Not Too Sweet Sweet Potatoes Recipes

NOT-TOO-DENSE MASHED SWEET POTATOES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Add the sweet potatoes and potatoes to a large pot and cover with cold water. Add the salt. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until the potatoes are fork-tender, about 20 minutes longer. Drain and transfer the potatoes to a large bowl. Set aside.
• In a small pot over low heat, bring the butter, cream, and milk to a simmer. Once simmering, remove from the heat.
• Pour the cream mixture over the potatoes and mash with a hand masher until smooth. Season to taste with pepper and salt.
• Garnish with chives, if desired.
• Note: Russet potatoes gives these a lighter texture compared your typical sweet potato mash, but you can swap them out with two additional pounds of sweet potatoes if you'd prefer to keep it classic.
• Enjoy!

GOURMET SWEET POTATO CLASSIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bake sweet potatoes 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until they begin to soften. Cool slightly, peel, and mash.
• In a large bowl, mix the mashed sweet potatoes, salt, 1/4 cup butter, eggs, vanilla extract, cinnamon, sugar, and heavy cream. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup butter, flour, brown sugar, and chopped pecans. Mix with a pastry blender or your fingers to the consistency of course meal. Sprinkle over the sweet potato mixture.
• Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until topping is crisp and lightly browned.

SWEET AND SPICY SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Place the sweet potato chunks into a large mixing bowl. Drizzle with the olive oil, then sprinkle the brown sugar, paprika, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, poultry seasoning, chili powder, and cayenne pepper overtop. Toss until the potatoes are evenly coated with the seasoning. Spread onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then turn the potatoes over with a spatula, and continue baking until the sweet potatoes are golden and tender, 10 to 15 minutes more.

NOT-TOO-SWEET SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Stir chicken broth, chickpeas, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, onion, ginger, garlic, nutmeg, and cayenne pepper together in a large pot. Bring to boil and cook over medium-high heat for 20 minutes. Reduce heat to medium low and cook until squash and potatoes are soft and soup flavors have blended, about 3 hours.
• Blend soup using an immersion blender, or in batches in a food processor, until smooth.

CHEF JOHN'S SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 1/2-quart baking dish with butter.
• Place sweet potato cubes into a large pot, cover with water, and add a large pinch of salt. Bring to a boil and cook until a knife is easily inserted into a sweet potato cube, about 10 minutes. Drain well. Return to the pot and mash 2 tablespoons butter into sweet potatoes.
• Whisk eggs, maple syrup, buttermilk, milk, vanilla extract, cayenne pepper, allspice, and 1/2 teaspoon salt together in a large bowl until smooth. Gradually mash sweet potatoes into egg mixture, starting with 2 tablespoons of sweet potato mixture, until all sweet potatoes are incorporated. Transfer sweet potatoes into prepared baking dish.
• Mix pistachios, brown sugar, flour, and 1/4 cup melted butter together until completely mixed. Crumble topping evenly over top of sweet potatoes. Use the back of a fork to gently press pistachio mixture down onto sweet potatoes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until topping is browned and casserole is set, 25 to 30 minutes. If desired, place under oven's broiler for 5 minutes to give topping a little more brown color. Let rest to cool slightly before serving, about 10 minutes.

NOT SWEET, SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• cook sweet potatoes in boiling water 10 minutes or until tender.
• drain sweet potatoes, set aside.
• heat italian dressing in pan, med-high.
• add onion cook & stir 5 minutes.
• Add sweet potatoes, mash lightly.
• add brown sugar, sour cream.
• stir until heated through.

NOT TOO SWEET SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Peel sweet potatoes and chop into one inch cubes.
• Melt butter and honey together in the microwave or on the stovetop.
• Stir spices, salt and lemon juice into butter mixture.
• Place sweet potatoes in a casserole dish.
• Pour butter mixture over sweet potatoes and stir to coat well.
• Bake for about 1 hour, until sweet potatoes are soft. Stirring occasionally.
• Once sweet potatoes are done, sprinkle almonds over the top before serving.

"NOT TOO SWEET" SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Roast Yams/Sweet potatoes @ 375 for 45 minute.
• Peel Bananas and quarter.
• Roast Bananas in greased pan @ 375 10 minute.
• Scoop out Yams from skins.
• add Bananas to Yams/Sweet Potatoes.
• add remaining ingredients (not zest).
• whip Yam/Potato mixture until creamy.
• Grate Zest of lime over top of mixture.

MAPLE ROASTED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Cut potatoes into bite size pieces.
• Melt butter in cast iron or oven proof skillet.
• Add potatoes and toss to coat evenly.
• Add maple syrup, mix, and bring to a boil.
• Transfer skillet to oven.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, till slightly golden, well glazed and tender, about 20- 30 minutes Remove from oven and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

TASTY SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Evenly arrange the sweet potato slices in the baking dish. Pour the juice over the potatoes. Sprinkle on the raisins.
• Bake in preheated oven 45 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.

NOT SO SWEET SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Bake potatoes whole, in their skins on a foil lined jelly roll pan until they are soft when pierced with a fork (about 1-1 1/4 hours, depending on the actual size of your potatoes).
• Remove from oven and let cool until you can handle them, then peel off the skins.
• Mash the potatoes along with butter, cider, salt and pepper, until smooth enough to your liking.
• Grease an oval baking dish (about 2-2 1/2 quart size) and spoon the mashed potatoes into the dish.
• Sprinkle with the shredded cheese and bake at 375°F for about 30 minutes, uncovered, or until heated through and the cheese is melted.
• Sprinkle parsley over the top and serve.
• MAKE AHEAD TIP: You can make the mashed potatoes in advance and freeze them up to 1 month.
• When ready to serve them, thaw completely, place into the baking dish as described above, top with cheese, and bake at 350°F for about 40 minutes, then sprinkle with parsley before serving.