When I go out to my local diner in LA, I always order a plain baked sweet potato and then I eat it with steamed spinach or broccoli on top. That way I don’t have to worry about crappy ingredients contaminating my food. Since I made this at home, I thought I would jazz it up with some bacon. I’m tempted to bring crumpled bacon to the diner in my purse. This was that good. It was really easy and fast to make so it’s definitely a great meal for the weekday.
Baby Kale and Bacon Loaded Sweet Potato
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Serves: 2 loaded potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 1 bag of baby kale (it's less bitter, than the full grown version)
- 1 package of bacon
Instructions
- Wrap sweet potatoes in foil, stab it a few times with a fork, and bake for an hour at 350 degrees fairenheight.
- Steam baby kale by adding inch water to a large pot, throw in baby kale then cover with lid for 5 minutes. Mix once to evenly distribute steam.
- In a pan, cook bacon, crumble bacon, and save the fat.
- Drain baby kale thoroughly
- (optional) Add baby kale to leftover bacon fat and stir. This might splatter a bit since water and oil don't mix so be careful and stand back. This will make your steamed baby kale taste awesome though.
- Cut open sweet potato and add baby kale then crumbled bacon on top. Enjoy.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2