How do you cook sweet potatoes?

Answer 1

Boiled Sweet Potatoes:

Peel the sweet potatoes and cut into pieces. Cover with water and boil approximately 20 minutes or until very tender. Check for tenderness with a knife or fork.

Baked Sweet Potatoes:

-Wash sweet potatoes

-Brush each potato with vegetable oil (lightly)

-Arrange on oven rack or on a cookie sheet

-Bake at 450 degrees F for 35 to 45 minutes or until fork tender

-Cut the top of the potato open and softly squish to open it up

-Sprinkle with salt and pepper

-Add butter

-Serve

Cooking time will actually depend on the size of the potato, so timing may be shorter or longer.

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Answer 2

A great way to cook them is to bake them.

Bake sweet potatoes in their jackets. Wash, cut off the ends and bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 40 to 60 minutes (depending on the size of the potatoes and how firm you want them to be). Bake the potatoes on a baking sheet; the sugars in the potatoes can drip out and burn on the floor of your oven.

OR

Wrap peeled or unpeeled sweet potatoes loosely in plastic wrap (prick with a fork in a few places first) and microwave 10 to 15 minutes or until tender. (Use the Potato setting if your microwave has one.)

ALSO TRY

Boil or steam peeled or unpeeled sweet potatoes, either cut into chunks or not, until tender. The time will vary depending on the size of the potatoes or chunks - from 5 minutes for small chunks to 30 minutes for whole potatoes.