Sweet Potato and Fennel Hash

Ingredients

  • 4 ounces bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1/2 large yellow onion, chopped
  • 1/2 bulb fennel, chopped
  • 1 sweet potato, cut into small cubes
  • 1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
  • 1/4 cup whiskey (such as Jack Daniel’s)
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towel, retaining drippings in the skillet.

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Reduce heat to medium. Cook and stir onion and fennel in hot bacon drippings until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add sweet potato, place a cover on the skillet, and cook until sweet potato is tender and slightly browned, about 10 minutes.

Increase heat to medium-high. Pour whiskey into the skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Stir bacon in the vegetable mixture. Add brown sugar and stir to incorporate. Reduce heat to medium; cook and stir until the whiskey has been absorbed and the liquid is caramel-colored, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.