Sometimes simple is best. Actually, most times.
In life and in recipes, keeping it simple definitely has its perks.
There’s nothing fancy about this, but I find it’s the 3-ingredient, 15-minute recipes that my family requests over and over, and that people tend to make.
Consider this your get-out-of-dinner-jail free card when you’ve had one of those no planning at all days and it’s 9:30pm on a school night and you still haven’t fed the crew. Whoops, it happens.
Or it makes an easy, effortless brunch dish without any fuss or hassle.
It’s a satisfying vegetarian meal if you’re trying to eat less meat or great if you’re vegetarian by accident that day. You know, you have absolutely nothing in your fridge or pantry but manage to scrounge up a potato, a few eggs, and some cheese. Awesome, you can make it.
Microwave one sweet potato on high for about 8 minutes, or until soft and done. Cut it into thin rounds and place them in a skillet. I didn’t peel mine (fiber is a good thing), but peel if you wish.
Top with 4 eggs and a handful of mozzarella. If you have fontina, goat cheese, or another favorite smooth-melting cheese, that would be lovely. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and a couple pinches of smoked paprika or your favorite seasoning.
Broil on high for about 3 minutes. Keep an incredibly close eye on your skillet and don’t leave the kitchen or start multitasking with another project. In literally 3 minutes time, it’s ready.
Cooking eggs under the broiler is my favorite way. It’s incredibly fast and they cook evenly. Ssometimes when pan-frying eggs, the whites are done before the yolks really set or there’s a random runny white section that doesn’t want to cook through. The broiler solves all that.
It’s easy, inexpensive, comfort food that’s fairly healthy, all things considered. You can add some diced veggies on top to work in extra color, texture, and nutrients. In the past I’ve used diced bell peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, corn, asparagus, leeks, peas, and edamame. They all work.
The sweet potatoes are soft and tender, and make the perfect base for the warm eggs and gooey melted cheese.
Ready in 15 minutes from start to finish, uses one skillet, and always clean plates when I make it.
Can’t beat it.
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Sweet Potato and Mozzarella Egg Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 medium/large sweet potato
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup Mozzarella cheese, substitute with fontina, goat, or your favorite easy-melting cheese
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika, optional (substitute with the seasoning of your choice)
- pinch salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Piece sweet potato with a fork a few times and cook in the microwave on high power for about 8 minutes, or until sweet potato is soft and done.
- While potato is cooking, preheat broiler to high setting and place oven rack on the highest or second highest level.
- Slice potato horizontally into thin rounds, about 1/4-inch thick. I keep the skin on, remove it if preferred.
- Spray a non-stick skillet or enameled cast iron skillet with cooking spray and place potato rounds in the skillet in an even flat layer; some gaps are okay.
- Evenly crack the eggs over the potatoes.
- Evenly sprinkle with cheese.
- Evenly sprinkle with paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Place skillet under broiler and broil for about 3 minutes, or until eggs are set and cheese is as browned as desired. I keep the door close the first 2 minutes and in the final minute, I keep the door open and am constantly readjusting the position of the skillet so that I can control what parts are getting the most intense heat from the broiler. Make sure to use a very trusty hot mitt.
- Remove from oven and serve immediately. Eggs are best warm and fresh. I serve with ketchup.
Nutrition
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I’ve never had eggs with sweet potato before and this was a hit for my husband and myself. Easy to make and delicious.
Thanks for the 5 star review, Sandy, and I am glad to hear this unique recipe was delicious for you!
My family loves it!
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad your family loves it!
My family loves it!
Wow! Super easy and totally delicious.
To use a favorite spice was a great suggestion.
Thanx🤗
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad this was easy and delicious!
Wow! Super easy and totally delicious.
To use a favorite spice was a great suggestion.
Thanx🤗
Here is a crazy question. I love eggs but eggs with the yolks runny or intact like this gross me out. Would the flavor be compromised if I beat the eggs before pouring them on top of the potatoes?
I would experiment and see how it goes. Enjoy!
Never put a non-stick skillet under the broiler.
I’m eager to try this recipe! The first step in your directions says that you have to put the sweet potato slices into a microwave on high for about 8 minutes. What if you’re one of those people who no longer use microwaves? Can you kindly suggest a non-microwave alternative to achieving this first step? Thank you! :)
We made this to day and it’s so good. Im not huge fan of cooking food in the microwave so we coined the sweet potato first and grilled it on the BBQ, then followed the rest of the steps. Really easy, really good. Thanks
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Glad you enjoyed the recipe.
I made this a while back and loved it but some how forgot about it. Then I found it again today when looking through my pinterest board of things I have made and liked. Gosh it is so easy and so good. I turn the stove on to heat the skillet up for a second, because last time the top got done before the egg was fully cooked under and between the potatoes. Anyway it was fantastic and my husband said to me “whoever thought of this combination was truly inspired!” So thank you for sharing. We live on eggs and sweet potatoes it seems, so I won’t forget it again.
Thanks for trying the recipe and I’m glad it came out great for you – both back then and now! Glad you remembered it and thanks for sharing that little soundbite that your husband said about the recipe :)
Wasn’t sure how this would turn out because the combination sounded odd to me, but I tried it tonight and it was great! I had a little problem with the cheese cooking too fast for the eggs, but I think next time I will move the rack down one space and that should be perfect. The browned mozzarella on the sweet potato was a wonderful flavour and adding in egg yolk – nice! I’ll be making this a lot in the future. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Glad the recipe came in handy and that you’ll make it again!
This was so easy and awesome. I used shredded Gouda cheese and I added some avocado after it came out of the broiler. So delicious and satisfying!
Yum to the addition of avocado! So glad you enjoyed this recipe and thanks for trying it!