Sometimes, really good things happen when you just throw everything you have in your fridge, in your skillet.
You know what I’m talking about? Sure you do.
It’s like a science fair project…it either works out beautifully or it totally crashes and burns. Guys, I have to say that this science fair project was an A+.
I made this a few days ago, before embarking on my Midwestern journey, because I wanted to use up some previously cooked cuban black beans and had *forgotten* about the classic impulse buy you see below. And yes, I’m totally that person who is willing to pay $4.99 for previously peeled and sliced sweet potatoes when I could have just gotten a regular ol’ potato for a dollar. Yikes.
There’s not much more I can say about this other than MAKE IT TODAY. It really was so delicious. The combination of the black beans, roasted corn, sweet potatoes, cheese and fried eggs was spot on. I like to call meals like this garbage disposal meals and bonus!!!! this one was actually healthy to boot.
Happy Monday! If I could have you all over for breakfast, I totally would.
Southwestern Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet
serves 3-4
Ingredients:
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 yellow onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp cumin
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup frozen roasted corn (or just regular frozen corn)
1 cup black beans, canned or homemade
1 jalapeno, seeded and diced
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional but very tasty!)
1/2 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
3 eggs
hot sauce for serving
Directions:
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the onion and saute for about six minutes until tender. Add garlic, jalapeno and frozen corn and continue to saute for another four minutes. Add cumin and toss well.
Add sweet potatoes and black beans, then reduce heat to low, cover skillet and let cook for about 20-25 minutes until sweet potatoes are tender. Check every five minutes or so to make sure the potatoes aren’t sticking to the bottom of the pan. You can add a little water if mixture seems too dry.
Preheat broiler.
Add cayenne pepper and salt to sweet potato mixture then add cheese and stir over low heat until all the cheese has melted. Crack three eggs on top of mixture then transfer to the oven and broil on high for 3-5 minutes until eggs are cooked through.
Serve with hot sauce!
Time:
1 hour
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This looks fantastic! I love sweet potatoes and black beans together, and adding eggs to the party is a great idea… this will definitely be on our “breakfast-for-dinner” menu sometime soon.
Breakfast skillet anything is pretty much amazing.
this sounds and looks awesome! i just made a similar dish with tomatoes and chickpeas last week, http://www.sistersrunningthekitchen.com/2011/11/poached-eggs-in-tomato-sauce-with-chickpeas-and-feta/ . But I am loving this version with the sweet potatoes, black beans, and fried eggs!
I don’t eat eggs, but I’m reconsidering that decision right now.
I love anything to do with sweet potatoes and black beans together. I’ve made amazing enchiladas with that combo, but I really like the idea of also having them for breakfast. So yummy looking!
Oooooh, want want want!
I’m actually visiting Tucson right now, eating as much southwest food as I can…this recipe will definitely join my list of things to make when I get home!
this sounds so delicious…makes me want to get up early tomorrow and make it before work!
ooooh potato breakfast skillets are my weakness – especially after too many drinks the night before
This looks like a make-for-your-boyfriend kind of meal!
Now that’s my kind of breakfast! I love hearty, savory breakfasts SO much. I can skip the pancakes and muffins, but please serve me up a portion of this. And I absolutely love black beans and sweet potats together, I’ve been going that combo for a while!
I’m the same way with butternut squash – I will pay the extra to have someone else do the prep work. I’m terrible at peeling those things!
OMG I NEED THIS RIGHT NOW.
Yum! I love all the colour! Looks great
Friday clean-out cooking, I love it. This looks ridiculously delicious!
This looks awesome! I love anything with sweet potatoes, corn, or black beans so this is pretty much an all around winner. It’s totally okay to eat breakfast for dinner, right??
I love clean out the fridge meals and this one was a winner, indeed.
And I am always impressed that your hot food is photographed hot and then eaten hot, or you make it look that way at least. I know that great pics don’t just “happen” and I know you put time and thought into them and into your staging…so thanks for eating what were possibly cold eggs in order to get these pics
OMG that looks amazing! Perfect for the cold weather too! Thanks for sharing, I will definitely giving this recipe a try!
LOL! I had to laugh about that bag of sweet potatoes because I’ve totally done the same thing with peeled butternut squash. Sometimes food is just better when someone else chops it for you – not to mention more convenient!
I would give about anything for this breakfast skillet right now!
Those eggs are the perfect “runny-ness.” <3
This sounds delicious!
This sounds awesome! Love a skillet breaky.
My dad loves egg skillet creations! They are always so delicious! This recipe so reminds me of him! Love it.
I do the same thing – sometimes, at 7pm on a Wednesday when you just want to throw it in the pan and eat, convenience is worth the $. This looks delicious! It would make an awesome burrito filling.
I always want to buy the precut stuff but I can just hear my dad’s voice telling me that the price markup is ridiculous. I have to avert my eyes every time I pass the precut fruits at Whole Foods. lol
As for the recipe–brilliant, per usual.
This is TOTALLY my kind of meal.. Can’t wait to make it.. And I totally do that same thing to, and then ask myself as I’m checking out why I’m so lazy I can’t peel and chop my own potatoes.
It’s just such a pain in the butt to peel potatoes though!
Looks delicious! I made some skillet sweet potatoes a few weeks ago, but I used smoked paprika. I love the addition of beans but I never would have thought of it for breakfast.
wow! I am so glad you threw in a jalapeno pepper too! Never too much heat for me.
this is very unique and not something you see everyday! Well done.
This looks so good! We eat a lot of sweet potatoes and I was buying them by the box. But I”m oh so tempted to get the pre-cut ones. Definitely for a breakfast meal! Too hard to work too much in the morning…
I’d like this for a dinner!
PS I’m living seeing all your Midwest pictures on Twitter! I’m in Northern Illinios so Chicago, Madison, and Milwaukee are my stomping grounds.
This looks SO yummy. I am not a big white potato fan…but LOVE me some sweet potatoes. That first picture is absolutely beautiful and is totally making my mouth water.
Oh those flavours sound great together – I must bookmark this….
This sounds.so.good.
I love messy ‘throw together’ meals. Especially if black beans and sweet taters are involved. Mmmm.
I tried this approach (throw everything in your fridge in a skillet) last night for dinner with a vegetable soup and it didn’t really work out well. Too much Chinese five spice, I think. Your assemblage looks much better.
Oh wow, this looks creamy, pretty, healthy and just so yummy! I love anything with sweet potato, but I would definitely go the cheaper route and buy a whole one for $1
Maybe I’ll reduce the quantities and put something like this on my blog, with credit to you of course!
Wish you posted this last week! I just highlighted sweet potatoes as a healthy ingredient on my blog and linked to good recipes around the blog world… and this looks like a damn good recipe!
I made this for dinner and it was amazingggg!!!! I added chopped tomato at the end and swapped kidney beans for black ones cause I made them on hand!
Thanks!
Oh gosh, this looks delicious! “Garbage disposal” meals are my favorite, I love the way ingredients meld together. And no shame in your $4.99 sweet potato bag, I’ve got a similar looking Trader Joe’s one in my fridge as well!
THANK YOU for posting this! I have some of your Cuban Black Beans in my freezer that I’ve been meaning to use up. I can’t wait to make a Southwestern Sweet Potato garbage plate
Lol, I would totally pay the $4.99 too! In fact, I think I have. Ha.
ohhhh… my man is gonna LOVE this. and me too.
You inspired me. This looked SO delicious that I made it myself, except with red potatoes because we didn’t have any sweet potatoes. It is AMAZING! I will definitely blog about it at http://mackensieg.blogspot.com/ soon & give you full credit.
Thanks!
xoxo
MacKensie
I love absolutely everything about this!!
I love doing random bean + potato + veggie + fried egg combos with leftovers. Yum, looks good!
This looks so delicious. We have breakfast for dinner once a week and this would be perfect.
Hello! I bought the same sweet potato bag from trader joes and was wondering if you used the whole bag or just part of it? Thank you!
I used about half!
I am definitely making this for dinner tonight and then tomorrow and then the next day…
I made this dish using leftover roasted sweet potato, regular potato, and onion. It was delicious. The only thing that could make it better is guacamole. Mmmmm. Guacamole.
Just served this up for dinner tonight…. all I can say is WOW…… a nice healthy way to end the weekend! Will definitely be having this again….
Wow, I am making this right now for Christmas breakfast. I think it is the start of a new tradition….. Thank you!
Made this yesterday. So wonderful….will make it again soon
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