Oven-Roasted Spicy-Sweet Sweet Potatoes
"For those who like their sweet potatoes a little less sweet."
photo by gailanng
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 6 sweet potatoes, peeled, cut in half lengthwise and then cut crosswise into slices 1/2 inch thick
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1⁄3 cup liquid honey
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lime juice (I often use lemon juice)
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F Line a roasting pan large enough to contain your potato pieces.
- Mix butter, honey, lime juice, chile powder, cumin and cayenne together.
- Coat sweet potatoes with butter/honey/spice mixture and season to taste with salt and pepper. Empty into prepared roasting pan.
- Bake for 25 minutes; give potatoes a stir to redistribute and recoat with liquid.
- Bake 20 minutes longer, or until potatoes are tender all the way through when pierced with the tip of a knife.
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Reviews
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These had a lovely kick to them that snuck up on us (at first, I mostly tasted the lime juice and some slight sweetness from the honey, but then the spice came out). We love sweet potatoes in my house, and this was a nice spicy change of pace from the usual baked ones I make. I used chipotle chile powder and desert mesquite honey for this, and it was perfect. Thanks for posting! Made for ZWT5 Mexico -
Chomp...chomp...chomp. Where are my manners...wonderful! Made for Gluten-Free Recipe Tag. -
I cut like skinny french fries and baked a little less time. YUM! I did scale the recipe back. Thanks Evelyn! Made for the Epicurean Queens, ZWT 2009. -
I like these 'tatters any way I can get them (usually!), & this one is no exception ~ VERY, VERY TASTY! I cut the recipe in half (& cut the chili powder by a third!) & that was just right for us! This is definitely a recipe worth keeping around! [Tagged, made & reviewed while in Mexico during ZWT5]
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Excellent! This has honey but the sweetness isn't overpowering. I used 2 sweet potatoes but decreased the recipe's sauce by 1/2, not 1/3. The potatoes absorbed all the sauce, so it worked out just right. Thanks for posting!
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
