Savory Mashed Sweet Potatoes with
Creamy Bacon Gravy

mikaela | wyldflour

6-8 sides potato mash & 1 1/2 cups bacon gravy

Savory Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Creamy Bacon Gravy

30 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

1 hrTotal Time

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Ingredients

For Sweet Potato Mash:
• 4 large sweet potatoes
• 1/4 cup ghee / bacon fat / butter
• 1/2 cup milk of choice (I prefer almond milk)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
For Bacon Gravy:
• 1/4 lb bacon or 1/2 cup bacon crumbles
• 2-3 Tablespoons ghee / bacon fat / butter
• 3 Tablespoons coconut flour
• 3/4 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 cup almond milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Make the Potato Mash. Chop sweet potatoes and cover with water in a large pot. Bring to a boil over high heat. Boil until a fork easily slides into the potato pieces. Once thoroughly boiled, drain potatoes. Add ghee/butter, milk, salt, and onion powder to the potatoes and mash until smooth.
2. Make the Bacon Gravy. First, cook the bacon any way you like! I prefer to preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake the bacon on a sheet pan for 20-30 minutes until crisp. Move the bacon using metal tongs to a paper towel-covered plate to drain. Reserve the bacon fat.
3. To make the gravy, melt 3 Tablespoons of fat in a medium-sized saucepan over low heat. This fat can be made up of bacon fat, ghee, or butter. I usually use 1-2 Tablespoons of bacon fat and supplement with ghee to equal 3 Tablespoons. Once melted, whisk 3 Tablespoons coconut flour into the melted fat. The flour will gather in the whisk and brown. Continue to whisk over low heat for 30 seconds. While continuing to whisk, add milk and chicken stock, whisking until smooth. Raise the heat to medium heat until the mixture starts to simmer. Lower the heat to medium-low and continue to simmer until the gravy starts to thicken. (Keep in mind that the gravy will thicken quite a bit more when it is removed from heat.) Stir in bacon crumbles, salt, and pepper. Serve warm!