Sweet Potato With Cashews Recipes

SWEET POTATO CASHEW STEW

Steps:

• Mince the garlic and dice the onion. Heat grapeseed oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add garlic and sauté until light brown, 1-2 minutes. Add onions and a pinch of salt. Stir and sweat the onions, 3-4 minutes.
• Peel and chop the carrots; chop the celery. Stir in the celery, carrots, and tomato paste. Let the tomato paste brown in the pan a few minutes. Stir in cumin and coriander, followed by thyme and chopped tomatoes. Reduce heat to low and cook 5 minutes; meanwhile, peel and dice the sweet potato. Stir in the sweet potato, and cook 5 more minutes.
• Purée chicken stock and cashews in a blender. Add to the vegetables and stir. Increase heat to medium-high and bring stew to a simmer. Cook uncovered until liquid is reduced by half, 35-40 minutes.
• When stew is reduced, core and dice the apples and stir them in. Ladle into bowls and serve hot.

CASHEW-PEACH SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan or Dutch oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 30-45 minutes or just until tender. Drain and cool slightly; peel and cut into cubes. , In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, cashews, salt and ginger. Place half of the sweet potatoes in an ungreased 11x7-in. baking dish; top with half of the peaches and brown sugar mixture. Repeat layers; dot with butter. , Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 minutes longer or until bubbly and heated through.

SWEET POTATO-CASHEW BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Place the sweet potatoes in a large pot, and fill with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook until a fork easily pierces the potatoes, about 10 minutes. Drain, and cool.
• Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl. Stir in the cashews.
• Arrange half the sweet potatoes over the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with half the brown sugar mixture. Top with half the butter pieces. Repeat with a second layer of sweet potatoes, brown sugar mixture, and remaining butter pieces.
• Bake in preheated oven until potatoes are glazed with the brown sugar mixture, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle mini marshmallows over the top, and return to the oven to bake until browned, about 5 minutes more.

SWEET POTATO WITH CASHEWS

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in enough salted water to cover until tender.
• Drain, peel, and cut into thick pieces.
• Combine brown sugar, cashews, ginger and salt.
• Layer 1/2 each of the potatoes, peaches and brown sugar mixture.
• Repeat layers.
• Dot with butter.
• Bake, covered, in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake for 10 minutes more.
• Spoon syrup over all before serving.

SWEET POTATO NOODLES WITH CASHEW-SESAME SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Toss sweet potatoes with 1 Tbsp. tamari and 1 Tbsp. olive oil in a 13x9" baking dish to coat. Arrange potatoes in an even layer and cover with foil; bake 15 minutes. Uncover, stir, and roast until tender, 15-25 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, whisk ginger, cashew butter, vinegar, sesame oil, remaining 1 Tbsp. plus 1½ tsp. tamari, and remaining 1 Tbsp. olive oil in a small bowl to combine. Set sauce aside.
• Cook noodles in a medium pot of boiling water 6 minutes. Drain, reserving 3 Tbsp. noodle cooking liquid. Rinse noodles under cold running water. If noodles are very long, snip into about 6" pieces with kitchen shears. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Whisk reserved noodle cooking liquid into reserve sauce, then add half of sauce to noodles; toss to coat.
• Divide noodles among plates; scatter sweet potatoes over and drizzle with more sauce if desired. Top with basil and serve with lime wedges and more tamari alongside.