Sweet Potato Hash Browns

Here’s how to make sweet potato hash browns! With just 5 minutes of hands on time, they’re delicious, simple, and fit a variety of diets.

Alex and I are normally low maintenance breakfast people (read: peanut butter toast). But every now and then we’re up for a special weekend breakfast. And, we’re always looking for new and delicious ideas for breakfasts–especially vegan breakfast ideas since we like to stretch ourselves to think outside of eggs and bacon. These sweet potato hash browns are so, so simple and so delicious. They’re our new favorite way to cook sweet potatoes because you don’t even have to have good knife skills!

Also try: Homemade Hash Browns

How to make sweet potato hash browns

Alright ya’ll. Do you know how to use a grater? Good. Because that’s all you need to know for this recipe! As experienced as we are in the kitchen, I still sometimes get annoyed when I have to dice a sweet potato. (True confessions.) Sweet potatoes can be really dense and hard to cut. This sweet potato hash browns recipe could not be simpler because all you have to do is grate the potato!

In this recipe, we call for 1 pound of sweet potatoes. How much is 1 pound? It’s only about 1 medium large sweet potato. Some sweet potatoes you can find at the store are MASSIVE and sometimes are 1 ½ or 2 pounds. So this calls for just a moderate amount of sweet potato. How to make sweet potato hash browns? Grate the sweet potato on the large grate setting of a grater: no need to even peel! Then mix the sweet potato with olive oil, a little garlic powder, salt and pepper, and a magic ingredient: cornstarch. The cornstarch helps them to get a little crispy and form into little patties. Then bake them for 30 minutes until the outsides are crispy. While they bake, you can clean up and make the remainder of your breakfast or brunch.

Related: Homemade Baked Tater Tots

How to serve these sweet potato hash browns

So, how to serve these sweet potato hash browns? They’re perfect for a weekend breakfast or lazy brunch. You can serve them with eggs, which is perfect for vegetarian and gluten free diets. Or even with Turmeric Poached Egg Avocado Toast as a protein packed savory breakfast. If you’re looking for vegan breakfast ideas, they’re perfect with this tofu scramble recipe (if you’ve never had a tofu scramble, they’re legit good!).

If you’re into breakfast for dinner or brinner, this opens up a whole new world for these sweet potato hash browns. Serve them with scrambled eggs and our Supremely Simple Refried Black Beans. Serve them alongside Baked Salmon or White Bean Shakshuka with Feta. Deconstruct them and stuff them in a tortilla as tacos!

Really anything goes with these easy sweet potato hash browns! Alex and I are both obsessed, and we are kind of getting lazy with dicing our sweet potatoes now. Pull out a grater and it will do the trick quicker and easier!

Looking for more vegan breakfast ideas?

Outside of this sweet potato hash browns recipe, we have dozens of vegan breakfast ideas and quick healthy breakfast recipes on our website. Here are a few of our favorites:

• Apple Cinnamon Pressure Cooker Steel Cut Oats
• Acai Bowl Recipe
• Banana Oatmeal Pancakes
• Toasted Pecan Homemade Muesli
• The Best Toasted Oatmeal
• Turmeric Vegan Blueberry Muffins
• Chai Tart Cherry Jam or Cranberry Jam on toast with almond butter
• DIY Instant Oatmeal
• Pourover Coffee, Aeropress, & Cold Brew
• Healthy Granola Recipe
• Tofu Scramble Recipe with Black Beans

This recipe is…

This sweet potato hash browns recipe is vegetarian, gluten free, plant based, vegan, dairy free, and refined sugar free.

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