Whipped Cardamom Sweet Potatoes recipe

All Recipes Side Dish Vegetables Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

5 pounds sweet potatoes
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
salt and pepper to taste
1 quart vegetable oil for frying
¾ pound thinly sliced shallots

Nutrition Info

474 calories
carbohydrate: 64.3 g
cholesterol: 30.5 mg
fat: 22.7 g
fiber: 8.8 g
protein: 5.7 g
saturatedFat: 8.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 162.8 mg
sugar: 13.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  2. Prick sweet potatoes with a fork. Bake for 1 hour or until tender, reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).

  3. Scoop potato flesh out of skins and place into a mixing bowl. Slowly beat in the butter and cardamom. Whip until potatoes are smooth and fluffy, season with salt and white pepper. Keep warm in oven.

  4. In a large deep skillet, heat 1 inch of oil until shimmering. Add 1/2 of the shallots to oil and fry until crisp. Transfer the shallots, using a slotted spoon, to a paper towel, season with salt. Repeat the process until all the shallots are fried. Garnish top of potatoes with shallots.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

These sweet potatoes are the best ever.

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