Grilled Sweet Potatoes With Orange Ginger Butter Recipes

GRILLED SWEET POTATO WEDGES WITH ORANGE-MOLASSES BUTTER

Steps:

• Bring the sweet potatoes to a boil in a large pot of salted water. Cook until just tender when pierced with a knife, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and cool slightly.
• Combine the butter, molasses, orange zest and cinnamon in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Mash with a fork to blend.
• Heat a grill to medium-high. Cut each sweet potato into 6 to 8 wedges; brush with canola oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill the wedges until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Remove the sweet potatoes to a platter; immediately brush them with the orange-molasses butter and sprinkle with the green onions. Serve.

SWEET POTATO GRATIN WITH GINGER AND ORANGE ZEST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 6- to 8-cup gratin dish with butter. In a small pan, gently heat remaining butter with cream, ginger and orange zest, stirring once or twice, until butter has melted and mixture is just steaming. Remove from heat.
• Spread potatoes and nuts evenly into baking dish and sprinkle with plenty of salt and pepper. Drizzle cream mixture over all and press down on potatoes with a fork to settle them into dish and at least partly submerge them. Bake until potatoes are tender and cream thickens, about 45 minutes. Serve hot or warm.

ORANGE-GINGER SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Bake potatoes on a cookie sheet until soft (approx. 1.5 hrs).
• When cool enough to handle, peel and chunk potatoes into a large bowl.
• Add butter and other ingredients and toss to mix.
• Mash potatoes thoroughly or puree in a blender. A hand mixer works well also.
• Lower oven temperature to 350F.
• Turn mashed potatoes into a casserole dish and dot the top with a bit of additional butter.
• Bake 30-40 minutes until hot.
• NOTE: This can be made ahead of time. Bring the mashed potato mixture to room temperature before dotting with butter and baking until hot.

GRILLED SWEET POTATO WEDGES

Steps:

• Place 2 large sweet potatoes in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat and cook until easily pierced with a knife, 25 to 35 minutes. Drain and let cool slightly, then cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges.
• Brush the sweet potatoes with 1 tablespoon olive oil and sprinkle with 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder and a little salt. Grill over medium-high heat, turning once, until well marked, 2 to 5 minutes per side. Remove to a platter; drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with flaky salt.

JAMAICAN GRILLED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Prehat grill for 5 minutes.
• In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, ginger, and 1 Tbsp of the butter; mix well.
• Stir in molasses, pineapple juice, almond extract and cilantro; set aside.
• Melt the rmaining butter and brush both sides of cut potato slices.
• Grill for 8 to 10 minutes or until tender.
• Spoon the molasses mixture evenly over cooked potato slices and serve.
• When preparing outside, I use my pizza crisper pan to place sweet potatoes on and baste them lightly with sauce during cooking process.

HONEY VANILLA GRILLED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat grill for medium heat.
• Arrange sweet potatoes in a 9x13-inch aluminum foil pan. Stir butter and cinnamon together in a bowl and drizzle over potatoes. Cover pan with aluminum foil.
• Bake sweet potatoes on the preheated grill, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes. Stir honey and vanilla extract together in a bowl and drizzle over sweet potatoes. Return aluminum foil to cover pan. Continue cooking on the grill until sweet potatoes are tender, about 10 more minutes.