Sweet Plantain Apple Bacon Breakfast Hash {Paleo & Whole30}

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This sweet plantain apple bacon breakfast hash is sure to become your new favorite! Crisp and sweet pink lady apples and ripe plantains are caramelized, and and cooked with sugar free bacon for a breakfast that’s full of flavor and nutrition. It’s Paleo and Whole30 friendly as well as super easy to make!

For me, a good hash topped with a couple of eggs cooked over easy is the ultimate comfort food lately. Breakfast lunch dinner, it doesn’t matter, it works for anything.

When I first started cooking with apples, I didn’t realize that different types of apples taste, er, different, when exposed to heat. Nevermind the signs in the grocery store telling you right there in plain English which ones are good for snacking versus cooking. I just thought they had nothing better or more interesting to say about the apples so they felt like categorizing them based on some possible uses.

I didn’t realize that some apples that taste amazing eaten fresh suddenly taste bitter and weirdly textured once cooked. I had to learn that the hard way, just like I learned everything else I know about cooking. Make stuff that tastes horrible and then fix it. And keep on fixing it until it tastes great.

The willingness to experiment is what ultimately taught me how to create my own meals that somehow wind up being good. My mom thinks I have a talent for cooking. No, mom, I don’t, I’ve just put a lot of painstaking time and heartache into figuring out what is worth serving and what to pretend never happened. Like cooking a fuji apple. Some things in cooking just don’t work. It just means you have to try, try again.

Okay so where was I…pink lady apples. I have found that I like the way these cook up, crisp and they keep a pretty sweet taste. I think granny smith could also be used in this recipe as well. You want something with a pretty strong sweet-tart flavor. Here we go!

Sweet Plantain Apple Bacon Breakfast Hash {Paleo & Whole30}

Sweet Plantain Apple Bacon Hash

A sweet plantain apple bacon hash featuring sweet crisp pink lady apples, caramelized plantain, and sugar free bacon. It’s paleo, whole30 friendly, and easy to make!Author: Michele RosenPrep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 10 minutesTotal Time: 15 minutesCourse:Breakfast/brunchCuisine:Paleo, Whole30Servings: 2 servingsPrint this RecipeDid you make this recipe?Leave a review4.73 from 11 votes

Ingredients

4slicesnitrate free baconsugar free for Whole30 (I got mine from U.S. Wellness Meats and it’s the best I’ve had)1/2medium onionroughly chopped (optional)1small-med pink lady applechopped1small-med yellow-brown to brownsoft plantain1/4tspsalt1/4tspcinnamon2eggsoptional

Instructions

Heat a medium heavy skillet over med-hi heat. Cut the bacon into bite-sized pieces and add to the pan.While the bacon begins to brown, peel your plantain and cut it into bite-size pieces.When the bacon is halfway done, stir it a bit and then add the plantains. Stir while cooking to allow the plantains to caramelize on all sides in the bacon fat.Once the plantains are getting brown and soft, add the apples (and onions, if including) to the pan and stir. Lower the heat to medium or medium-low, and cover the pan to allow the onions and apples to cook. After less than a minute, uncover and stir.Add the salt and cinnamon and continue cooking and stirring.Once the mixture is nicely browned and the apples and onions are soft and lightly browned, add the eggs one at a time on top of the hash.*{You can also fry the eggs to preference in a separate pan using extra bacon fat, or cook them however you like and serve alongside the hash}If you’ve topped with eggs, cover the pan and allow the eggs to cook to preference. If you want the yolks creamy, stop cooking once the whites are completely done but the yolks are still in place.Done! Serve warm and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 414kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 12gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 192mgSodium: 650mgPotassium: 731mgFiber: 4gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 1295IUVitamin C: 22.7mgCalcium: 36mgIron: 1.6mg