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How to Make the BEST Baked Sweet Potatoes
This guide details roasting whole sweet potatoes with skin on at 400°F until they become tender with papery peels. Once cooled, the potatoes are sliced open, peeled back, and lightly mashed before seasoning for serving. The method yields soft, flavorful sweet potatoes ideal as a side or base ingredient.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings:
4
Calories:
194 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 4 sweet potato
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Place the potatoes on a foil-lined baking sheet, whole with the skin on, and roast for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until soft and the peels are papery and pulling away from the flesh. Let them rest until they're cool enough to handle. Then take a knife to slice them down the middle, peel the jacket to the sides, give them a little mash, and season.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
4g
Calories
194kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
45g
(15%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
124mg
(5%)
Potassium
762mg
(16%)
Fiber
7g
(28%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
32063IU
(641%)
Vitamin C
5mg
(6%)
Calcium
68mg
(7%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 194
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 4g | |
| Calories | 194kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 45g | 15% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 124mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 762mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 32063IU | 641% |
| Vitamin C | 5mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 68mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.