588950 Sun Jan 18 19:17:48 -0800 2009 29 31 Home Cooking 0 4337670 I bought a big bag of sweet potatoes and am not sure what to do with them besides baked sweet potato fries. We don't care for the casserole with sugar or marshmallows or syrup on top. Does anyone have any recipes for savory recipes? TIA as always, Hounds!! Sun Jan 18 19:17:48 -0800 2009 43709 coffee_addict 1 4337686 Nigella Lawson has a great sweet potato and chickpea curry http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/03/recipe_of_the_w_9.php Sun Jan 18 19:25:26 -0800 2009 4337670 15175 Produce Addict 1 4337702 Here's a great recipe, much like the curry below. The whole family likes this one. Red Lentil and Sweet Potato Curry with Warm Pita Bread 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 medium onion, chopped Coarse sea salt or kosher salt 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks 1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and chopped 1 large or 2 small garlic cloves, chopped 1 tbsp curry powder 1 bay leaf 1 ½ cups red lentils Pita bread 1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. In a saucepan or kettle, bring 3 ½ cups of water to a boil. 2. In a large saucepan over high heat, warm the oil. Add the onion and a pinch of salt and sauté, stirring occasionally, until the onion softens, and 3 to 4 minutes. 3. Add the sweet potato, ginger, garlic, curry powder and bay leaf and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour in the boiling water and stir in the lentils. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until the lentils break down and the sweet potatoes are tender, 18 to 20 minutes. Season with salt. 4. While the potatoes and lentils are cooking, wrap a stack of pita breads in a slightly damp cotton towel, and place in oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Serves 4 Fresh Food Fast by Peter Berley ::Amazon Sun Jan 18 19:36:25 -0800 2009 4337670 45208 somervilleoldtimer 1 4337724 Sweet potato hash: cut 2 - 3 strips of bacon into 1/2" slices and fry till crisp. Remove and either pour out bacon grease or add olive oil to make about 2 - 3 Tbsp left in the pan. Saute a small diced onion and/or a small diced red bell pepper till wilted. Add a little thyme if you have some. With the onion and pepper still in the pan, add a couple big peeled and diced sweet potatoes and cook till the potatoes are soft. Add the bacon back in, correct the seasoning, and serve. Serves 4 - 6, depending on what else is on the menu. This makes great leftovers the next day, too. Sun Jan 18 19:42:06 -0800 2009 4337670 164177 Erika L 1 4337923 I've been making a great yeasted sweet potato bread with mashed sweet potato. Sun Jan 18 22:01:42 -0800 2009 4337670 14047 TerriL 2 4967030 That sounds good, could you share the recipe please? Fri Aug 21 17:47:36 -0700 2009 4337923 215278 corneygirl 1 4337990 Try this: sweet potatoes red bell pepper red onion brussel sprouts small white potatoes garlic cloves Cut everything into somewhat uniform chunks. Toss with oil, salt and pepper, and roast at 400 until everything is tender and beginning to brown. I sometimes include chicken thighs dusted with smoked paprika or pieces of linguica. Sun Jan 18 23:35:51 -0800 2009 4337670 67706 WCchopper 1 4964856 i'm so looking forward to sweet potatoes this autumn. i came across this site for sweet potato recipes, and it has appetizers, soups, mains, desserts, vegetarian dishes, & sides from north carolina, and some additional recipes listed in the pop-up menu for the u.k., with translations into german, spanish and french! http://www.ncsweetpotatoes.com/component/garyscookbook/ so many look delicious. for example, in the north carolina recipes' appetizers section, there were some tasty recipes for sweet potato balls, sweet potato butter, and this candy that looks like peanut butter fudge! http://www.ncsweetpotatoes.com/index.php?option=com_garyscookbook&Itemid=130&func=detail&id=116 (you may ask, "why was the candy in the apps section"? um....because you eat it before anything else? ;-)). also, if you peruse the recipes, you'll find a variety of styles, from down-home to upscale. see, e.g., this sweet potato panna cotta with lemongrass soup. http://www.ncsweetpotatoes.com/component/garyscookbook/index.php?option=com_garyscookbook&Itemid=0&func=detail&id=83 oh, and looky here: sweet potato gnocchi with mascarpone cheese! http://www.ncsweetpotatoes.com/component/garyscookbook/index.php?option=com_garyscookbook&Itemid=0&func=detail&id=92 Fri Aug 21 05:47:47 -0700 2009 4337670 105717 alkapal 1 4964877 I've been doing this recipe for crash hot potatoes, only with sweet potatoes cut into pieces. Depending on what I'm making, I change the seasoning but it's really good w/ chipotle powder. The hot oven is important to give it the nice crunchy caramelized pieces. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/ Fri Aug 21 05:56:25 -0700 2009 4337670 39874 chowser 2 4964891 chowser. i love pioneer woman, and you for bringing this recipe to my attention! while it is in a way "obvious", i've never done it -- and those squashed taters are how i like to eat them! and the nice thing, they cook more quickly due to their "smashedness". ;-). Fri Aug 21 06:05:01 -0700 2009 4964877 105717 alkapal 3 4965521 It was greygarious's question first about sweet potatoes. It's great--crispy bits of sweetness and w/ chipotle, it's that much better. Mmmm. Fri Aug 21 09:21:56 -0700 2009 4964891 39874 chowser 1 4964895 I make this recipe once or twice per year folks rave about it. It doesn't get super-high, so if that is what you want in a souffle, maybe a 1.5 qt. dish would work better. But it does rise and puff up. Sweet Potato Soufflé 2 lb sweet potatoes ½ cup grated Romano cheese 3 Tbsp unsalted butter 1 onion, minced 1 ½ cups milk 3 Tbsp flour ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg ¼ tsp ground allspice ¼ tsp ground ginger 6 eggs, separated 1 cup shredded Gruyère cheese Salt and pepper Bake or nuke potatoes until done. Scrape out pulp into bowl and mash to form smooth puree. Preheat oven to 375. Butter 2-qt soufflé dish and dust bottom and sides with ¼ cup Romano cheese. In large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add onions and sauté until soft (about 10 minutes). In small saucepan over medium heat, warm milk until small bubbles appear along edges of pan. Remove from heat. Add flour to onions and cook, stirring constantly, about 3 minutes. Do not brown. Whisk in milk all at once and simmer, continuing to whisk, until thickened (2-3 minutes). Remove from heat and stir in spices. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each. Add sweet potato puree and Gruyere cheese and stir until well blended. Season with salt and pepper. Beat egg whites until they just hold stiff peaks. Using a rubber spatula, fold ¼ of the whites into sweet potato mixture to lighten it. Then gently fold in remaining whites until no white streaks remain. Pour into soufflé dish and sprinkle rest of Romano cheese on top. Bake until puffed and golden, about 45-50 minutes. Serve immediately. Source: Autumn, by Joanne Weir (Williams-Sonoma cookbook) Fri Aug 21 06:06:28 -0700 2009 4337670 131171 nofunlatte 1 4964961 It's hardly a summer dish, but I often make a gratin of sweet potatoes, onions, beets and blue cheese. Not the prettiest food on your plate, but the interplay of the sweet and tangy is a knockout. Fri Aug 21 06:32:17 -0700 2009 4337670 130151 dmd_kc 1 4965075 I love sweet potato gnocchi! If you have ricotta, you can use this as well to make them creamier. Here's a recipe: http://www.tastypalettes.com/2009/02/sweet-potato-gnocchi.html Or this one, with ricotta: http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/10/20/sweet-potato-gnocchi/ Fri Aug 21 07:07:17 -0700 2009 4337670 240789 Paula76 1 4965260 It's not really a recipe but it makes a quick and easy side - I loved to do a baked sweet potato and sprinkle on chili powder, salt and pepper; no butter, cheese, bacon or sour cream necessary. Fri Aug 21 08:08:14 -0700 2009 4337670 199621 cookie44 1 4965289 Cubes of sweet potatoes, beets, butternut squash, and onion roasted until soft in the middle crisp on the edges. You can spice it any way you like, but I like to add in chopped cilantro at the last minute. Fri Aug 21 08:18:54 -0700 2009 4337670 217807 cheesecake17 2 4965294 ditto - one of my favorite recipes - I like rosemary and olive oil.... Fri Aug 21 08:22:02 -0700 2009 4965289 124908 jeanmarieok 1 4965338 This is one that I always make at Christmas - it's good hot, cold, or fried up into little patties. Peel and cube sweet potatoes and boil until tender. Meanwhile, fry some lardons until brown. Remove from pan. In the bacon grease, fry a chopped onion and a chopped clove or two of garlic. Once they're translucent, add to bacon. Drain and mash sweet potatoes. Add bacon/onion mix to mash, season, add some chopped rosemary (although sage is also good) and a good handful of grated Parmesan. Transfer to a baking dish, top with more Parmesan and bake until golden and bubbly. Fri Aug 21 08:33:19 -0700 2009 4337670 278820 juniper77 1 4965883 Sweet potato Oven Fries with cayenne peppper. Just use sweet potatoes, a little oil and cayenne pepper. Cut in french fry shapes, spinkle with cayenne, bake on generously oiled foil, flip often, allow to carmelize a litte. The sweet, hot, taste with the soft crispy texture is better than dessert. Fri Aug 21 11:06:23 -0700 2009 4337670 41181 Rhee 1 4966260 I like to do a riff on the traditional oven baked fries by adding in 5 spice powder. The result is really tasty. The instructions from a Chowhound thread on how to achieve really crispy oven baked fries work so well I don't think I'll ever have to deep fry them again. http://www.phoo-d.com/2009/07/five-spice-sweet-potato-fries.html Phoo-D Fri Aug 21 12:59:22 -0700 2009 4337670 226727 Phoo_d 1 4966756 I've pureed them with ginger and goat cheese, salt and pepper to taste, then bake until the top starts to brown a bit. My "newer" recipe is sweet potatoes cubed into bite-sized pieces, tossed with olive oil, salt, pepper, and herbs, then roasted in the oven. Yummy! Fri Aug 21 15:41:03 -0700 2009 4337670 237929 tracylee 1 4966794 I've done a sweet potato gratin. Place a layer of thin sliced potato into your dish Scatter some unsalted butter that has been cut into small pieces and some shredded gruyere. My favorite part ... to the cream add 2-3 Hatch or Big Jim chilies that have been roasted, peeled, sliced and/or diced, season the mixture with a salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle a few tablespoonfuls over the cheese, making sure to get some of the chile dice. Continue layering until all the ingredients are used up. Bake at 350 degree oven until the potatoes are tender and have absorbed all the cream. I made this one thanksgiving many moons ago and has been a favorite ever since. Fri Aug 21 15:59:41 -0700 2009 4337670 102410 AntarcticWidow 1 4966804 I've also made sweet-potato cloverleaf rolls flavored with orange. They are a yeasted roll. Probably more autumnal, though. Fri Aug 21 16:06:26 -0700 2009 4337670 131171 nofunlatte 1 4966896 I'm going to post this sweet potato soup that I am almost 100% sure I copied down from this board in '06 or '07 but darned if I can find that original post...it is DELICIOUS but I would like to find that original post!!! "Brown 1 chopped onion in some oil, add 1 large fresh chopped jalapeno and 10 cloves garlic, crushed with chopped cilantro and lime zest. Deglaze with ginger juice, soy sauce, fish sauce and chicken stock to cover 2 sweet potatoes diced. Simmer, covered and then mash the sweet potatoes when they are cooked. Add fresh lime juice and more fresh chopped cilantro." Those are my notes...I've tried googling this and also doing a search on this website, which is so bad...I figured if I searched by 'ginger juice' it would come up, but no....it does not. ARGH! YAY...found it ... by rednyellow....this is so good! I'm making it tomorrow! Here's his exact post and please disregard my "notes"---sheesh! I really must have been in a hurry but I remember co-workers saying "What are you eating? It smells so good!"--I'm sure it was the 10 cloves of garlic!!! "I made a spicy yam soup. It came out fantastic. I browned a large onion and added 2 minced habaneros, 10 cloves of garlic, a bunch of minced cilantro stems and 2 lime's zest. I deglazed with white wine and addede ginger juice, mushroom soy, fish sauce and chicken stock to cover two large yams diced. I simmered for about 30 min, mashed with a potato masher and stirred in off heat the juice from the limes and a handfull of cilantro leaves." Fri Aug 21 16:51:33 -0700 2009 4337670 11983 Val 2 4967617 i wonder if rednyellow used sweet potatoes or "true yams" like they have in the caribbean? Sat Aug 22 03:41:37 -0700 2009 4966896 105717 alkapal 3 4967677 Not sure but both times when I made this, I used sweet potatoes, not yams. Sat Aug 22 05:36:00 -0700 2009 4967617 11983 Val 1 4967069 Chipotle matches beautifully with the flavor of sweet potatoes....here's an old thread for how to combine the two into delicious: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/322291 Fri Aug 21 18:00:27 -0700 2009 4337670 67581 4Snisl 2 4967518 Totally agree. Chipotles and sweet potatoes were made for each other. Fri Aug 21 23:20:06 -0700 2009 4967069 81822 Old Spice 1 4967571 Burritos w/ Sage and Beans cook potatoes and chop up cook onions til translucent, then add chopped bell pepper, soften and add minced garlic clove mix in sweet potato, chile powder and cumin then mix in black beans (cooked, rinsed) and the zest of a navel orange add fresh sage leaves and chipotle hot sauce to taste fill warmed tortillas and serve with salsa if desired (i'll put sundried tomatoes inside too) Grilled Sweet Pots w/ Pancetta http://cookincanuck.blogspot.com/2009/08/grilled-sweet-potatoes-with-pancetta.html Sat Aug 22 00:48:10 -0700 2009 4337670 15572 Emme 1 4968341 This is very good and simple - complements of Eat_Nopal: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/481242#3548001 I make this and various spin-offs, all of them have become week night favorites! Sat Aug 22 12:30:12 -0700 2009 4337670 111267 meatn3