Spiralized Sweet Potato Egg Nests
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Updated May 04, 2019
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Spiralized sweet potato egg nests are a simple, delicious and healthy breakfast recipe.
It’s one of my favorite spiralized sweet potato recipes and it’s perfect for a weekend brunch or when you’d like to dazzle guests. Even better? Start to finish, they only take about 15 minutes to make. Super easy!
Just as sweet potato toast took the world by storm two years ago, it seems spiralized sweet potato egg nests are the new thing. It’s no exaggeration to say they’re everywhere on Instagram and Pinterest.
Some foods are certainly more trendy than others, but I’m still making sweet potato toast years after the buzz has worn off and I’m sure I’ll continue to make these sweet potato egg nests as well. Why? Because they’re simple, healthy and darn good! The ultimate food triumvirate.
Watch this quick video of my Spiralized Sweet Potato Egg Nests recipe:
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Do I have you convinced yet? If not, read on for more reasons to love this recipe.
My Love for Spiralized Sweet Potato
You guys know that I’m a big fan of spiralized vegetables and I have quite the growing list of spiralizer recipes on this website. But here’s why I particularly love spiralized sweet potato.
First, it’s a nutrient-packed vegetable. Sweet potato is packed with vitamin A (438% of your daily value) as well as vitamin C, B6, manganese, fiber and a variety of other minerals and nutrients. Sweet potatoes are well known to stabilize blood sugar, boost the immune system and help to maintain healthy vision (again, thanks to all that vitamin A).
Second, sweet potato can be used as a healthier alternative in recipes, even replacing traditional pasta. So it’s perfect for folks who are gluten-free, paleo, following a Whole30 or just looking to get more veggies into their diet.
A few recipes where spiralized sweet potato works beautifully is in casseroles, frittatas, stir frys and of course, my favorite spiralized sweet potato fries.
Lastly, sweet potato is great in all those recipes because it cooks fast. Once you spiralize sweet potato you can can cook it in minutes on the stovetop. And that’s how we’re making our spiralized sweet potato egg nests today.
Eggs Nests with All the Veggies
My initial plan was to only show you how to make spiralized sweet potato egg nests. Because quite honestly, that’s what is trending right now. But then I realized my big opportunity to share a little inspiration for all the spiralized veggies you can use, for a variety of egg nest recipes.
In the video above I show you egg nests with spiralized butternut squash, beets and zucchini, because that’s what I had on hand. But you could really use any firm vegetable like parsnips, carrots and white potatoes. You could even use bell pepper or cabbage.
For garnish on your egg nests, add a little salt and pepper, fresh herbs and spices. Just use your imagination with different flavor combos. I’m sure they’ll all turn out divine.
How to Make These Spiralized Sweet Potato Egg Nests
Make sure to watch the video above as I walk you through it step-by-step. But here’s the gist of it. Spiralize your sweet potato and set it aside. Then, add a little ghee or avocado oil to a pan on medium heat and add your sweet potato noodles. Use tongs to toss them around for a couple of minutes until they’ve just started to soften.
Once they’ve softened, use the tongs to form them into little nests inside the pan. You can also use kitchen scissors to snip any noodles that aren’t cooperating.
Crack an egg on top of each nest, then add a lid to the pan. The steam in the pan will help to cook the egg whites in just a couple of minutes. If you like your eggs runny, just a few minutes will do, but if you’d like your eggs firmer just keep the lid on for another minute or two longer.
And that’s really it. Remove the eggs nests from the pan and garnish with fresh herbs and seasonings.
For more spiralizer recipes make sure to check out my Zucchini Pasta with Lemon Garlic Shrimp, Zucchini Noodle Caprese, Carrot and Zucchini Pasta with Avocado Cucumber Sauce, Parsnip Noodle Chicken Alfredo and Zucchini Noodle Spaghetti Bolognese. Enjoy!
Spiralized Sweet Potato Egg Nests
Description
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato
- 1 tbsp ghee or avocado oil
- 4 large eggs
Garnish
- salt and pepper
- fresh herbs
- microgreens
- scallions or red onion
- sesame seeds
- hemp seeds
- red pepper flakes or other spices
Instructions
- Spiralize the sweet potato. If spiralizing with the skin, make sure that it's thoroughly washed and scrubbed beforehand.
- Use kitchen scissors to cut the sweet potato noodles into smaller lengths, which will help them form into nests.
- Heat the ghee in a large pan on medium heat and add the sweet potato noodles. Use tongs to cook and toss the noodles for a couple of minutes, or until they've started to soften. Then, use your tongs to form them into individual nests with a little well in the middle.
- Crack one egg on top of each sweet potato nest. Then, add a lid and cook the eggs until the whites are cooked and the yolks have reached your desired level of done.
- Top the sweet potato egg nests with garnishes and serve immediately.
Lisa's Tips
- Depending on the size of your sweet potato you may have leftover noodles. I only used about 75% of the noodles in the video and saved the rest as meal prep.
- If you've never spiralized sweet potato or other vegetables before, make sure to read my Spiralizer Beginner's Guide: 10 Vegetables to Spiralize post.
- The spiralizer I use in this recipe (and all others) is my Paderno Spiralizer. It's the best!
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Loving this breakfast recipe! For my topping I had left over Cilantro Lime Bacon Coleslaw, from making your Shrimp Taco recipe, that I garnished with. I also added some avocado, and it is absolutely delicious!!!
Love the idea of adding the cilantro lime coleslaw on this sweet potato egg nest, Heather!
I loved this recipe! It’s so easy and tasty. And it made me go back to my spiralizer which was so unused lately.
It can easily be forgotten, but it’s such a great tool to have in the kitchen!
Hi Lisa! A recipe I love and return to every once in a while. Was wondering if you had any tips on how to ensure potato noodles are more on the crispy side, but still not overly crisp? Thank you! Also am excited for your pre-order cookbook to arrive soon!
Hi! Because sweet potatoes have quite a bit of moisture, they’re never going to be as crisp as regular white potatoes. They’re always gonna be a bit softer. :)
I was just diagnosed with Celiac a couple months ago. I’ve been on the look out for new and fun ways to use my new gluten free diet in creative ways to add more healthy fruit and veggie recipes to my Noom diet. I did this with carrot this afternoon, because it was the only spiralizer friendly vegetable I had in the house. It turned out amazing! Next time, I’ll add some green onion to the top of it too.
Wonderful! I’m so happy you enjoyed the egg nests, Kelly!
We came home from vacation and hadn’t had a chance to get to the market. I went to your website to search for recipes with the ingredients we had. Yes- sweet potatoes, red onion, and eggs. Perfect! We had a colorful white (regular potatoes) and orange (sweet) nest, topped with egg, real Parmesan cheese and the onions. I added hot sauce to mine. Easy recipe and fulfilling. Thank you!
Like Colin’s comment, I could eat this every day! It has the best mixture of flavors. I use cilantro, green onion and cayenne pepper….I would never have thought of this – thanks!
Glad you enjoyed these egg nests Marti!
I could happily eat this for breakfast every morning for the rest of my life. It’s light, simple, and flavorful.
This was so amazing! My additions were black kale rubbed with oil which I added to the pan beside the nests to make kale chips, then topped with red onion, trader joes everything but the bagel seasoning, a drizzle of sriracha sauce and the kale chips. It was crazy good!
Happy to hear you enjoyed this recipe Jenna :)
OMG!! How can something so simple be so yummy good!! This is about the best thing I’ve ever tasted! And so simple…I just wish I had made myself more than one!
Hi Christy- So glad you loved this recipe! It’s definitely a fun and delicious way to incorporate sweet potatoes into your breakfast :)
Made this for breakfast and they were delicious. I used plain old butter with olive oil, seasoned the sweet potatoes with abit of garlic order and parsley, topped all with adash of salt and pepper. My husband said he didn’t want any, but tried it and now is raving about how good they were. Thank you!
Wonderful! Glad both you and your husband enjoyed these egg nests :)
Our spiralizer arrived yesterday, so guess what we had for dinner last night and breakfast this morning?!? Thank you for recommending a sprializer. I almost ordered one about a year ago, but I was so overwhelmed by all of the choices. The Spiralized Sweet Potato Egg Nests might be my new favorite anytime meal. They cook up so fast. I was a little sad when I realized that none of our lids fit our cast iron skillet, I ended up having to use foil to cover the pan and they still turned out amazing. For breakfast this morning, I placed the little egg nests on top of some oat flour waffles I made yesterday. Yummy!!!
p.s. I was distracted by the video of you making zucchini bread on the right side of the screen. It looked so tasty! I think I need to grab extra zucchini today from the store.
Hi Sasha – I’m so glad you’re loving your new spiralizer! The meal choices you can make with this kitchen tool are endless! But, I’m glad you enjoyed these egg nests and can’t wait for you to try the zucchini bread!
This was delicious, I will definitely make it again
Hi Marlene – Wonderful! Glad to hear you enjoyed these egg nests :)
Oh dear, this video made me craving for eggs. I’m still waiting till the reintroducing , hopefully my body will get better if I’ll do the three month Aip. Even if I was never a big egg’s fan, this recipe made me wanting eggs sooner 😄
I hope you enjoy this recipe when you try it. :)
Now those nests are good,used avocado oil, tossed the sweet potato in garlic powder, and egg white.
Like my eggs cooked no chance of haching here,served with plenty black pepper, and salt, and a drizzel of toasted sesame seed oil.
Had to gurd the crunchy burt bits, will definitely make again.
Yes, they’re great with a little garlic powder and spices. So glad you enjoyed them John! :)
Very creative.
This looks deliciously healthy. The presentation is perfect as well.
Thanks so much! Glad you loved the recipe and yes, it’s so much fun as well. :)
Another awesome recipe! Love the mix of sweet potatoes and eggs (yolks and all – none of that egg white only business). Happy almost Easter! :)
Thanks Liz! It’s definitely a tasty combo. And I’m right there with you…do people still eat only egg whites?! Haha. ;) Happy Easter to you as well! x
I just got a spiralizer and I think this is going to be my first recipe I make using it. This look so cute and yummy.
Yay! So happy to hear that! Hope you love this recipe as much as I do. :) x
Oh man, now I have a craving for perfectly cooked eggs and spiralized sweets! And I happen to have all the ingredients.
Woot! Then I think you’re definitely gonna have to whip up this recipe. Hope you enjoy it Katie! :) x
I adore soft yolk eggs on any vegetables…any day of the week! These look absolutely scrumptious and like something I would lose my manners over, and inhale LOL. Seriously, love this idea…it’s the best of both worlds! Pinning and sharing!
Thanks Traci! I totally inhaled two of these right after photographing. Haha. So I completely understand. ;)
Oh my goodness, these not only sound delicious and healthy, but they are beautiful on top of it all! I’m wishing I had the ingredients to make this for Easter brunch – might be worth one more trip to the store!
Thanks so much Monica! They’re definitely a little showstopper of a breakfast. Healthy, delicious…and fun to boot! Hope you enjoy them! :) x
These little sweet potato nests are perfect. They could hold so many thing! I am thinking tofu scramble. Delicious! I’ll be making these for sure.
Yes! They’re definitely versatile. Hope you enjoy them! :) x