Sweet Potato Recipes

A Tasty Sweet Potato Recipe is
Just Right for Your Holiday Meal...
or Any Meal

Some tips for preparing your favorite sweet potatoes recipes:

• Freshly baked or boiled sweet potatoes are delicious and nutritious. There are many simple and quick ways to prepare sweet potatoes. They are tasty without lots of additions. Just add a pat of butter, a sprinkle of cinnamon or serve them plain.
• Sweet potatoes can be successfully cooked in the microwave oven. Before microwaving, scrub skin and trim off any bruised or woody portions. Pierce the washed sweet potatoes with a fork. Place on a paper towel in microwave oven. Turn sweet potatoes over halfway through cooking time. Cook on high power level until tender. Cooking time will vary according to your oven's power capacity.
• To make baked sweet potato recipes, rub a bit of olive oil on clean and dry sweet potatoes. Place the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees F. until tender, 30 to 45 minutes, depending on size. Once baked, the oiled sweet potatoes will peel easily.
• To make boiled sweet potato recipes, place peeled, cubed sweet potatoes into enough boiling water to cover them. Cover pan and return water to boiling. Lower heat and cook until tender. Drain and season with butter and salt to taste.
• Boiled sweet potatoes can be used for sweet potato pies, cookies, casseroles, glazed, candied or frozen sweet potato recipes.
• To make French fried sweet potatoes, peel the sweet potatoes and cut into length-wise strips, about 1/2 inch thick. Heat oil in fryer to 365 degrees F. Keep fry basket in fat as it heats. Raise basket and add enough sweet potato strips to cover bottom of basket. Lower basket slowly into hot fat. If fat bubbles much, lift and lower basket until bubbling subsides. Fry until sweet potato strips are brown and tender. Remove from hot oil and drain onto paper towels. Sprinkle with salt, if desired. Spread sweet potato fries on baking sheet and place in a warm oven while others are being cooked.
• To grill sweet potatoes, scrub the sweet potatoes and rub oil into the sweet potato skins. Wrap aluminum foil loosely around the sweet potatoes. Cook over hot coals for about 30 - 4o minutes.
• Prepare skillet sweet potatoes in a large deep skillet. Heat 1 1/2 inches deep of vegetable oil to 365 degrees F. Add sweet potato strips to cover the bottom of the skillet. Fry 5 minutes or until brown and tender. Remove from hot oil and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with salt or brown sugar.

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