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Easy Baked Sweet Potatoes
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Easy Baked Sweet Potatoes

Baked sweet potatoes are super easy to make and taste even more delicious than regular baked potatoes. Perfect for busy days, when you need an easy AND healthy side dish everyone will love!
Course Main Course, Side, Side Dish
Cuisine American, British
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 320kcal
Author Eb Gargano

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon salt (ideally coarse sea salt)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 whole sweet potatoes skins ON (roughly 300g / 10oz each)
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 220C / 200C / gas mark 7 / 425F.
  • Mix together the salt and olive oil in a large bowl.
  • Add the sweet potatoes and stir to coat thoroughly. (Or, even better, use your hands!)
  • Place the sweet potatoes on a large non-stick baking tray, ensuring they are well spread out and in a single layer.
  • Roast in the oven for 50 minutes, or until done to your liking.

Notes

  1. It’s crucial to ensure the sweet potatoes are spread out well over the baking sheet - if they are touching each other, they may take longer to cook.
  2. A 300g / 10oz sweet potato will take approximately 50 minutes to bake in the oven, but this does depend a little on the shape (a long, thin sweet potato will bake faster than a short, fat one!) If your sweet potato is larger than this, you may need to bake it for a little longer. I recommend splitting one sweet potato open after 50 minutes and checking it is cooked to your liking – if not, place it back in the oven and cook for a little longer.
  3. Suitable for freezing.
  4. Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

Nutrition

Calories: 320kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 747mg | Potassium: 1011mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 42561IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 2mg