Spicy Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 5-6 large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1 inch chunks
- 29.58 ml olive oil
- 14.79-29.58 ml chopped fresh rosemary or 14.79-29.58 ml thyme
- 1 medium onion, roughly diced
- 1.23-2.46 ml crushed red pepper flakes
- 0.61 ml cayenne
- 2.46 ml salt
- 2.46 ml fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Place diced potatoes and onions in large bowl, toss with olive oil to coat.
- Add all other ingredients, toss to coat.
- Pour into buttered casserole dish.
- Roast in oven for 40-45 minutes or until potatoes are tender and edges are browned and caramelized.
- Adjust spiciness/seasonings to taste.
- Stir gently halfway through cooking time or as needed.
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Reviews
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Yes - so good and tender. I have never ate sweet potatoes as "sweet". I love using them as mashed potatoes, but after tonight a new adventure - loved the roasted as written. I also added a pinch of chipolte spice along with the rest. If you haven't tried the chipolte seasoning, it is highly recommended to any dish.
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I love this dish. Sweet potatoes are such a great veggie and so many things you can do with them. A similar treatment of sweet patates is: peel them, cut in cubes (about 3/4 to 1"), mix in casserole with a mixture of about 1/4 tsp red curry paste (1/4 tsp per pound of potatoes, depending on your love of spicey things), about a tablespoon julienned fresh ginger, about a tablespoon melted butter, 1 tablespoon veggie or olive oil, one or two gloves thinly sliced garlic and salt to taste. Add to about 1/4 - 1/2 cup water to the casserole. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake at 350F for about 40 minutes or so. I live at 8,200 ft. so it takes a bit longer for me to cook anything. When finished, stir in about 1 - 2 tblspns extra-virgin coconut oil to finish.
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This was a nice mixture of sweet and spicy. I loved how the sweet hit your taste buds first followed by a long heat. I made the recipe as written and it wasn't quite on the money for my taste, but it is an excellent foundation to play with the herb and spice mixture; as stated up front in the description of the recipe. I will definitely use this recipe again and start playing with all the possibilities. Thanks for a great suggestion.
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Tracy K
United States
I'm a 32-year-old Web writer/editor with a passion for cooking good food. Currently I am (still)trying to find an uninterrupted weekend afternoon so that I can bake a loaf of bread from scratch!
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