Garlic Sweet Potato Mash

Submitted by Charlotte J

"I don't like sweet potatoes because they always have brown sugar in them. But here a great tasting recipe without the sugar! It comes from the cookbook "Great Garlic Recipes"."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 large sweet potatoes, peeled &,cubed (2 pounds)
• 44.37 ml unsalted butter
• 3 clove garlic, crushed
• fresh ground pepper
• salt (optional)

directions

1. In a large pan boil sweet potatoes until tender, drain.
2. Meanwhile in the same pan add butter and saute garlic until lightly browned.
3. Return potatoes to pan and mash until smooth and creamy.
4. Add pepper (and salt if you want) and serve immediately.

Reviews

[Manda]

OH, WOW!!! This is the best ever way to eat sweet potatoes. I hate ruining the flavor and healthiness of sweet potatoes by adding all that sweet, sugary stuff. This is sweet potato and garlic Heaven!! I made this last night to go with baked pork chops. This is a great side dish for ANY meal (and also a good snack (as evidenced by not one bite remaining;) Hey when the midnight munchies attack, this makes a better snack than potato chips or nachos anyday!!! Will definitely be making again!!! Thank you Charlotte!! ~Manda

 

[Roosie]

Yummy. I added some coconut milk to mash them with just because I had a teeny bit left in the fridge- made them yummy and rich! I improvised with this because I only had one sweet potato on hand, and besides, I'm the only one here! Surprisingly delicious unusual combination - I wish that I had added even more garlic!

 

[love2gardn]

It was very good! I added some nonfat milk and a little light sour cream to make it creamier, then I used an immersion blender to make it smooth. We might have used a little too much garlic--maybe next time I'll use a little less (we love garlic so probably used a little more than called for!). It tasted fresh and healthy!

 

[Studentchef]

This was a really great vegetarian side dish! I found the sweet potatoes nice and creamy once I added the butter, and I did use less than a teaspoon of salt, since I find that pepper alone seemed a little out of place. I'll never know if it makes for good leftovers, as it finished quickly.

 

[FromSiCiLy 2 NY wit]

I'm so sorry. I made this for Thanksgiving to try something different. I love sweet potatos and I love garlic but the two together just didn't do it for me. I ended up throwing them away which is something I never do! 3 cloves of garlic was way too much. I tried sweetening them with brown sugar and that made it worse. Oh well, was fun to try something different. I do like to slice sweetpotatoes and brush them with olive oil, garlic salt, pepper, and bake them covered with foil and broil the last few minutes. Those are yummy.