Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Oven roasted sweet potatoes are the perfect side dish to all your Fall meals. Bursting with sweet and spicy flavor, this healthy recipe will be devoured at every meal.
Potatoes are a universal food love language, so you also need to try these spicy roasted red potatoes, herb garlic butter smashed potatoes, and this creamy mashed potato soup.
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Oven roasted sweet potatoes
Listen, here is the thing, I love sweet potatoes.
I love the subtle sweetness they have all on their own so this roasted sweet potato recipe has just the right amount of sweet and spicy that will make your mouth water.
With just a touch of brown sugar and honey, along with some chipotle pepper and chili paste these roasted sweet potato cubes come out sweet and spicy.
Each bite will melt in your mouth.
How do you cut sweet potatoes into chunks?
This is a very easy process and sometimes you can find them already cut into cubes at your local grocery store in a bag where the bagged salad and lettuce is located.
First wash and peel your sweet potatoes.
Second, cut the sweet potato in half and then cut each half into 1/2 inch slices.
Third, turn the slices to lay flat and cut the slices in half and then cut each half into cubes.
What ingredients do you need for oven roasted sweet potatoes?
- sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- avocado or MCT oil, divided
- chipotle pepper
- garlic salt
- chili paste
- ground black pepper
- paprika
- brown sugar
- honey
- cilantro, chopped for garnish
How to roast sweet potatoes in the oven
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees and place 1 tbsp oil in a 12 inch skillet and massage the oil into the bottom and along the sides of the skillet and set aside.
- In a large bowl add sweet potatoes, remaining oil, and the remaining spices and mix until sweet potatoes are evenly coated.
- Pour coated sweet potatoes into prepared skillet and bake for 15 minutes. Gently stir potatoes and cook for an additional 20 minutes. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve.
Are roasted sweet potatoes good for you?
Yes! Sweet potatoes are a great way to obtain fiber and potassium in your diet. They are naturally a sweeter potato than a white potato and can help maintain a healthy blood pressure and have properties that can help protect against cancer.
Do you have to use a skillet for roasting sweet potatoes?
No, you can also use a sheet pan lined with parchment paper or sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and roast them the same way.
Benefits of sweet potatoes
Sweet potatoes are a great alternative to the standard white potato.
Very high in fiber, sweet potatoes help promote a health gut and brain.
What do you eat sweet potatoes with?
- hamburger steak
- steak fajitas
- marinated flank steak
- honey balsamic chicken and brussels sprouts
- brown butter pork tenderlion
- skillet pork chops
These oven roasted sweet potatoes are the perfect side dish to so many meals. They have amazing health benefits, are low in calories, and will taste amazing will very little effort at all.
Are you looking for more potato recipes?
- sheet pan roasted garlic chicken with potatoes and vegetables
- Sheet pan garlic butter roasted potatoes
- Creamy tuscan chicken and potatoes
- Garlic butter potatoes and sausage skillet
Want some easy skillet meal recipes?
- Teriyaki Meatball Stir Fry
- Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi
- Creamy Lemon Garlic Chicken Piccata
- BBQ Pulled Pork
- Crispy Honey Sriracha Chicken
- Sweet and Sour Chicken
What Are Some Popular Recipes?
- GARLIC BUTTER LOBSTER TAILS
- CROCK POT HAM AND POTATO SOUP
- SAUSAGE AND POTATO SOUP
- Bacon Wrapped Chicken With Jalapeno Cream Sauce
- Garlic Steak and Potato Foil
- BACON WRAPPED SCALLOPS PAN SEARED
- Parmesan Garlic Butter Shrimp Foil Packs
- Beef and barley soup
- Mashed potato soup,
- Slow cooker creamy sausage and potato soup
What are the most popular recipes families will love?
- Maple Glazed Salmon
- Sheet Pan Herb Garlic Butter Surf and Turf
- Garlic Butter Surf and Turf Skillet
- Coconut Shrimp
- Creamy Garlic Tomato Shrimp Pasta
- Lobster Fried Rice
- Shrimp Cobb Salad,
- baked meatballs in Guinness sauce
- Chocolate dipped peppermint brownies
- peppermint patty stuffed brownies
- Christmas Brownies
Looking for some dessert recipes? Try these!
- sugar cookie fruit pizza
- indoor S’mores
- the best sugar cookies
- easy peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies
- rocky road fudge
What are the most popular appetizers?
Appetizers are finger foods that get you prepared for the main course or make perfect munchies at parties. Here are a some great appetizer recipes:
- sheet pan chicken nachos
- sheet pan chili cheese nachos
- bacon ranch deviled eggs
- crescent pizza rolls
- cheesy pigs in a blanket
- crockpot honey garlic little smokies
- Cheesy ranch buffalo chicken dip
- Bacon wrapped scallops
- Stuffed jalapeno poppers
- Easy cheese ball
- spicy sausage cheese balls,
- Cheesy ranch buffalo chicken dip,
- Crescent pizza rolls
- Sweet and spicy crock pot party wing
- Sheet pan beef nachos,
- grilled ham and cheese on a stick
- easy cheese ball
- buffalo chicken meatballs
Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 cups sweet potatoes peeled and cubed
- 3 tbsp avocado or MCT oil divided
- 1 tsp chipotle pepper
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 1 tsp chili paste
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp cilantro chopped for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees and place 1 tbsp oil in a 12 inch skillet and massage the oil into the bottom and along the sides of the skillet and set aside.
- In a large bowl add sweet potatoes, remaining oil, and the remaining spices and mix until sweet potatoes are evenly coated.
- Pour coated sweet potatoes into prepared skillet and bake for 15 minutes. Gently stir potatoes and cook for an additional 20 minutes. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve.
