Keep breakfast interesting with our Savory Sweet Potato Bacon Waffles! A flavorful recipe that’s made with only a few ingredients.
Banish your breakfast rut!
Today, we’re bringing to you the most delicious, Whole30-compliant recipe in honor of National Egg Month! So whether you’re feeling a little bored with breakfast, craving some variety or simply want to try something new, this recipe is one you’ll want to try! These Savory Sweet Potato Bacon Waffles are incredibly tasty and made with only a few ingredients like shredded sweet potato, eggs, crispy bacon, green onion, and seasoning. No flour needed!
You’re going to love the flavorful combination of salty crisp bacon combined with the sweetness from the sweet potato plus a little kick thanks to the crushed red pepper flakes. So much flavor in every bite. The recipe also works great for dinner, or what I like to call ‘Brinner” or breakfast for dinner.
Meal prep for the win!
Savory Sweet Potato Bacon Waffles make the perfect addition to weekend meal preps and as you know, we love our meal preps. I like to reheat the waffles in the toaster or oven to make them nice and crispy before adding all the toppings. Speaking of crispy, these waffles are slightly crisp on the edges and soft on the insides similar to an omelet texture. A key step in this recipe is to remove as much liquid as possible from the shredded sweet potato. In the video below I show how that’s done.
Don’t forget the toppings, yo!
The topping you choose to add to these Savory Sweet Potato Bacon Waffles takes the flavor to another level. The options are endless but here are a few of my favorites:
- Fried Eggland’s Best egg
- Crumbled bacon
- Avocado or Guacamole
- Crushed red pepper flakes
- Fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, chives, etc.)
- Onion
- Hot sauce
- Fresh lime wedge
- A sprinkle of cheese
I can’t wait for you to give this recipe a try. AND remember for best results, remove as much liquid as possible from the sweet potatoes before combining them with the other ingredients!
Video: How to make Savory Sweet Potato Waffles
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Savory Sweet Potato Bacon Waffles
Ingredients
- 1 medium sweet potato, peeled & shredded (about 2 cups, packed)
- 3 strips no sugar added bacon, cooked to crisp & chopped into small pieces
- 1 green onion, trim ends and thinly slice (white part of onion and mid-way up the green part)
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper
- ¼ tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. sea salt
- Butter or ghee for greasing the waffle iron
- Optional toppings: Fried eggs, hot sauce, avocado, herbs, onion, etc.
Get Recipe IngredientsInstructions
- Peel and shred the sweet potato.
- Important step: lay the shredded sweet potato out on paper towels. Take another paper towel and place on top of the shreds and press down to absorb the liquid. Repeat this until much of the liquid is removed.
- Preheat waffle iron to medium-high heat.
- Next, in a bowl, combine the sweet potato shreds, crisp bacon, green onions, whole eggs and seasoning and mix to combine.
- Once the waffle iron is hot, grease with ghee or butter. Use a generous amount for crispier waffles and easy removal.
- Spread batter onto the iron making sure it’s packed down lightly. Note: If you don’t use enough batter on the iron the waffles may not stick together as well. You want to make sure the waffle iron is covered with enough batter to fill in all of the crevices.
- Close iron lid and flip (if using a Belgium waffles iron). Let cook for 5-6 minutes. Check waffle and continue to cook if needed. Waffle should be golden brown and slightly crisp.
- While waffle is cooking, prepare toppings of choice.
- Carefully remove waffle from iron with a knife or fork. Transfer to a plate and repeat with remaining batter.
- Top with desired fixings.
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Nutrition Information
- Serving Size: 1/2 of recipe (without toppings)
- Calories: 268
- Fat: 12 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Carbohydrate: 28 g
- (Fiber: 4 g
- Sugar: 6 g)
- Protein: 12 g
Dietary
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If you don’t have a waffle iron, could you just make these on a griddle as a “pancake?”
Hi Mary,
While I haven’t tried making them into pancakes I would imagine it would work. If you do try it, we’d love to know how they turn out!
Thanks!
Tried it this morning and it turned out great! Used a cast iron skillet and lots of ghee to make sure it flipped ok. It worked like a charm! Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Mary,
Thanks for sharing this – I know others will be curious as to how to make them without a waffle iron and now we know. Thank you!
Sorry, this may be obvious to some but is this for only 1 waffle. So for a family of 5 I need to 5x all ingredients?
It makes 2 waffles! So you could times it by 3.
Just Wow!!!!! I cooked it was very yummy …thanks
Wwi love it it was a yum
Is this a single serving recipe? I was a little confused by it being 1/2 a serving. I’m making it for me and 2 young kids so not sure if I should just double the recipe or triple.
One waffle is considered a serving. You may want to double the recipe just in case. Hope you enjoy!
I attempted to make these with leftover roasted sweet potatoes and unfortunately, it didn’t work. They fell apart. The taste was delicious and I will attempt again with shredded as suggested. Thanks.
Oh bummer! We have not tried this recipe with cooked sweet potato so I guess now we know that it doesn’t work. Thanks for sharing!