Oven-Baked Sweet Potato is a buttery appetizer with sweet potato. It is baked beautifully with butter and it a yummy snack or appetizer.
Oven-baked sweet potato is a buttery delight made with butter and garlic. It is perfect to be baked in an oven. As it gets baked in the oven the butter and garlic blend well and coats beautifully over the sweet potatoes. Finally, the lemon grass gives a very subtle flavor but it's pleasant. You can even add Chilli flakes or even Italian seasoning as well.
It is an perfect winter dish to go with some hot Coffee or Tea.
Few Other Sweet Potato recipes in blog
How to prepare Oven Baked Sweet Potato , Pictorial
1) Peel the skin of the sweet potato and then Slice the Sweet potato into small cubes.
2) In a mixing bowl add in the butter and then add in the grated garlic. Mix well until the butter and garlic are combined evenly. Add a pinch of salt.
3) Now to this add in the cubed sweet potato and toss well in the butter and garlic . Finally add in the dried lemon grass and toss well.
4) Line a baking tray with parchment paper and spread the butter tossed garlic . Spread evenly such that the butter and garlic are not sticking to each other.
5) Preheat the oven at 180 Deg C for about 10 mins and then bake them at 180 Deg C for about 30 mins or till the sweet potato turn soft.
6) Serve hot as an appetizer.
Oven Baked Sweet Potato
Standard 1 cup measures 240 ml
Ingredients
- ¼ kg Sweet Potato
- 3 tbsp Butter
- 6 Garlic pods
- 1 tbsp Lemongrass dried
Instructions
- Peel the skin of the sweet potato and then Slice the Sweet potato into small cubes.
- In a mixing bowl add in the butter and then add in the grated garlic. Mix well until the butter and garlic are combined evenly. Add a pinch of salt.
- Now to this add in the cubed sweet potato and toss well in the butter and garlic . Finally add in the dried lemon grass and oss well.
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper and spread the butter tossed garlic . Spread evenly such that the butter and garlic are not sticking to each other.
- Preheat the oven at 180 Deg C for about 10 mins and then bake them at 180 Deg C for about 30 mins or till the sweet potato turn soft.
- Serve hot as an appetizer.
Radha
I love steamed sweet potatoes. These oven baked ones should be equally tastier. You recipe is simple and neat. I would love it as a healthy snack.
Vaishali
Interesting flavours for a sweet potato ! Lemon grass , garlic and butter ! Awesome ! Must be really delicious ! I have always made it with simple chat masala and lemon , oil / butter free , but this recipe sounds super .
Sowmya
I love baked sweet potato. This idea of adding garlic is fabulous. I will try that asap! So glad to have done this Bakeathon with you! Looking forward to more such amazing recipes in 2021!!
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth
I am intrigued by these buttery baked sweet potatoes. I am tempted to come running in, poke a fork and enjoy a couple of them... Sounds super interesting...