Roasted Sweet Potatoes: The Easy Way
* * Ultimate Roasted Sweet Potatoes * *
You will love this EASY & FAST Recipe!
Sweet Potatoes are wonderful – they add a delicious flavor – and color- to your meals. They team up with BBQ & perk up leftover night with their color and creamy- sweet flavor.
I love Roasted Sweet Potoates especially when I accidentally (or maybe not … ) burn them a little on the bottom- so they have a dark brown, almost black really, spot where they were sitting on the pan. This adds a wonderful flavor to the sweet, soft potatoes that we enjoy- and think you might too….
Yum!
You will love how simple & easy they are to make – and how delicious they are to eat. These are so good even a few days later – so you can make a BIG batch today (eat half) and then take some for lunch (if there are any left …)
A Pan of Roasted Sweet Potato Chunks – Note the dark brown spots- You want that!
HOW to make the Ultimate Roasted Sweet Potatoes
You will need:
- Sweet Potatoes
- Olive Oil
- Salt
Yes- That is all you need to make the most awesome tasting sweet potatoes!
- Pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Wash your sweet potatoes (with a brush) and dry off with a kitchen towel.
- Now cut into the same size pieces – This means try and keep them all the same -ish thickness. This is so all the pieces will cook at the same rate.
- Toss the potato chunks in a little bit of Olive Oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Spread out on a cookie sheet covered with aluminum foil and pop into the oven.
- Check every 5- 10 minutes or until they are soft and have some nice color on them.
Delicious!
Washed & Dried … the Sweet Potatoes await their fate …..
Cut your potatoes in half the long way, and place them cut side down (no rock-n-roll here!) then cut in half and into chunks.
Toss in Olive Oil, and sprinkle with salt
Pop them into your pre-heated oven for 30-40 minutes – checking on them frequently.
The finished product – soft on the inside and crispy on the outside – make sure to save the browned pieces for yourself!
Finished!
So there you have it!
A wonderful side dish or main for a Meatless Monday type meal (great with a big green salad).
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Hi, I just came across your site when I googled “how to cook Dover sole”. I didn’t even realize it was a site about Trader Joe’s, but it just so happened that my frozen piece of Dover sole came from Trader Joe’s about 4 months ago. My husband is very wary of frozen fish, but I’m sure it will be fine, especially with the easy recipe you gave me!
Monday I was in Trader Joe’s and I saw a bag of roasted vegetables in the cooler (not frozen) section of the fresh vegetables. I think it was $5.99. I looked at the ingredients and thought, “Six bucks! I can do this myself!” and I set out to buy all the veggies that were in the bag. Of course I ended up with far more veggies than were in that little six dollar bag and cutting them and seasoning them was really quite time consuming! One of the veggies I used was sweet potato. The process I used was pretty much like yours, except I marinated the veggies in the olive oil, balsamic and spices for quite a while before I put them in the oven. They were delicious! I served them on a bed of Trader Joe’s riced cauliflower. YUM!
I am bookmarking your site because I think it will be very useful and I’ll feel safe trying more of Trader Joe’s products with your advice on how to use and cook them!
Love the marinade idea for your sweet potatoes. I will have to try that next time. Cheers! Kristin