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June 30, 2017 · 20 Comments

Keto Breakfast “Potatoes”

30-Minutes or Less· 5-Ingredient or Less· Breakfast· Dairy-Free· Egg-Free· Gluten-Free· Keto· Nut-Free· Paleo· Pork· Recipe· Sides· Soy-Free· Whole30

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These Keto Breakfast “Potatoes” are a great low-carb breakfast option! The hash is filled with turnips, smoky bacon, and green onions!

Keto Breakfast "Potatoes" in skillet

What did the vegetables say when they arrived at the house party… Lettuce, turnip the beet.  That’s my favorite turnip joke, actually come to think of it, it’s my only turnip joke.  Anyway, these Keto Breakfast “Potatoes” are a great way to start the day, they look and taste just like the breakfast potatoes I used to eat all the time.  My favorite way to eat them is on the side of my southern gravy omelet.

Turnips are a cruciferous vegetable, just like broccoli and brussels sprouts, but uniquely they are also a root vegetable. They taste like a cross between a carrot and a potato and can be subbed in place of the starchy tuber in many recipes.

Turnips are packed with nutrients and even provide anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antifungal, antiparasitic, and antibacterial benefits. Fun fact, turnip juice can actually be used as a pretty effective deodorant.   Getting back on track, if you can find turnips with their leafy greens still intact, cook those too.  The greens are even more nutritious than bulbous part of the turnip.  My local grocery store sells the greens and the bulb separately, so I usually pick these up at the farmer’s market when they are in season.

I was kind of a picky eater growing up, and I can honestly say I don’t think I had ever tried turnips until a few years ago.  But this is by far the best preparation of turnips I have in my limited experience so far.  I hope I can say the same thing about the next turnip recipe I post because I’m making up for lost turnip-eating time.

Check out these other resources to read more about the astounding nutritional benefits of turnips:

  • 8 Amazing Turnips Benefits
  • What Is Turnip Good For?
  • The Health Benefits of Turnips

Ingredients in Keto Breakfast “Potatoes”

  • turnips
  • bacon
  • green onions
  • onion
  • spices
  • ghee or avocado oil

What to serve the “potatoes” with

Eggs, duh! Seriously though, this is also great with a side of our Keto Breakfast Meatballs!

Keto Breakfast "Potatoes" in spoon

Keto Breakfast "Potatoes" in skillet

Keto Breakfast "Potatoes"

These Keto Breakfast "Potatoes" are a great low-carb breakfast option! The hash is filled with turnips, smoky bacon, and green onions!
4.65 from 73 votes
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 30-minute, easy, keto, low carb
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 123kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 large turnip peeled and diced (270g)
  • 1/4 onion diced (56g)
  • 3 slices bacon
  • 1 tablespoon ghee or avocado oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon each of paprika garlic powder, salt, and pepper
  • 1 green onion sliced, for garnish
  • Parsley for garnish

Instructions

  • Add the oil to a large skillet over medium high heat. Add in the turnips and spices. Cook 5-7 minutes stirring occasionally.
  • Add in the onion and cook 3 minutes until it starts to soften. Chop the bacon into small pieces and add to the skillet. Continue to cook another 5-7 minutes until the bacon is crispy.
  • Top with green onion and parsley before serving.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Keto Breakfast "Potatoes"
Amount Per Serving
Calories 123 Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Cholesterol 11mg4%
Sodium 155mg7%
Potassium 172mg5%
Carbohydrates 6g2%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 153IU3%
Vitamin C 15mg18%
Calcium 20mg2%
Iron 1mg6%
*

Nutritional values are estimates only and do not include carbs from sugar alcohols.

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  1. Jeni says

    February 12, 2018 at 4:03 pm

    I love your recipes. This is the one I’ve made the most, it’s perfect. Your posts are straight-to-the-point (which I also love) but are not in a format that can be imported via My Fitness Pal. Maybe you don’t care but I thought I’d share : )) I’ll be entering this one manually.

    Reply
  2. Mike says

    March 9, 2018 at 7:09 pm

    Just made this and it is not bad. Turnips get soft instead of crisping up though. So not the same texture at all. I loved diced potatoes in a breakfast scramble, but alas I would rather go without then use these as a replacement.

    Reply
  3. Jane Ritchuk says

    July 29, 2018 at 10:46 am

    I like to boil cubes of turnip and use in "potato" salad. Everything else the same, hard boiled egg, onion, celery, mayonnaise and dill pickle. Really hard to tell the difference.

    Reply
    • Alex Lester says

      August 2, 2018 at 3:02 pm

      That sounds awesome! My wife makes a cauliflower potato salad that’s really good based on her grandmothers recipe, I’ll have to try it with turnips now too.

      Reply
  4. Lisa says

    August 31, 2018 at 1:40 am

    What about cooking the turnips in bacon grease and forgo the olive oil?

    Reply
    • Alex Lester says

      September 7, 2018 at 3:03 pm

      That’s a great idea!

      Reply
  5. Ellen says

    September 8, 2018 at 12:44 am

    I want to try this, but have never ever had turnips. What about using radishes? I hear those are most flavored like potatoes.

    Reply
    • Alex Lester says

      September 9, 2018 at 4:04 pm

      Radishes are a bit more watery and less starchy, they would still work though!

      Reply
  6. Sandy says

    March 8, 2019 at 9:33 pm

    I loved this recipe! I couldn’t tell the difference. A whole new Keto world just opened up for me!

    Reply
  7. B says

    May 25, 2019 at 2:32 pm

    Can you make your recipes printable?

    Reply
  8. J Bowen says

    December 29, 2019 at 8:59 pm

    These are amazing! Thank you so much for this recipe! My husband loves it also 🙂 After trying turnips in this dish I used them in my fav clam chowder recipe and they worked amazingly well! Thanks for the inspiration!!

    Reply
  9. Cindy B says

    April 18, 2020 at 11:52 pm

    Eager to try this for my husband. No problem with carbs, but the meds for his pacemaker makes high-potassium foods like potatoes a no-go.

    Reply
  10. Cathy Castronova says

    December 23, 2020 at 5:58 pm

    5 stars
    This is the first time tryin one of your recipes (All the pics look so appetizing.)
    The Breakfast “potatoes” are delicious! I strayed by adding half potato and half turnip as I wanted to ease myself in to the turnip thing. Wow, I cannot distinguish between the two in the finished dish. I topped my breakfast with 2 eggs. Thanks for the great recipe.
    Cathy

    Reply
  11. AMW says

    December 31, 2020 at 4:58 pm

    5 stars
    I love turnips so can’t wait to try this when I restart keto next week. I’ve calculated a serving is 3/4 cup… Am I correct?

    Reply
  12. Richard says

    January 31, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    5 stars
    What a wonderful way to start a day. Thank you so much for that excellent recipe.
    I added a scrambled egg, brocolli and topped it with very old cheddar cheese.
    5 minutes in the oven, and my wife woke up to that mouth watering odor.
    Thanx again to provide me with these morning moments.

    Reply
  13. Margo says

    February 28, 2021 at 1:12 am

    How many servings for this recipe please?

    Reply
    • Cast Iron Keto says

      March 2, 2021 at 1:45 pm

      You can see the serving size at the top of each recipe card. This recipe serves 4.

      Reply
  14. Colleen says

    April 11, 2021 at 5:41 pm

    I made this dish this morning and it turned out great. I prefer rutabagas, so used one of those instead of turnips. I can’t recall if rutabagas take longer to make tender than turnips, but next time I will cook the rutabagas longer in that first step at a lower heat and covered before moving on to step two. By the time I got the rutabaga fork-tender, the onion and bacon were bit charred (not too charred to still taste grade). I served this with a fried egg on top of each serving. This totally satisfies the fried breakfast craving I get every now and then, without ruining my blood sugar for the day.

    Reply
  15. Jennifer S. says

    April 22, 2021 at 2:56 pm

    5 stars
    Really great recipe. I’ve tried other keto hash recipes that tasted very off. While I had to cook the turnips a lot longer to get them to soften up enough (maybe I cubed them too big?), the taste was definitely there and wonderful topped with an over-easy egg. After hearing others say that their onions and bacon got extra done while waiting for the turnips, I cooked the turnips separately until just softened, then threw everything into the air fryer for several minutes until crisped up. Because the turnips don’t crisp, I think leaving it in the cast iron makes the most sense so I’ll stick to that next time. Thanks for putting together a recipe that is so much closer to the real thing than others I’ve tried!

    Reply
  16. Becky says

    August 30, 2021 at 3:42 pm

    5 stars
    These were delicious! I’ve been keto/low carb for quite a while now and have tried just about any potato substitute out there. I find that if I look at it not as a substitute for a potato and rather just trying a new vegetable, I enjoy the dish much more. I think people expect to much when it comes to potato substitutes (myself included!), but usually a change in mindset is all it takes.

    I diced my turnip pretty small to try and get as much crisp as I could. I did not use bacon, because I sadly did not have any, but will definitely make these again with it. Added a little onion powder in addition to the other spices, just because, and just the smallest touch of keto-friendly maple syrup at the end to cut out the bitterness I tend to experience with turnips. Topped with a couple of farm fresh eggs, and I had a delicious breakfast! Thanks for the recipe! I will be making this again and again!

    Reply

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