Description
Ina Garten’s roasted sweet potatoes with chipotle orange butter create a bold fusion of smoky and citrus flavors. Spicy, tangy butter melts over caramelized potatoes, offering you a memorable side dish that elevates any meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 small sweet potatoes
- 113 g (¼ pound/1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tbsps pure maple syrup
- 1 tbsp minced canned chipotle pepper (in adobo sauce)
- 1 tbsp adobo sauce (from the can)
- ½ tsp grated orange zest
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F and line a sheet pan with aluminum foil for effortless cleanup and optimal roasting surface.
- Potato Preparation: Pierce sweet potatoes multiple times with a sharp knife to facilitate steam release and prevent potential internal pressure buildup during roasting.
- Roasting Process: Arrange punctured sweet potatoes evenly on the foil-lined pan, ensuring consistent heat distribution and thorough cooking for approximately one hour until tender when pierced with a knife.
- Chipotle Orange Butter Creation: Combine unsalted butter, maple syrup, minced chipotle pepper, adobo sauce, orange zest, salt, and black pepper in an electric mixer, blending until smooth and homogeneous.
- Butter Shaping: Transfer butter mixture onto parchment paper, forming a compact log and refrigerating for at least 15 minutes to solidify and enhance flavor melding.
- Potato Finishing: After roasting, create a lengthwise slit in each potato, gently pressing ends to open, then season with additional salt and black pepper.
- Serving Technique: Slice chilled chipotle orange butter into portions and place inside each roasted sweet potato, allowing the warm potato to melt the butter and release its complex, spicy-sweet flavor profile.
Notes
- Puncture with Care: Carefully pierce sweet potatoes multiple times to prevent potential steam buildup and avoid explosive roasting mishaps.
- Butter Blending Technique: Use an electric mixer to create a smooth, uniform chipotle orange butter with consistent flavor distribution.
- Chilling is Crucial: Refrigerate butter log for at least 15 minutes to ensure proper texture and easier slicing for elegant presentation.
- Serving Suggestion: Serve immediately while potatoes are hot to experience the luxurious melting of spicy-sweet butter throughout the dish.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Roasting
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 215
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg