foodchickie's chipotle smashed sweet potatoes
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Hello fellow Chefs! This recipe is very easy to prepare. The steamed sweet potatoes have a great mouth feel and temper the chipotle pepper in a way that makes the dish more savory than spicy. Those of you who love a little heat will love this recipe. This recipe can be increased you suit your needs. Just a note. Do not be fooled: Chipotles have a Scoville Unit Rating of 15,000 which 5,000 units hotter than your medium-hot Crushed Red. Please remember to use gloves when cooking with chilies.
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prep time
15 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
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yield
6 with leftovers
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes (washed and peeled)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
- 1 - chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (minced)
- 1 teaspoon adobo sauce (from can)
How To Make foodchickie's chipotle smashed sweet potatoes
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Step 1Cut washed and peeled sweet potatoes into 1 1/2 to 2 inch pieces.
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Step 2Place sweet potatoes in a steamer basket and put in stock pot with water 1 inch below steamer basket. Cover and Steam over medium-high heat for 20 minutes or until fork tender.
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Step 3Take steamer basket with sweet potatoes out of stock pot and empty water.
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Step 4Turn heat to low and dump sweet potatoes into stock pot and add butter.
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Step 5Smash with potato masher slightly* then add chipotle pepper and adobo sauce and mix thoroughly with a spatula or wooden spoon. *Potatoes will be slightly lumpy, you don't want them smooth (unless you like your sweet potatoes that way). Be sure the chipotle is mixed in well as you don't want a mouthful of this pepper.
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Category:
Vegetables
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Tag:
#Healthy
Diet:
Vegetarian
Keyword:
#sweet
Keyword:
#savory
Keyword:
#delicious
Keyword:
#spicy
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