Sweet Potato Cakes and Mojito Sauce
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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6-12
ingredients
- 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and cooked (I usually just steam them or microwave them)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1⁄2 onion, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- salt and pepper
- 1 1⁄2 cups breadcrumbs
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1 cup oil
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Mojito Sauce
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro
directions
- In a skillet over medium high heat, add the oil.
- When it shimmers, add the onion, jalepeno and garlic, and cook until the onion is soft (~3min).
- Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
- Put the cooked sweet potatoes in a large bowl and mash.
- Stir in the onion mixture and bread crumbs.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Using your hands form the mixture into little cakes (I find that silver dollar size works best, and makes a great appetizer).
- Flatten them and dredge in the cornmeal.
- In a large skillet, heat the oil.
- Working in batches, fry each cake til golden brown, and then transfer to paper towels.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Combine all ingredients to make the mojito sauce and serve immediately with the cakes.
- I have made a large batch and baked the cakes instead of frying them for speed.
- Just be sure to baste with oil on both sides and turn while baking.
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Reviews
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Thanks for the great recipe Gay. I made these a while back and served them as an appetizer – they were extremely popular with our guests. I used orange sweet potato, (which I think you call yam in the States - we sometimes call it Kumara in Oz) but I think maybe the orange sweet potato was not the correct choice. Was I supposed to use the small white sweet potatoes? Anyway it was still wonderful although as the orange ones are big I think it changed the consistency of the mixture, even though I didn’t use the 3, because before and after baking they were quite soft and it was hard to keep their shape. I will make them again and still use the orange sweet potato but I will use about 1/2 next time. I would love to know what sweet potatoes you used Gay. This recipe was a lovely change from the usual appetizers even if I did use the wrong ones :-).
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Gay Gilmore
Seattle, WA
I'm really just learning how to cook, but I hope that my skills at eating will really guide me in this endeavor. ;-) I think that sharing recipes on the internet is better than any cookbook. Of course, I founded Recipezaar, so I might be a little biased.