Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Roasted sweet potatoes with sweet pecans is a nice lighter version of the sweet potato casserole generations serve every year for Thanksgiving.

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Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Every year virtually the holidays, we all turn to our favorite recipes. I dont know well-nigh you, but I cant do a holiday season without some broccoli rice and cheese casserole, sweet potatoes, pecan pie, pecan sandies, and pumpkin pie.

However, sometimes I want to transpiration up a archetype dish, and these oven roasted sweet potatoes fit the bill.

You will get a familiar savor from roasted cubed sweet potatoes with honey and cinnamon. The pecans are sweet with cinnamon and sugar, so now you get the wonderful savor of sweet sweet potatoes with far fewer calories.

Slow roasted sweet potatoes with sweet pecans requite you a nice lighter version of the sweet potato casserole generations have served up every year for Thanksgiving.

This recipe gives you hunks of sweet potatoes, sweaty in a warmly spicy/sweet honey glaze and topped with sweet pecans. The potatoes have crispy outsides that are soft and tender inside.

What could be increasingly perfect for a holiday meal? Moreover, the mix of soft sweet potatoes and crunchy pecans is a unconfined unrelatedness of textures.

What Makes These Slow Roasted Sweet Potatoes With Pecans the ONE Recipe You Must Try for Thanksgiving?

If you are tired of the traditional sweet potato dish with that gooey overly-sweet marshmallow topping, you will love this honey roasted sweet potatoes casserole. Instead of marshmallows, a shower of pecans on top adds toastiness, gourmet flair, and crunch.

So, if youre used to having brown sugar-glazed sweet potatoes with marshmallows during the holidays, this recipe is a succulent upgrade! It takes plain sweet potatoes and kicks them up at least five notches to make them the weightier roasted sweet potatoes ever!

You can use the leftovers for tacos or a hearty fall grain bowl.

Ingredients You Need to Make These Easy Roasted Sweet Potatoes

This roasted sweet potatoes recipe is stripped lanugo to the essentials – sweet potatoes, a touch of honey, and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Plus, what might turn out to be your favorite part – toasted crunchy sweet pecans on top whats more, you can add as many pecans as you like. Heres what you will need:

Candied Pecans

Pecan halves
Egg white
Sugar
Cinnamon
Salt

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes
Honey
Olive oil
Cinnamon
Salt

How to Make Roasted Sweet Potatoes

To Make Sweet Pecans:

Combine the sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
Coat the pecans with tamed egg white.

Coat the pecans with the sugar mixture.
Spread out the coated pecans on a parchment paper-lined sultry sheet.

Bake for 1 hour at 250�F.

To Make Honey Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into 1-inch cubes.
Coat the sweet potatoes with olive oil.
Add the salt and cinnamon.
Drizzle over the honey.
Spread the sweet potato cubes into a single layer on a sultry sheet pan.
Bake for 30 minutes at 375�F.

sweet potato cubes coated with honey on a sultry sheet.

Transfer the roasted sweet potatoes to a serving dish.
Sprinkle sweet pecan on top.

honey roasted sweet potatoes topped with sweet pecans.

Honey Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe Variations

These honey roasted sweet potatoes are a succulent volitional to the traditional over-the-top sweet potato side dishes. Here are a few ideas for recipe variations:

Use brown sugar or maple syrup instead of honey.
Add some cranberries to the pecans for some festive color.
Using some diced tart apples (such as Granny Smith) with the sweet potatoes adds both savor and texture.
Combine the cinnamon with other warm spices such as nutmeg.
Add a savory vocalizing with cumin or garlic powder.
Add a kick of heat with some cayenne or chili powder.
Add a splash of whiskey or bourbon to the honey for an uneaten special flavor.

Roasted Sweet Potato Fries

Slice the sweet potatoes as you would when wearing Russet potatoes into French fries. Season and torch at 450�F for 15 to 25 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fries.

What to Serve With Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Roasted sweet potatoes are the perfect side dish considering it goes with so many main dishes. These potatoes put on an incredible show for Thanksgiving or Christmas, so you can serve them up with all the traditional holiday entrees, such as:

How to Store Leftover Roasted Sweet Potatoes

To Refrigerate. Glazed sweet potato wedges will alimony for up to 3 days in an snapped storage container in the refrigerator.

To Freeze. Place the sweet potatoes in a freezer bag or hard freezer-safe container. For freezer bags, squeeze out the glut air surpassing sealing. For hard-sided containers, place a layer of plastic wrap over the top of the sweet potatoes surpassing sealing them to protect versus freezer burn.

To make life easier, consider purchasing a vacuum sealer.

To Reheat. Rewarm leftovers in a sultry dish in the oven at 350�F.

Frequently Asked Questions Well-nigh Sweet Potatoes

How Do You Clean Sweet Potatoes?

Simply place your sweet potatoes in a colander underneath running unprepossessed water and scrub yonder any dirt. Warm water is ok, but stave using hot water, which can melt parts of the potatoes. Also, only wash them when you are ready to uncork cooking considering they may soak up glut moisture that can rationalization rot.

How Do You Peel Sweet Potatoes?

Wash and thoroughly dry your sweet potatoes. Set a potato on a wearing workbench and slice off the marrow to provide a unappetizing surface you can push lanugo on. Using a vegetable peeler, peel in a downward motion. If needed, you can touch up your work with a paring knife.

Peeling a baked sweet potato is easier considering the skin simply slides off. If you plan to mash your sweet potatoes, it makes sense to torch them first and then peel them.

Is It Necessary to Peel Sweet Potatoes?

Remember that most of the vegetable’s nutrients are found in the skin, while most of the carbs and calories are found in the flesh. By peeling, you lose a lot of vitamins A and C and potassium. That said, most people prefer peeled sweet potatoes in their casseroles.

Tip: Toss the peeled skins in olive oil and roast them in the oven for a nutrient-rich snack.

How Long Do You Need to Melt Roasted Sweet Potatoes?

It depends on whether you are roasting whole potatoes or chunks. Chunks will take well-nigh 30 to 35 minutes.at 425�F. A whole sweet potato will take longer well-nigh 50 minutes. In either case, your potatoes are washed-up when they are fork-tender.

honey roasted sweet potatoes with sweet pecans in a serving dish.

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