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20 Simple Sweet Potato Recipes

By Food & Wine
Updated February 08, 2019
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Sweet potatoes are one of the most delicious, comforting, and easy-to-use fall and winter ingredients—sweet and savory, they're versatile, to boot. Sometimes, there's nothing cozier than a simple baked sweet potato, piping hot out of the oven. For an easy, healthy, nutrition-packed weeknight dinner side dish, it's hard to beat the savory-sweet creaminess of mashed sweet potatoes. Looking to include more sweet potatoes in your cooking repertoire this year? Here are 20 of our favorite simple and healthy sweet potato recipes for inspiration—try a sweet potato casserole, sweet potatoes with cider and brown sugar, and our best sweet potato pies to start.
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Sweet potato spoon bread

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Spoon bread, a cross between corn bread and soufflé, is a Southern classic. Robert Stehling likes to add cooked spinach or fresh corn and chopped and sautéed bacon or ham to his plain sweet potato version.

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Sweet potato and feta bourekas

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Bourekas are crisp, savory little parcels filled with anything from vegetables and cheese to ground meat. Inspired by his grandmother’s recipe, Michael Solomonov’s version is stuffed with sweet potato, Bulgarian feta, dill, and olives.

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Sweet potato tamales

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Precooked cornmeal, ground from cooked corn kernels, is the key to quick tamales.

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Oxtail and white sweet potato stew

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A red wine braise, complete with other mulling ingredients like fresh orange and whole spices, makes the oxtails in this stew fall-apart tender and flavorful.

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Creamy millet porridge with candied sweet potatoes and pistachios

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Millet, often used as a gluten-free substitute for oats, is linked to healthy digestion and has a high protein content. This porridge will be creamier than regular oatmeal and is comparable to the texture of polenta or grits.

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Roasted sweet potato and okra salad

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Marcus Samuelsson drew on African staples like yams and okra to create this completely original recipe of roasted sweet potatoes tossed with red potatoes, wilted spinach and sautéed okra. Toasted mustard seeds and a caper vinaigrette give this delicious salad a nutty, tangy flavor.

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Scallop ceviche and sweet potato

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This recipe is made with ají limo paste, a Peruvian ceviche staple made from tiny ají chiles.

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Sweet potato, chipotle, and apple soup

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This silky soup gets its smoky sweetness from pureed chipotle peppers, a Mexican staple, and the surprising addition of apples.

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Curried shrimp and sweet potato stir-fry

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This easy and healthy shrimp stir-fry comes together in less than 20 minutes and tastes delicious over simple jasmine rice.

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Sweet potato, balsamic onion, and soppressata pizza

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Use soppressata to top this clever prebaked-crust pizza, along with mashed sweet potatoes and mozzarella cheese.

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Sweet potato meringue pie

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This sweet-potato pie looks like a pumpkin pie, but the filling is actually made with sweet potato.

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Sweet potato tots

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These sweet potato tots are unlike anything you can buy at the store. They have a crisp, cornmeal-dusted exterior while the inside tastes like the world’s best barbecue-flavored potato chip. We like our tots dipped in ketchup, but a spicy Sriracha mayo would be delicious, too.

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Sweet potato hummus

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Here, sweet potatoes add a hint of sweetness to regular hummus.

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Baked sweet potato and tempeh empanadas

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Tempeh has a long way to go before it becomes as popular as other soy products, but its wonderfully firm texture and versatility make it an excellent protein source. Here, it’s a stand-in for ground meat in a vegan baked empanada.

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Maple-baked sweet potatoes

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Parboiling the sweet potatoes shortens the cooking time and keeps them moist.

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Sweet potatoes with almond pesto

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This chunky almond pesto is an excellent complement to potatoes, and it's also good on pasta.

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Sweet potato hash browns

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Using sweet potatoes in place of white potatoes makes these hash browns a little sweet; mixing them with poblanos and lemon juice makes the dish taste bright.

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Vegetarian tortilla soup with sweet potato

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This hearty vegetarian tortilla soup pulls its flavor from plenty of seasonings and bright and tender sweet potatoes. To make this soup vegan, substitute vegan sour cream and cheese.

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Pan-roasted sweet potatoes with fennel

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In this delicious vegetable pan roast, sweet potatoes are tossed with fennel wedges and then roasted until tender and carmelized.

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Chicken, sweet potato, and rice casserole

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The rice in this casserole filling is cooked until it starts to fall apart, thickening the liquid.

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1 of 20 Sweet potato spoon bread
2 of 20 Sweet potato and feta bourekas
3 of 20 Sweet potato tamales
4 of 20 Oxtail and white sweet potato stew
5 of 20 Creamy millet porridge with candied sweet potatoes and pistachios
6 of 20 Roasted sweet potato and okra salad
7 of 20 Scallop ceviche and sweet potato
8 of 20 Sweet potato, chipotle, and apple soup
9 of 20 Curried shrimp and sweet potato stir-fry
10 of 20 Sweet potato, balsamic onion, and soppressata pizza
11 of 20 Sweet potato meringue pie
12 of 20 Sweet potato tots
13 of 20 Sweet potato hummus
14 of 20 Baked sweet potato and tempeh empanadas
15 of 20 Maple-baked sweet potatoes
16 of 20 Sweet potatoes with almond pesto
17 of 20 Sweet potato hash browns
18 of 20 Vegetarian tortilla soup with sweet potato
19 of 20 Pan-roasted sweet potatoes with fennel
20 of 20 Chicken, sweet potato, and rice casserole

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