5 from 15 votes
Miso Baked Sweet Potatoes
This recipe features baked sweet potatoes topped with a flavorful miso glaze combining miso paste, coconut oil, sriracha, soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, and dried ginger. After baking until tender, the sweet potatoes are broiled with the glaze to create a caramelized finish, then garnished with scallions and toasted sesame seeds for added freshness and crunch.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings:
4
Calories:
182 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- 4 sweet potato or 2 medium, small
- 1 tablespoon miso paste
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon sriracha
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon dried ginger
- 2 scallions sliced thinly
- sesame seeds toasted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Scrub sweet potatoes a prick them all over with a fork.
- Put sweet potatoes on a baking sheet or oven-safe skillet.
- Bake for 40 minutes, or until fork-tender. (If using larger potatoes, baking time will be longer)
- In a bowl, whisk together the miso paste, coconut oil, sriracha, soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, and ginger.
- Remove sweet potatoes from the oven. Turn off the oven, and turn on the broiler to high.
- Cut sweet potatoes in half lengthwise and return to the baking sheet, cut sides up.
- Brush the miso mixture generously over each sweet potato half
- Return the pan to the oven and broil until sweet potatoes begin to caramelize about 5 minutes.
- Remove pan from the oven and top each sweet potato half with scallions and garnish with sesame seeds.
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Notes
- Use gluten-free miso paste and soy sauce to keep the recipe gluten-free.
- Swap coconut sugar for honey to make the glaze vegan-friendly.
- You can bake the sweet potatoes ahead of time and reheat before applying the miso glaze and broiling.
Nutrition Information
Calories
182kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
33g
(11%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Sodium
569mg
(24%)
Potassium
473mg
(10%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
18503IU
(370%)
Vitamin C
7mg
(8%)
Calcium
43mg
(4%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 182
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 182kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 33g | 11% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Sodium | 569mg | 24% |
| Potassium | 473mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 18503IU | 370% |
| Vitamin C | 7mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 43mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.