Spicy Roasted Sweet Potatoes With Orange & Honey

photo by MsPia



- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, more for the pan
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1⁄4 cup orange juice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon smoked paprika (regular is fine if you don't have smoked)
- 4 medium sweet potatoes, preferably the same size and shape, peeled, halved crosswise, and quartered lengthwise (2 lb. total)
- kosher salt
- fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Heat the oven to 400°F Lightly butter a large Pyrex or ceramic baking dish that can hold the sweet potato wedges in one layer.
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Whisk in the honey, orange juice, and spices. Put the sweet potatoes in the buttered baking dish, add the honey mixture, and toss the pieces well to coat them thoroughly. Arrange the sweet potatoes in a single layer; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast until the potatoes are browned and tender and the juices are bubbly and thickened, 45 to 55 minutes. To ensure even roasting, stir and baste several times with the pan juices, doing so more frequently toward the end of roasting. Serve at once.
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Fantastic! What a great combination of flavours. I had some baked sweet potatoes left over from a BBQ so I adapted the recipe a little bit and sauteed the sweet potatoes in a skillet with all that delicious seasoned butter mmmm....and orange juice. Just like the recipe stated but skillet instead of oven and the sweet potatoes already baked. Thank Evelyn!!!
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These were a nice change to the pecan crusted sweet potatoes. We enjoyed these with a nice flat iron steak & potato bread. I personally would have added a bit more orange juice, but the BH loved them as was. These were pretty easy to do. We did change the directions and microwaved in the roasting dish the first 6 ingredients and added a tad more butter. Worked out great. Will be keeping this one.
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Fantastic! What a great combination of flavours. I had some baked sweet potatoes left over from a BBQ so I adapted the recipe a little bit and sauteed the sweet potatoes in a skillet with all that delicious seasoned butter mmmm....and orange juice. Just like the recipe stated but skillet instead of oven and the sweet potatoes already baked. Thank Evelyn!!!
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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.