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How to Roast Sweet Potatoes in the Oven

Audrey Sommer
Learn how to roast sweet potatoes in the oven in less than an hour! All it takes is an oven, a baking sheet, and some sweet potatoes. Once you try this tutorial on how to roast sweet potatoes, you'll never want to cook sweet potatoes another way!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 4 potatoes
Calories 194 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 baking sheet
  • oven

Ingredients
  

  • 4 medium-sized sweet potatoes see recipe notes

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400° F.
  • Take each sweet potato, run them under cold water and scrub them with a brush or your hands to get any extra dirt off of them. Once done, pat them with a towel to dry.
  • Poke holes all around each potato with a fork. This will help reduce the cooking time and provide natural venting for the steam.
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  • Next, line a baking sheet with foil or a silicone baking mat.
  • Place the potatoes on the baking sheet, and put them in the oven. Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft when pierced through with a fork or skewer.
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  • Once they are done cooking, take them out of the oven and let them cool to room temperature.
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  • If desired, once they’re cooled down, peel the skins off. During the cooking process, the skins will detach from the flesh of the potatoes, which will make it a lot easier to peel off. Just pinch a part of the skins off, which will leave a hole in the potato, put your finger underneath the skins, and slowly peel off the skins. You can also cut the potatoes in half, and grab onto the skin that way.
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Notes

  • With this recipe, you can use as many or as few sweet potatoes as you want. The cooking instructions will be the same regardless.
  • The time it takes for your sweet potatoes to bake will largely depend on their size. Small sweet potatoes can take anywhere from 35-45 minutes to bake, whereas larger sweet potatoes can take anywhere from 45-55 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition Facts
How to Roast Sweet Potatoes in the Oven
Serving Size
 
4
Amount per Serving
Calories
194
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
0.1
g
0
%
Saturated Fat
 
0.04
g
0
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
0.03
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
0.003
g
Sodium
 
124
mg
5
%
Potassium
 
762
mg
22
%
Carbohydrates
 
45
g
15
%
Fiber
 
7
g
29
%
Sugar
 
9
g
10
%
Protein
 
4
g
8
%
Vitamin A
 
32063
IU
641
%
Vitamin C
 
5
mg
6
%
Calcium
 
68
mg
7
%
Iron
 
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Calories
194
Serving Size
 
4
Nutrition Facts

These values were taken from a nutrition calculator.

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