Hasselback sweet potatoes are tender, sliced sweet potatoes that spread in the oven giving you buttery individual pieces and delicious flavor.
Are you looking for a simple yet impressive side dish to accompany your next meal? Look no further than the delicious and visually stunning hasselback sweet potatoes. With their buttery slices and melt-in-your-mouth texture, these sweet potatoes are sure to be a hit at any dinner table.
Not only do hasselback sweet potatoes taste amazing, but they also make for a beautiful presentation. As you slice the potato and fan out the pieces, they create a unique and eye-catching design that is sure to impress. They can be customized with a variety of toppings and seasonings, making them a versatile side dish that can complement any main course.
So, go ahead and give these buttery slices of goodness a try, let’s get started.
How To Make Hasselback Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients needed
- Sweet potatoes
- Herb
- Cooking oil
- Butter
Best topping for hasselback sweet potatoes
When making these potatoes you have a bunch of options. You can aim for something sweeter with brown sugar, honey or maple. Or you can keep it savory with butter, salt and an herb of your choice. Below is a mix of all of these things. Nuts wouldn’t be a great option because they’ll just fall through. You want ingredients that will stick to the sweet potato.
- Butter
- Cinnamon
- Brown sugar
- Thyme
- Rosemary
- Marshmallow
Quick tip if making more than one sweet potato
This recipe can work well if prepared in a baking dish and covered. The trick is to create steam so that the sweet potatoes softens properly. But, for the instructions below, the steps will be wrapping the sweet potato in aluminum foil.
Slicing and making the hasselback sweet potatoes
- First, preheat the oven to 400F.
- Next, you want to find something to stick on the sides of the potatoes to keep you from cutting all the way through. Then, slice the potatoes about ¼ in slices leaving the sweet potato unsliced through the bottom. This will create the classic hasselback spread, later.
- Now, place the cut sweet potato in aluminum foil. Pour olive oil or any cooking oil over the top. About a tablespoon or two. You do not need to make sure each slice has oil going on it.
- Then, wrap the sweet potato into the foil and bake for 45 minutes.
- After that time is up, remove from the oven and do not open the foil. Allow the sweet potato to sit for about 15-20 minutes while it cools and finishes cooking.
- Lastly, unwrap the hasselback sweet potato and carefully transfer to a plate. Pour on melted butter, salt and pepper and enjoy. Or any topping of your choice.
Have fun with more recipes using sweet potatoes
- Twice Baked Sweet Potato
- Savory Sweet Potato Casserole
- Smashed Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie
- Sweet Potato Salad
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Hasselback Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato
- toppings of choice (see tips above)
Instructions
- First, preheat the oven to 400℉.
- Next, you want to find something to stick on the sides of the potatoes to keep you from cutting all the way through. Then, slice the potatoes about ¼ in slices leaving the sweet potato unsliced through the bottom. This will create the classic hasselback spread, later.
- Now, place the cut sweet potato in aluminum foil. Pour olive oil or any cooking oil over the top. About a tablespoon or two. You do not need to make sure each slice has oil going on it.
- Then, wrap the sweet potato into the foil and bake for 45 minutes.
- After that time is up, remove from the oven and do not open the foil. Allow the sweet potato to sit for about 15-20 minutes while it cools and finishes cooking.
- Lastly, unwrap the hasselback sweet potato and carefully transfer to a plate. Pour on melted butter, salt and pepper and enjoy. Or any topping of your choice.