweet potatoes for easier topping and even cooking.
⏲️ Bake sweet potatoes without foil for better texture and flavor.
🥄 Season mashed sweet potato flesh thoroughly before adding toppings to enhance taste.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Baking Time: 40-50 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking and assembling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 loaded sweet potato
- Calories: 250 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 160 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 130 mg
Keywords: Loaded Sweet Potatoes, Breakfast Sweet Potatoes, Scrambled Eggs, Hearty Breakfast