TWICE BAKED SWEET POTATOES WITH HAM

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Ham image

Hearty enough for an entree or a full-bodied side dish. My own creation trying to blend sweet and savory. Hope you enjoy and let me know all your adaptations for the under-used sweet potato! Lots of variations are possible with this. The chipotle and salty ham were a great kick with the sweetness of the potato and pineapple. No other sugars were needed. Hope you like it!

Provided by u2bblonde

Categories Side Dish Vegetables Sweet Potatoes

Time 1h25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 large sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons canola oil
3 tablespoons diced onion
3 tablespoons diced red bell pepper
1 cup diced smoked ham
⅔ cup crushed pineapple, divided
½ teaspoon chipotle chile powder, or to taste
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Bake sweet potatoes in the preheated oven until softened, about 1 hour.
Heat canola oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion and red bell pepper until just softened, about 5 minutes. Add ham, 1/2 the pineapple, and chipotle powder; saute over low heat until heated through, about 5 more minutes.
Cut sweet potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out the insides, leaving a thin shell. Blend sweet potatoes in a blender or mash in a bowl with a potato masher. Stir the remaining pineapple, nutmeg, and cinnamon into mashed sweet potatoes.
Return mashed sweet potato mixture to the shells and top each with ham mixture.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 371.5 calories, Carbohydrate 53.5 g, Cholesterol 18.9 mg, Fat 13.5 g, Fiber 7.5 g, Protein 10.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 559.2 mg, Sugar 16.1 g