These Garlic Honey Roasted Sweet Potatoes are a sweet and savory side dish of cubed sweet potatoes that are perfectly seasoned and glazed with butter, honey, and garlic!
Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are a fantastic and versatile ingredient that I feel isn’t given enough spotlight. They’re perfect and tasty even when baked with just a drizzle of butter. However, this recipe elevates the humble sweet potato with a mind-blowing sauce of butter, honey, and fresh garlic, creating a caramelized, tender bite you won’t be able to resist!
Why You’ll Love These Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Easy Prep: Chop the sweet potatoes, toss them with seasonings and butter, and bake.
Budget-Friendly: The recipe is made with readily available and inexpensive ingredients.
Adaptable: Ideal for various meals, from a hearty breakfast to a dinner side dish.
Recipe Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes: This recipe is for 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes.
Butter: You’ll need 5 tablespoons of butter for the sauce. Salted or unsalted is fine.
Fresh Garlic: Mince or press about four cloves of garlic.
Honey: You’ll need 3 tablespoons of honey or substitute with brown sugar or maple syrup.
Dried Rosemary: Optional, but I like the extra flavor that it adds to this side dish.
Uniform Size: Cut the potatoes, trying to get each cube roughly the same size for even cooking.
Microwave: If you are having trouble cutting up the sweet potatoes, try microwaving them for just a minute to soften them a bit.
Cook Until Tender: Sweet potatoes vary, so the given cook time is an estimate. Feel free to roast your sweet potatoes longer, if necessary, until they are fork-tender.
Substitutes: Try using yams or butternut squash as an alternative to sweet potatoes.
Flavors: Add spices such as onion powder, cumin, or paprika. For heat lovers, add a dash of red pepper flakes.
Herb Variations: Experiment with any blend of dried herbs like oregano, thyme, or parsley.
Serving Suggestions
This is a side dish that goes with pretty much anything. I love the combination of roasted sweet potatoes and my Christmas Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze. Another favorite is this Cheesy Squash and Zucchini Casserole and my simple Puff Pastry Cheese Sticks recipe.
How to Store and Reheat Leftovers
Place leftovers in airtight containers and store them in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 4 months. To reheat, thaw in the refrigerator (if frozen). Then, place on a sheet pan and bake at 375˚F until heated through.
Garlic Honey Roasted Sweet Potatoes are a sweet and savory side dish of cubed sweet potatoes that are perfectly seasoned and glazed with butter, honey, and garlic!
Transfer the cubed sweet potatoes to a rimmed baking sheet and set aside.
Melt the butter, then whisk the garlic and honey into the melted butter. Drizzle the butter mixture over the potatoes; season with rosemary, salt, and pepper and toss to coat evenly.
Arrange the sweet potatoes in one single layer and roast for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender.
Remove from oven. Taste them for salt and pepper and adjust accordingly.
Serve.
Notes
It’s important to cut the sweet potatoes into even-sized 1-inch chunks so that they will cook evenly.
Experiment with the herbs. If you don’t like rosemary, use dried thyme or oregano.
Spice it up and add paprika or chili powder to the melted butter.
Store leftovers in an airtight container and keep them in the fridge for up to 3 days or the freezer for up to 3 months.
Boiling may actually retain most of the antioxidant power of sweet potatoes, compared to roasting and steaming. If we compare baking to boiling microscopically, boiling helps thin out the cell walls and gelatinize the starch, which may enhance the bioavailability of nutrients.
The main reasons for soggy sweet potato wedges are: overcrowding the baking sheet, not tossing in enough oil, having too thick sized wedges, and not roasting at a high enough heat.
I've found that sweet potatoes really need space for a truly roasted, crisped-edge result. Aim for about one inch of space between pieces. This leads to good, dry, hot airflow that will let the potato pieces' moisture evaporate while letting them dry and crisp up more.
While all sweet potatoes contain vitamin A, the orange variety has substantially more of it. Beta-carotene and vitamin C help regulate your immune system and boost your body's natural protection against infections.
Sweet potatoes are often touted as being healthier than white potatoes, but in reality, both types can be highly nutritious. While regular and sweet potatoes are comparable in their calorie, protein, and carb content, white potatoes provide more potassium, whereas sweet potatoes are incredibly high in vitamin A.
The cold water bath helps rinse the starch off the sweet potatoes so they're a bit more crispy. That said, if you do not have the time, you can still get crispy baked sweet potato fries by using high heat and a little drizzle of olive oil.
Unfortunately, yes! If your sweet potatoes cook too long in the oven they can overbake and become dry. The insides will become mushy. Moving your sweet potato cubes around and checking them periodically can help avoid overcooking.
The longer and slower you cook a sweet potato, the more maltose is formed and the sweeter it will taste. So if you want a much less sweet potato try steaming it, or cut it into small pieces and roast on a higher heat.
One of the phenols, called chlorogenic acid, is the culprit that makes sweet potatoes, and sometimes, regular potatoes darken when they're cooked. The chlorogenic acid combines with iron ions in the potato and oxygen absorbed from the atmosphere and cooking water, creating the dark pigment.
If the potato is still firm when squeezed, that means it needs to cook more. Baked sweet potatoes can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Reheat for 2 minutes in the microwave, at 400°F in the air fryer for 5 minutes, or at 400°F in the oven for 10 minutes.
Sweet-tasting tuberous roots of sweet potato are well-rounded nutritional powerhouses with a great deal of dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants [15]. Therefore, eating raw sweet potato can effectively contribute to weight loss. However, selecting a raw sweet potato with a good flavor can be challenging.
For a topping, stick to butter, Greek yogurt, or sour cream, or try adding a dollop of cilantro lime dressing, tzatziki, chipotle sauce, pesto, guacamole, or a drizzle of tahini sauce. If you have leftover baked sweet potatoes, save the soft flesh for another recipe.
Sweet potatoes contain high amounts of oxalates that may increase the risk of calcium-oxalate kidney stones. Sweet potatoes contain beta-carotene, and their excessive consumption can lead to hypervitaminosis A (vitamin A toxicity), in which excess vitamin A accumulates in the liver.
Sweetpotatoes tend to pair nicely with pork, pork chops and other pork dishes. This sheet pan pork chops and sweetpotatoes are a favorite! Whether you're looking for color to complement the plate, or a sweet, chewy texture for the pork chops to blend with, sweetpotatoes are a natural option.
Cooked sweet potatoes are higher in sugar, as the heat turns starches into maltose for easier digestion, providing a sweeter flavor than raw sweet potatoes [13]. More sugar increases blood sugar after eating, causing concerns about blood pressure and diabetes [14].
It's really the best way. Microwaving sweet potatoes cuts down cook time by 45 to 55 minutes, and, according to a 2018 study, helps maintain the potato's nutritional value. All cooking methods cause foods to lose some of their nutrients, but the quicker your potato cooks, the more nutrients it will retain.
Steaming is also one of the best ways to keep sweet potatoes' nutrients intact; their naturally high vitamin, potassium, fiber, and beta-carotene content won't be burned off in a steamer basket. Both boiling and steaming also keeps the potatoes' glycemic index down, meaning less of a blood sugar spike for you.
Introduction: My name is Terence Hammes MD, I am a inexpensive, energetic, jolly, faithful, cheerful, proud, rich person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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