Quick Baked Sweet Potatoes with Honey Recipe

Quick Baked Sweet Potatoes with Honey

This recipe for baked Quick Baked sweet potatoes with honey is a much quicker way to prepare sweet potatoes than the traditional baking method. Instead of having to bake them for more than an hour, with this technique, your sweet potatoes will be done in half the time!

This is not a traditional Mexican recipe, but I’m sharing it because I love baked sweet potatoes and thought that you might like this technique for making them quicker.

In Mexico, there are several ways for preparing sweet potatoes, and the most popular one is cooking them with a syrup made of Piloncillo and cinnamon. Another sweet potato dish that’s popular in the Yucatan region is a dessert made with a delicious mixture of sweet potato and coconut (it’s quite addictive!). You can find both of these recipes here.

Quick Baked Sweet Potatoes

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DIRECTIONS:

• Place the sweet potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Turn the heat to medium-high. Once the water starts boiling, reduce the heat and place the lid on the pot. Let simmer for 20 minutes; the sweet potatoes will be softened at the end of this time. (Please check the ingredients list below)
• Remove the sweet potatoes from the pot and place on a baking sheet. Bake in a preheated oven at 350º F for 10 minutes. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick: if it goes all the way through effortlessly, the sweet potatoes are ready.
• Place the potatoes on a serving dish or on individual plates. Cut a slit lengthwise in each sweet potato. Add the butter and drizzle with honey. Enjoy!

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Quick baked sweet potatoes

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

35 mins

 

This recipe for baked Quick Baked sweet potatoes with honey is a much quicker way to prepare sweet potatoes than the traditional baking method. Instead of having to bake them for more than an hour, with this technique, your sweet potatoes will be done in half the time!

Category dish type: Appetizers

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 147 kcal

Author: Mely Martínez – Mexico in my Kitchen

Ingredients

• 4 Medium size sweet potatoes
• 1 Tablespoon of butter per sweet potato
• 2 Teaspoons of honey per sweet potato

Instructions

1. Place the sweet potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Turn the heat to medium-high. Once the water starts boiling, reduce the heat and place the lid on the pot. Let simmer for 20 minutes; the sweet potatoes will be softened at the end of this time.
2. Remove the sweet potatoes from the pot and place on a baking sheet. Bake in a preheated oven at 350º F for 10 minutes. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick: if it goes all the way through effortlessly, the sweet potatoes are ready.
3. Place the potatoes on a serving dish or on individual plates. Cut a slit lengthwise in each sweet potato. Add the butter and drizzle with honey. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Quick baked sweet potatoes

Amount Per Serving (1 Sweet Potato)

Calories 147 Calories from Fat 18

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 2g 3%

Saturated Fat 1g 5%

Cholesterol 7mg 2%

Sodium 96mg 4%

Potassium 438mg 13%

Total Carbohydrates 29g 10%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 8g

Protein 2g 4%

Vitamin A 370.6%

Vitamin C 3.8%

Calcium 3.9%

Iron 4.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Provecho!

Mely!

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