7 Savory Ways to Serve Sweet Potatoes

In America the most common way to serve a sweet potato is ‘sweet’. They are substituted, or flat out mistaken for, yams on a very frequent basis. They get candied, brandied, and baked with marshmallows, smothered in sugars, and served as a desert. But, sweet potatoes were originally served savory, without a grain of sugar in the mix. Here are seven savory ways to serve a sweet potato that will make your mouth water.

1. Baked with a roast. Sweet potatoes can be substituted for regular potatoes when baking a roast of any kind. They add an extra depth of flavor to pot roasts or chicken, and liven up the color scheme of your food.

2. Garlic mashed sweet potatoes are prepared the same way as garlic mashed russet potatoes, but have a fuller flavor and richer texture. Because sweet potatoes are denser than russets try steaming them instead of boiling them to decrease cooking time and increase pliability for mashing.

3. Twice baked rosemary sweet potatoes go well with chicken and turkey, and make an excellent holiday side dish for small dinners for two or four. The secret to this savory recipe is to infuse the butter for the filling with powered rosemary before adding it to the whip.

4. Sweet potatoes Anna is a simple way to serve sweet potatoes without all the fuss and mess of other recipes. Skin, slice, salt, layer with butter and bake. Any potatoes Anna dish can and should be served at room temperature, so it is a great alternative when you’re looking a for simple baked side that can be baked ahead of the main course.

5. Sweet potatoes Au Gratin comes out really well and is a great accompaniment to beef or ham. To turn it into an everyday meal simply add the pre-cooked beef or ham directly to your favorite recipe before baking.

6. A sweet potato medley in red wine is an easy an elegant way to serve savory sweet potatoes. Tossed with onions, carrots, and cubed squash, then cooked in a shallow pool of red wine, this is a flavorful way to serve sweet potatoes.

7. Simple baked sweet potatoes can easily be overlooked, but they are a great alternative the everyday baked potato. Just remember that sweet potatoes need a little more time to bake than regular potatoes, but otherwise are prepared in exactly the same way.


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