Move over mashed sweet potatoes! These smashed sweet potatoes, sweet and tender on the inside with crispy outer edges, are our new favourite side dish. An incredible side dish to go with your garlic herb roast chicken or garlic roast turkey!
This no-fail crispy sweet potato dish came to me after roasting our Crispy Garlic Butter Parmesan Smashed Potatoes. Normally, sweet potatoes are roasted in the oven either cubed (like our classic roasted sweet potatoes), or in halves (like these cheesy garlic sweet potatoes). However, smashing them takes them to a whole other level! Since sweet potatoes have such a different texture to normal potatoes, I tried and tested these smashed potatoes before posting the recipe to ensure you have the greatest success. These are INSANELY delicious.
HOW TO MAKE SMASHED SWEET POTATOES
In testing these, I tried two different methods.
- Baking them first until fork tender, smashing on the same tray (less washing up — lazy person confession), and roasting to crispy perfection.
OR 2. Boiling them first, draining each piece, then placing them on a tray, smashing, and baking to crisp perfection. Either way, you can’t go wrong. Personally, I prefer the boil method first, as they seem to almost caramelise in their own natural sweetness while boiling before baking. I also found gently smashing them with a fork was much easier than using a potato masher. A potato masher can mash and destroy the potatoes. You may have to mould them a little into shape after smashing them, because they are much softer than the average potato.
Then drizzle with melted garlic butter…
…then broil (or grill) for another 10 – 15 minutes, and mentally prepare yourself for the BEST smashed sweet potatoes you will ever try in this lifetime.
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