Roast Sweet Potato with Lime and Chipotle

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Ingredients/ Instructions

Ingredients

• 3 sweet potatoes
• 1 large juicy lime
• 1 tbl Chipotle chili powder
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp olive oil

Instructions

Step 1

Halve the lime, and squeeze the juicy into a mixing bowl. Add 1 tbl Chipotle chili powder,
1 1/2 tsp salt, and 1 1/2 tsp olive oil. Mix well.

Step 2

Peel the potatoes, cut off the end. Cut each potato into half, then each half into half,
then again cut the half you get into half. Cut all the potato strips into 3 pieces.

Step 3

Preheat oven to 375F. Put the sweet potato pieces into the mixing bowl with the sauce.
Give it a toss. Place a baking map on a baking sheet, Put the potato pieces on the sheet.
Spread them out evenly. Bake for 30 minutes at 375F.

Step 4

After 30 minutes, Return the pieces back to the mixing bowl. Give it a toss. Add a pinch of salt,
some Chipotle chili powder and a little bit olive oil. Toss well.

Step 5

Return the potato pieces back to the baking sheet.
Spread them out evenly. Bake for 12 minutes at 450F.

Comments

• John - Wed 10 Feb 2010 @ 16:44

  OK, let’s clear up a bit of culinary confusion. In the produce department of your local grocery store, they sell both sweet potatoes and yams. The fact is they are all actually sweet potatoes. Some varieties of sweet potatoes, like Beauregard and Garnet, are often marketed as “yams.” So, in the clip when I say that you can use sweet potatoes or yams, what I’m really saying is you can use any variety of sweet potato available for this recipe. True yams are native to Africa and Asia and are rarely, if ever, seen in our markets.

• John - Wed 10 Feb 2010 @ 16:44

  This simple roasted sweet potato video recipe is a perfect side dish to all those great, grilled classics you’ll be cooking up this summer. I’m sure you already know how much better for you the good old sweet potato is than the regular russet. Not only are they much higher in fiber, complex carbohydrates, protein and vitamins, but they also taste good. It’s a win win. I hope you’ve got your silicon baking mat ready, as it makes this recipe a snap as you’ll see in the video. Of course, you can really spice these up with a bit more Chipotle than I used, but the tablespoon I put in gives it just the right kick, plus that wonderful, slightly smoky flavor. By the way, the lime Chipotle mixture we create to start the dish is actually an example of a Citronette, which we explored in another recipe clip. If you haven’t seen that one, I’ve linked it in so you can check it out. Enjoy!