Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe
These savory roasted sweet potatoes are easy to make with 6 ingredients in 40 minutes! Oven roasted sweet potatoes are a simple & healthy side dish everyone loves!
Servings: 8 servings
Cost: $4
Ingredients
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- Extra olive oil for greasing the pans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease a large baking sheet (21” x 15”) generously with olive oil. Set aside.
- Combine spices in a small bowl, set aside.
- Cut sweet potatoes into ½” cubes and put them in a large mixing bowl.*
- Pour ¼ cup olive oil over the sweet potatoes, stir until they are evenly coated.
- Sprinkle the salt pepper, paprika and garlic powder over the potatoes and stir until evenly distributed.
- Spread the sweet potatoes evenly in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, stir, and bake an additional 15 minutes or until golden brown
- Remove from the oven and serve immediately.
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Notes
* Note: the thickness/size of the sweet potatoes will greatly affect baking time.
Ingredient Substitution Notes
- Sweet Potatoes. You can use yams, or purple or white sweet potatoes. Or, try this oven roasted potatoes recipe.
- Olive Oil. Any neutral oil works well including avocado or canola oil.
- Smoked Paprika. Regular (not smoked) paprika is a good substitute.
- Garlic Powder. I don't recommend substitutes for garlic powder.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 353mg | Potassium: 387mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 16119IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 1mg