Description
A delicious crispy alternative to toast these sweet potato fritters will keep you going for hours when teamed with eggs, avocado and asparagus. They make a great lazy weekend breakfast or a quick and easy dinner meal for you and the family. Plus getting you and the kids’ vegetables into breakfast helps to spread vegetable intake across the course of the day.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 large sweet potato or 2 small sweet potatoes, washed and grated
- 9 eggs
- 1/4 cup of tapioca flour
- 2–4 tbs of extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to season
- 1 avocado
- 1 bunch of asparagus
- Chilli flakes (optional)
Instructions
- Whisk one egg in a large bowl then set aside.
- Wash and dry the sweet potato before grating with a box grater. Once grated squeeze as much moisture as you can from the grated sweet potato over a sink and set aside.
- Add grated sweet potato, tapioca flour, salt and pepper to the egg mixture and mix well. Leave the mixture sit for five minutes to allow the flour to absorb any excess moisture. You are looking for a consistency that allows you to roll the mixture into balls so if the mixture is still too moist you can add some extra tapioca flour. Roll the mixture into 8-10 balls.
- Pre-heat a pan over medium to high heat and once hot add 2 tbs of extra virgin olive oil. Add 4 balls of mixture to the pan and flatten each one with a spatula. Cook on each side for about 3-4 minutes or until golden, crispy and cooked through.
- Set the fritters aside to keep warm in the oven while you repeat with the remaining mixture. You may need to drain any remaining oil and add fresh extra virgin olive oil between batches.
- While fritters are cooking, gently place eight eggs in a saucepan of boiling water and cook for 6-7 minutes for soft eggs.
- Mash avocado in a bowl with salt and pepper and set aside.
- Peel boiled eggs and blanch asparagus spears by cooking in salted boiling water for 2-4 minutes. Then run cooked asparagus under cold water to stop the cooking process and the serve alongside two sweet potato fritters topped with mashed avocado and two boiled eggs.
Notes
You can top these with some fresh chives or chilli flakes for some additional kick.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 25