A single serve Paleo breakfast skillet made with just three ingredients plus an egg! This crispy and savory breakfast skillet with plantain, bacon, and kale is the perfect answer to your savory breakfast craving. Full of crispy savory flavor and packed with nutrients. Grain free, Paleo, dairy free and Whole30 approved.
Let’s talk breakfast for a minute – you know by now I love the subject. There was a time, pre-Paleo, when I was all about sweet breakfasts all the way. I used to eat huge bowls of cereal with berries, bananas, honey, and almond milk. Then I’d eat another. Occasionally, I had eggs with toast – and the toast was always cinnamon raisin with butter and honey.
The only time I ever ate bacon with breakfast was if I was out to eat and assumed it would make me sick. I did always get sick, but I have a feeling the pancakes with syrup or stack of rye toast might have had something to do with that.
Anyway, I remember when I began eating Paleo I thought there was absolutely no way I could eat bacon, sausage, and potatoes in the morning without being sick later on. I actually recall waiting for it to hit and being REALLY surprised when it never did. In fact, after 2 weeks of eating breakfasts like this, it was apparent that I felt better than I ever had in my life – my digestion was improving along with everything else.
So, my crazy love for savory breakfasts was born, and has since just grown and grown. Sure, I love my breakfast bread in the afternoon, but, you’ll probably never catch me Instagramming it for my actual breakfast!
Sometimes, I have a savory/crispy craving in the morning – especially after a long run – so much so that even plantains and sweet potatoes seem too sweet. After my first long run for Boston training, I wanted something easy (of course), super filling, crispy, and savory.
So, I made this recipe! It uses a green plantain – which I typically reserve for chips and fries – but wanted to see what would happen if I let them hang with sizzling bacon in a pan for a little bit. Well, wonderful things happened! The bacon and plantains got nice and crisp, and I added kale for more crispiness and nutrients, too. A crispy fried egg completed this single serve paleo breakfast skillet in the best way possible! This recipe can easily be adapted to serve more than one by simply doubling the ingredients and using a bigger skillet. See? Everyone is happy!
Single Serve Paleo Breakfast Skillet – Bacon, Plantain & Kale
Single Serve Paleo Breakfast Skillet - Crispy & Savory Bacon, Plantain & Kale
Ingredients
- 1/2 large green plantain peel removed (you can refrigerate the other half for later use)
- 3 slices nitrate free bacon - sugar free for Whole30** - cut into pieces
- 1 handful fresh kale roughly chopped
- Sprinkle of fine grain sea salt
- 1 egg
Instructions
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*To peel a green plantain, you'll have to score the sides and separate the peel from the plantain with your thumb or a knife. You'll use half a large one for this recipe.
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Chop the peeled plantain into small thin pieces. They'll crisp up better when on the thinner side, although it's not incredibly important.
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In a small - medium heavy skillet over medium heat, add the bacon pieces and stir to evenly cook. When the bacon begins to render fat, add the chopped plantain and stir for even cooking.
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Cover the pan (the lid doesn't have to fit exactly) and allow the bacon and plantain to cook together, removing the lid to stir after about 30-60 seconds to prevent burning.
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Once the plantain and bacon begin to brown, add the chopped kale to the skillet, stir, and cover again with the lid, adjusting or lowering the heat to prevent burning if necessary.
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After the kale has softened, remove the lid and stir again. When the bacon, plantain and kale are all cooked and crispy, sprinkle with sea salt to taste. Turn the heat off but cover the lid to keep hot while you cook an egg in a separate pan (or however you want!)
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Once your egg is cooked, put the hash on a plate and top with your cooked egg. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
**U.S. Wellness Meats sugar free pork bacon is seriously incredible and has been my go-to favorite bacon for years!
Favorite quick breakfast?
What’s your breakfast “history?” lol 🙂
Do you prefer veggies or fruit in the morning (or both?)
After a long run, I love a savory course like this followed by a sweet treat like an apple and sunflower seed butter and Enjoy Life chocolate chips. I need both in my breakfast life!
Yum love those chocolate chips! And breakfast-dessert is a nice idea 🙂
I don’t like bacon at all – but otherwise this dish sounds delicious! I go through phases for breakfast between wanting my oats and wanting my egg & veggies!
Can’t imagine not loving bacon! But kale and plantains are pretty good on their own with some coconut oil to crisp everything up 🙂
I love your breakfasts! I just never have time or energy to make them in the morning. I usually grab a chocolate chip cookie and a coffee, and then I’ll make something savoury later on at like 10 or 11am! Your eggs are the most prettiest eggs EVER.
That’s like Adam – except he doesn’t make himself later on and actually I have no idea what he eats during the day! I hear you though that it can feel like a lot to cook things in the morning during the rush.
I can’t do savoury breakfasts, but I sometimes like to grab a savoury snack around 9 or 10 am. Like right now I’m munching on carrots with salsa and hummus 😆 But I’ve always been a sweet breakfast kind of girl… it just changes between oatmeal, smoothies, fruit, cereal, etc.
I never think to snack on carrots with dip but that sounds yummy – especially with salsa!
Such gorgeous photographs! Yeah, I usually do cereal or toast for breakfast, or sometimes a smoothie, but I’ve also been trying to get more veggies in of late. I have a ton of potatoes in the fridge, so I might try this with potato in place of the plantain. Looks delicious!
Thank you 🙂 This would be great with any type of potato – you’ll likely have to keep the pan covered for longer though to make sure they get nice and soft before crisping up. I make a variation on this with Japanese sweet potatoes that’s so good – experiment!
I eat kale with two fried eggs, all cooked in bacon fat almost every morning…my kids have even started asking for “eggs sunny side up” which makes me laugh as we have come so far from “scrambled and covered in cheese” since starting Paleo!!!
That’s so cool that they ask for sunny side up – we’re getting there! They like them scrambled or fried at this point 🙂 Kale is so good in bacon fat 🙂
The reality is that I DO love a sweet breakfast. If it wouldn’t effect the bottom line, I’d eat it every day. Maybe every meal! Thankfully I don’t have digestive issues. I’m not afraid of bacon, either, although the sugar free ones seemed to have disappeared here lately. 🙁
But I do try to force myself to eat more savory breakfasts, and this looks delish!
I don’t buy the sugar free regularly but always go with uncured – good enough for me most of the time! I used to be the same way and felt like something was missing if I couldn’t have a nice sweet breakfast 🙂
Savory is sooooo much better for you than sweet.
I know this.
I just have a hard time with it! I always do enjoy it when I have a savory one.
I love an omelette with spinach and onions. I usualy prefer veggies to fruit in the morning but sometimes have both
Both is great too!
I used to be a “serial” cereal eater. Every single (weekday) morning. CEREAL!!!! I still love it, but only have it about one or 2 times a week :/ What I WISH they made GF and what not is Cap’n Crunch! I don’t care how bad that is…I would devour every single box!
Ha! That was everyone’s favorite at one point – I remember loving the pb for a snack 🙂
I can’t have too sweet for breakfast most days, but I love oats made with water, a dash of sea salt, and just a bit of blackstrap molasses. But on weekends I always want eggs, bacon, and toast! And after long runs I need salty.
Funny how we get those same cravings after long runs – it’s the only way to go for me!