Best Roasted Japanese Sweet Potatoes Recipes

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ROASTED JAPANESE SWEET POTATOES



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This mouthwatering baked sweet potato is loaded with fiber and vitamin C.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Healthy Recipes     Gluten-Free Recipes

Time 1h5m

Yield Makes 4

Number Of Ingredients 3

4 Japanese sweet potatoes, scrubbed
Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
Flaky sea salt, such as Maldon, and freshly ground pepper, for serving

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prick sweet potatoes all over with a fork; arrange on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Roast until very tender, about 1 hour, depending on size. Split open, drizzle with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper; serve.

ROASTED JAPANESE SWEET POTATOES WITH SCALLION BUTTER



Roasted Japanese Sweet Potatoes with Scallion Butter image

Provided by Lillian Chou

Categories     Vegetable     Side     Roast     Thanksgiving     Vegetarian     Dinner     Root Vegetable     Sweet Potato/Yam     Fall     Winter     Gourmet     Pescatarian     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     No Sugar Added     Kosher

Yield Makes 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 4

8 small slender Japanese or Garnet sweet potatoes (4 to 5 pounds total)
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, well softened
1 1/2 tablespoons miso paste (preferably white)
3 tablespoons finely chopped scallion

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in upper third.
  • Prick potatoes all over with a fork and put on a foil-lined large baking sheet. Bake until very soft when squeezed, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  • While potatoes bake, stir together butter, miso, and scallion until combined.
  • Slit hot potatoes lengthwise and, using oven mitts, push in sides to puff up potato. Serve with some scallion butter in center of each and with additional scallion butter on the side.

ROASTED JAPANESE SWEET POTATOES WITH SCALLION BUTTER



Roasted Japanese Sweet Potatoes With Scallion Butter image

If you've never had pale-fleshed Japanese sweet potatoes before, you'll be surprised by their subtler, drier flesh, which tastes unmistakably of chestnut. From Gourmet magazine.

Provided by lazyme

Categories     Yam/Sweet Potato

Time 1h10m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

8 small japanese sweet potatoes (4 to 5 pounds total) or 8 small garnet sweet potatoes (4 to 5 pounds total)
3/4 cup unsalted butter, well softened
1 1/2 tablespoons miso (preferably white)
3 tablespoons finely chopped scallions

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in upper third.
  • Prick potatoes all over with a fork and put on a foil-lined large baking sheet.
  • Bake until very soft when squeezed, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  • While potatoes bake, stir together butter, miso, and scallion until combined.
  • Slit hot potatoes lengthwise and, using oven mitts, push in sides to puff up potato.
  • Serve with some scallion butter in center of each and with additional scallion butter on the side.
  • Scallion butter can be made 4 days ahead and chilled, covered.
  • Bring to warm room temperature and stir before using.
  • Sweet potatoes can be roasted (but not cut) 4 hours ahead and kept at room temperature, covered with foil.
  • Reheat potatoes on a baking sheet on middle rack of a 350°F oven until heated through, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 271.3, Fat 17.5, SaturatedFat 11, Cholesterol 45.8, Sodium 189.5, Carbohydrate 27.1, Fiber 4.1, Sugar 5.7, Protein 2.6

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