What to do with sweet potatoes?

[ciaranthemurph]

Anyone have any ideas what to do with these things. I've been advised by my PT to eat these more often and I've only ever really done them as part of a tray of roasted veg before. Any ideas/inspiration would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[denchy1]

mashed, baked, crushed, chips, roasted etc just substitute in the place of a potato in it normal place.

[Miguel Alvarez]

I tend to just boil mine and have them that way. I prefer the orange ones to the white ones if I have a choice.

A mate makes some shepherd's pie of sorts with mashed sweet potato. Delish.

[sleep envy]

sweet potato gratin

slice 2 sweet potatoes really thin

layer them in a shallow dish

melt a knob of butter with finely chopped chilli and spring oven with grated ginger and pour in 150/200ml of veg stock

pour over the grated spuds

bung it in the oven for 30-45 mins

[Mr Kitten]

Sweet potato chips ftw.

Preheat your oven (and oven dish) to about 220 - cut into chips, toss in hot oil with salt, pepper, paprika and cayenne pepper (and if you're that way inclined minced garlic or garlic puree) - bake for around 45 mins to an hour.

[otolith]

Roasted as above, or just like a baked potato.

[kiethton]

Sweet potato & Chorizo soup....delish!

[mrsshpub]

Roasted butternut squash & sweet potato soup

[anonymous-user]

otolith said:

Roasted as above, or just like a baked potato.

They do cook a lot quicker than a normal baked spud so be careful with timing.

[mattdaniels]

Mr Kitten said:

Sweet potato chips ftw.

Preheat your oven (and oven dish) to about 220 - cut into chips, toss in hot oil with salt, pepper, paprika and cayenne pepper (and if you're that way inclined minced garlic or garlic puree) - bake for around 45 mins to an hour.

This.

Nice beer can chicken on the bbq, bit of green st, and some sweet potato wedges with a nice sprinkle of smoked sea salt flakes.

[whirligig]

kiethton said:

Sweet potato & Chorizo soup....delish!

Yes! One of my favourites.

[otolith]

garyhun said:

They do cook a lot quicker than a normal baked spud so be careful with timing.

I like them mushy!

[HarryFlatters]

I'm making sweet potato wedges tonight to have with chilli, essentially it's this recipe.

[LordGrover]

They're much sweeter raw; try slicing very thin with a peeler in a salad. Raw sweet pots and beetroot add colour and sweetness to otherwise bland salads.

[Eversleigh]

mattdaniels said:

Mr Kitten said:

Sweet potato chips ftw.

Preheat your oven (and oven dish) to about 220 - cut into chips, toss in hot oil with salt, pepper, paprika and cayenne pepper (and if you're that way inclined minced garlic or garlic puree) - bake for around 45 mins to an hour.

This.

Nice beer can chicken on the bbq, bit of green st, and some sweet potato wedges with a nice sprinkle of smoked sea salt flakes.

Did this yesterday, but with about 10 min to go with the chips throw in a sliced up Chorizo.

[richwig83]

Make them into mash and add...


Mango chutney
Soy sauce
Chopped up red chilli
bit of corriander
bit of lime juice

[Token Jock]

For me they work great in a curry with spinach and coconut milk

[HarryFlatters]

richwig83 said:

Make them into mash and add...


Mango chutney
Soy sauce
Chopped up red chilli
bit of corriander
bit of lime juice

Agreed.

I had similar with lots of merguez sausages. Absolutely brilliant

[Miguel Alvarez]

Token Jock said:

For me they work great in a curry with spinach and coconut milk

This is a good shout. Our work place did a veg curry with them in once and it was delish.

[ciaranthemurph]

Thanks for the replies, off to ASDA today to stock up on some of the ingredients!

Cheers