This smoky, flavorful breakfast tempeh scramble is made with sweet potato chunks, red pepper and avocados. Serve on it’s own, or wrapped in a warm tortilla!
In case I haven’t mentioned it before, I’m terrible when it comes to social media. Like really terrible. I owe what little skill I have to this blog. It was just about a year ago that I finally gave in, sat my boyfriend down in front of the laptop and asked him to show me how to post to Facebook. He, despite having a Facebook account, wasn’t much more skilled than I. Neither of us is a technological wizard. (When we met in 2011, I told my friends that his cell phone was from 2004. They knew right away that we’d be a great match.)
Anyhow, I’m happy to say that I’ve come quite a long way this past year. Just this week I joined Twitter. I have no idea what to do with Twitter yet, but I’ll figure it out. I’ve even got a fancy button over in the sidebar, which I added to my page all by myself, really making me feel like a tech superstar. Click on over if you’d like to connect, and I promise I’ll eventually figure out what to do and share something good.
Okay, so this tempeh scramble has nothing to do with social media. It’s delicious though. I’ve always thought of myself as a sweet breakfast type, but the more savory breakfast recipes I develop, the more my taste buds seems to sway towards that direction. I blame my confusion on eggs. After years of disliking eggs and I suppose as a result thinking savory breakfasts weren’t my thing, I finally realized that when eggs are out of the equation, a hearty breakfast wrap or scramble (or in this case both) is delightful.
I had some version of this particular savory breakfast in mind for quite a while. Originally I thought it would be a tofu scramble though, probably some variation of this recipe, but with sweet potatoes and smoky seasonings. At some point I realized how much I love smoky flavorings along with tempeh, and this recipe resulted. I’m very happy with the resultant combination of flavors and textures.
We ate our tempeh scramble wrapped up in tortillas with avocado and hot sauce. If you do go with the wrap, please do include at least one of these toppings, otherwise I think it would be a bit dry. You could also eat it right out of a bowl.
Smoky Sweet Potato Tempeh Scramble
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 small or 1/2 large sweet potato finely diced
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 8 oz. package of tempeh crumbled
- 1 small red bell pepper diced
- 1 tbsp. soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. ground cumin
- 1 tbsp. smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp. maple syrup
- juice of 1/2 lemon
For Serving (Optional)
- 1 avocado sliced
- 2 scallions chopped
- 4 to rtillas
- hot sauce
Instructions
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Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Add sweet potato and sautee until lightly browned, about five minutes.
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Add onion and continue to sautee until softened, about five minutes. Add garlic and sautee another minute. Add tempeh and sautee until browned, about five minutes. You may need to break up some bits of tempeh with a spatula.
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Add pepper, soy sauce, cumin, paprika, maple and lemon juice. Sautee about two more minutes.
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Serve in tortillas or in bowls.
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Top with avocado, scallions and hot sauce.
Oh man, I LOVE tempeh scramble!
This is my first tempeh scramble! I’m a huge fan of tofu scramble, and this is the first time I decided to sub tempeh. I love how it turned out :)
This sounds fantastic and would be great in burrito form!! :)
Thank you! Yeah, I tried it plain and as burrito, and burrito was definitely my favorite. I might try it on toast as well…next time!
Love this recipe. It’s a keeper. Thanks!
Awesome! Thank you so much and enjoy!!!
Haha, definitely know what you mean about social media – I’m a musician and in this internet day and age have found myself with no CHOICE except to start using Facebook to promote myself. But really it just doesn’t come naturally at all XD
I’ve been experimenting with tempeh a lot lately, trying to figure out the best flavours to match it – definitely going to try this next, it’s making my stomach growl just looking at it!
Good to know it’s not just me! It’s definitely a learning process with me and social media, but I’m trudging along and have gotten (a little) more familiar with twitter in the couple weeks since this post…
I think you’ll like this! The spices really compliment the tempeh nicely. My boyfriend doesn’t even like tempeh but he enjoyed this. Hope you do too :)
We had some friends ’round and served this as a ‘diy buritto’ night with various toppings (inc the sweet potato nacho cheese!) amd it was amazing. Everyone loved it!! Excellent and super easy!
I love a good DIY burrito night, and this sounds like an awesome addition! So glad you all enjoyed it. Thanks Joey!!!
This looks so yummy and I want to save the recipe but the Pinterest link doesn’t work! :(
Sorry about that! Pinterest has been acting weird lately! Here’s a link to my pin if you’d like to repin from that: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/312226186639136761/
Just wanted to thank you for this recipe. I made it this morning and it was wonderful. The cool avocado slices on top of the warm scramble sends it over the top. I also added one cut up field roast Mexican chorizo sausage and that gave it more flavor and texture. Best to you.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I love Field Roast Mexican sausages and I bet they were great in this!
I’ve been making this for years. It’s become a breakfast favorite and my meat lovers enjoy it, too.
I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! Thanks Lisa!
Tasted really nice, and even non vegan family enjoyed it:)
That’s so awesome to hear!! Thanks so much Simon!
My tempeh hating family was won over tonight because of your recipe! Even my picky 5 year old asked for seconds! There were chopped tomatoes, chopped avocados, homemade salsas, limes, hot sauces and sour cream to add to the tasty scramble. Thank you for posting such a fantastic recipe! We will definitely be making this again:)
This recipe has been in my wheelhouse since I first started really cooking!! Big fan. I usually add greens in at the end for the added nutrients. Tonight I made this and threw in some chipotle peppers in adobo sauce that I needed to use up and it was delicious! A new go-to mod. This recipe is so versatile! Breakfast, dinner, burritos, bowls, a variety of toppings…so simple and so yummy!