Eggs In Sweet Potato Nests Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Liven up the typical eggs-and-sweet-potato breakfast with these cute, kid-friendly "nests."

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Keyword egg, nest, sweet potato

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 15

Servings people

Calories 316kcal

Cost 10

Preheat your oven to 400 F.
Bake the sweet potatoes until almost tender (35 to 40 minutes).
4 sweet potatoes
Allow the sweet potatoes to cool down. Then peel them, grate them into a bowl, and season to taste.
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Grease a muffin pan generously with cooking fat.
Cooking fat, Muffin tin
Scoop 2 to 3 tablespoons of sweet potato into each muffin cup.
4 sweet potatoes
Use your fingers to make a nest shape in each muffin cup.
Return the muffin shells to the oven and bake for about 10 minutes.
Crack an egg into each nest, season to taste, and sprinkle with fresh chives.
12 eggs, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, 2 tbsp. fresh chives
Place back into the oven and cook until the eggs are set about 10 to 12 minutes.
Remove the nests from the pan, and serve topped with crumbled bacon.
6 slices of bacon