Sweet Potato Hash Browns

As I continue to learn more about the nightshade family (the most commonly consumed foods from this group are white potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant) and how my body reacts to their mild levels of toxins, I’ve begun to phase these plants from my culinary life. Don’t worry, part of my abundant food plan means they come in here and there. But, not all the time. You know? Less mainstays, more incidental.

While my love for the white potato has waned, a new interest in the lovely sweet potato (which has no relation to those delicious yet pesky nightshades) has been sparked within. In the past few months I’ve befriended the sweet potato and now we roll together, thick as thieves. I love having sweet potatoes paired with breakfast dishes in particular. Their sweeter taste lends itself nicely to a warm wake-up meal!

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Sweet Potato Hash Browns

Course Breakfast

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 2 people

Ingredients

• 1 sweet potato very thinly sliced (with a mandolin, if possible)
• 1 tablespoon unrefined coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon butter or coconut oil or ghee
• 2 tablespoons sherry or brandy optional
• sea salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. In a medium skillet, melt coconut oil and butter over medium heat.
2. Begin to layer in the sweet potato slices, working in concentric circles from the middle of the pan (or throw them all in together and see what patterns occur!).
3. Bring heat to medium-high, add sea salt and pepper and cover the pan.
4. Let the bottom of the hashed browns continue to become achingly sweet and fried while the top begins to steam.
5. Once the potatoes look cooked (about five to seven minutes), take the lid off and gingerly flip to cook the other side (turn the heat to high).
6. Once nicely browned on the other side, pour in the sherry or brandy around the edges of the pan and allow the alcohol to cook off (flames are optional here as well, depending on your desired level of pyrotechnics) for another minute.
7. Slide out of the pan and consume with devastating speed.