Garlic Roasted Sweet Potatoes
These garlic roasted sweet potatoes have completely won me over. They are packed with flavor and go well with so many main dishes.
Ingredients
- 6-7 cups peeled, cubed sweet potatoes and/or yams 2 to 2 ½ pounds, or about 3 medium or 2 large
- 3 large cloves fresh garlic minced, see note
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt see note
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 to 4 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a half baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
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In a large bowl combine peeled sweet potatoes/yams, fresh minced garlic, salt, pepper, and olive oil and mix well.
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Spread evenly on parchment-lined baking sheet and bake in preheated 425 degree oven for 20 minutes.
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Remove pan from oven and turn sweet potatoes with a spatula. Sprinkle a bit more olive oil if the potatoes look dry. Then return to oven and roast an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender and starting to turn golden on the edges.
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Serve sweet potatoes warm or at room temperature. Delicious reheated as leftovers also.
Recipe Notes
1. Technically the things they call "yams" in the store are really sweet potatoes - check out this post on sweet pecan yams for more info.
2. Using fresh garlic is super important! Don't sub with the refrigerated minced kind or the flavor will not be the same.
3. You can use any type of coarse salt here (or regular salt if you don’t have coarse salt), but the coarse sea salt is my favorite.
4. This recipe is super simple (and we love it that way), but you can easily create variations by adding seasonings. I'd love to hear what you try! Italian seasoning, chipotle or chile powder, the options are endless.