Sweet Potato and Fennel Hash

A favorite breakfast hash in our home. It's sweet, savory, spicy, and fantastic with eggs!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 197 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup brown sugar
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• ½ jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
• 4 ounces bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
• ½ large yellow onion, chopped
• ½ bulb fennel, chopped
• 1 sweet potato, cut into small cubes
• ¼ cup whiskey (such as Jack Daniel's®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towel, retaining drippings in the skillet.

Step 2

Reduce heat to medium. Cook and stir onion and fennel in hot bacon drippings until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add sweet potato, place a cover on the skillet, and cook until sweet potato is tender and slightly browned, about 10 minutes.

Step 3

Increase heat to medium-high. Pour whiskey into the skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Stir bacon in the vegetable mixture. Add brown sugar and stir to incorporate. Reduce heat to medium; cook and stir until the whiskey has been absorbed and the liquid is caramel-colored, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.