Easy One-Pot Ground Beef, Kale and Sweet Potato Skillet, a tasty 30-minute low carb dinner perfect for a weeknight meal.
Last week my cousin and baby were over for a visit. Wow, I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun! Having a baby in the house is the greatest thing ever!
It’s amazing the little things that will entertain a baby for hours. Thankfully I have a lot of kitchen cabinets, knobs and drawers which kept him busy for a whole week! But I’ll say this, I am guilty of not being able to keep my hands off of him for more then 5 minutes. Oh… and giving him treats before dinner -which I got yelled at by his Mom, Oops!
After I drove them to the airport I came home to an unpleasantly empty refrigerator. Go figure, right? My focus wasn’t on my to-do list but getting some quality time with my cousin and her baby.
I exhaled with dissatisfaction while a 3-day old ground beef starred deep into my conscious. I grabbed it -trying to figure out what else. Found some forgotten kale in a drawer and knew well enough to always have a sweet potato in hand.
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Perhaps it was the lack of options or Primavera Kitchen rubbed off on me, cuz this recipe came out heavenly and just as beautiful as her Ground Turkey Sweet Potato Skillet!
This recipe is sincerely nothing less then a masterpiece! Super tasty, moist and flavorful, this one-pot ground beef, kale and sweet potato skillet takes about 30-minutes to make, few ingredients -which is perfect for a weeknight!
But that’s not all -besides a quick and tasty meal, this recipe is packed with the good stuff too! I am talking about lean protein from a good quality grass-fed beef and superfood KALE! If you don’t believe me, check out this amazing article written by HealthyLife with 26 Science-Backed Health Benefits of Kale!
Plus your family will love this easy recipe, and here is why;
- Absolutely delicious
- One-pot, super easy to make
- Only one pan to clean up
- Great way to use up your leftovers
- Makes for a tasty leftover
- Healthy and fulfilling
- Greens serving included
- Carbs are in too
- Packed with protein
Ground Beef, Kale & Sweet Potato Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 med shallot chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cups sweet potato cubed
- 2 cups kale roughly chopped
Instructions
- Heat oil in a cast iron. Add ground beef, shallot and garlic and cook for 12 minutes or until beef has browned.
- Add onion powder, paprika, sweet potato and water, stir and simmer covered for 10 mins.
- Add kale, stir and sauté on medium high until all the water has absorbed 3-5 mis.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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SO simple and SO delicious that it doesn’t even seem like healthy food! This looks like the ultimate weeknight dinner hack. Love!
Aw Karly, and that’s my favorite part!! Thank you 🙂 xoxo
This is what will make dinner table perfect.. 🙂
So glad to hear 🙂 Thanks Alisa!
Just found your site through Tasty Kitchen and am so glad I did! You had me at kitchen garden..can’t wait to try some of your recipes 🙂
Hi Addie, nice to have you here 🙂 I hope you do try a few recipe. Let me know!!
Very bland as is. The only spice is paprika which doesn’t impart much of anything. I wound up fixing it with Moroccan spices…ras el hanout, turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, and some cayenne and it turned out pretty good. Those spices are better done at the beginning so would do that next time. It’s a good base for a recipe though.
Our favourite go to weeknight recipe; or almost any night I’m cooking w ground beef. Yum!
That’s wonderful, love that! xoxo
I like the combination of beef, sweet potato, and kale, but it needed more seasoning than paprika, at least salt and pepper, which I added. Also, I found the ground beef to be very dry. I used 96% lean. What could I do to bind all the ingredients together to help with the dryness of the meat? I expect to make this again and will add more seasonings because it is a good start, just needs tweaking.
Hi Jeanette, thanks for trying my recipe and writing back with your feedback, as always it is very helpful to know how your experience was. This recipe is a few years old and I am adding it to my re-test list. I should be able to have it completely re-tested and appropriate modifications made where needed. However for now, you can always add a little broth (beef broth) so the meat isn’t as dry and definitely add whichever seasoning you like, and as much as it as you like. The seasoning for the most part is a suggestions, many people modify to their needs and likes. Hope this helps! Silvia
it’s a quick healthy meal I substituted it with ground pork I did not have onion powder or I couldn’t find it so I used onion soup mix as a substitute thank you so much
You are very welcome Victoria. Thanks for letting me know how it went