Mashed Sweet Potatoes
These Mashed Sweet Potatoes are smooth, creamy, and made with only a few simple ingredients. This mashed sweet potatoes recipe is not too sweet and perfectly compliments any main dish. Natural sweetness is met with creamy, rich textures, and flavors are complimented well with fresh chives. There are three easy ways to prepare it according to your needs.
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Mashes Sweet Potatoes are a perfect side with for those who don’t want sugar loaded and marshmallows coated sweet potatoes. Not that I will ever talk my husband into giving up Sweet Potato Casserole on Thanksgiving. If anything, he will want both before he gives up the casserole.
I, on the other hand, prefer mashed sweet potatoes so much better.
I like to take advantage of the natural taste and natural sweetness of sweet potatoes and combine it with a little butter and sour cream. The result of this simple treatment of sweet potatoes is so rich and creamy, it’s pure delight.
Mashed sweet potatoes are one of those side dishes that will be wonderful for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. They are very easy to prepare and can be made ahead of time.
You can prepare this side dish completely and just reheat in time for the actual dinner, or you can prepare sweet potatoes ahead of time and refrigerate them. When ready, reheat sweet potatoes, add needed ingredients, and mash them.
According to everyone’s time requirements, there are three simple ways to prepare sweet potatoes. They can be baked, cooked in an Instant Pot, or in a Crock Pot. My personal preferred way is baked.
Making sweet potatoes in the oven:
This is my favorite way for preparing sweet potatoes. Baking sweet potatoes in the oven bring out and preserves all it’s natural sweetness. The flavor of baked sweet potatoes is the best out of all three cooking methods.
Preheat oven to 350.
Scrub each sweet potato under cold water.
Pierce a couple of holes in the sweet potato with a small knife.
Wrap each sweet potato in aluminum foil individually.
Place all wrapped sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and cook for about 1.5-2 hours (for medium sweet potatoes). (Time can be adjusted for smaller or larger potatoes.)
Potatoes are done when the fork goes in all the way through the center easily.
Making sweet potatoes in an Instant Pot:
Instant pot sweet potatoes are super fast and easy.
As always, start by scrubbing potatoes.
Set the steamer rack (or a steamer basket depending on the tool you Instant Pot included) in the Instant Pot and add 1 cup of water on the bottom.
Place sweet potatoes on the steam rack. Close the lid and move the vent valve to “Seal.”
Cooking time will depend on the size of potatoes. Medium sweet potatoes will take about 25 minutes of pressure cooking. (For larger potatoes add more cook time.)
Don’t quick release but let it naturally release instead. That will take about 10 minutes as well.
After the pressure is naturally released, turn the valve open and open the lid. Be careful, steam is hot!
Making sweet potatoes in a Crock Pot:
Same as another cooking method, start by scrubbing potatoes.
Place sweet potatoes into the slow cooker and cover with a lid.
Cook for 6-7 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high. (Add an hour for larger sweet potatoes.)
Some more comforting side dishes:
Maple Bacon Roasted Sweet Potatoes
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Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3.5 lbs sweet potatoes medium sized
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup minced fresh chives
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Scrub each sweet potato under cold water.
- Pierce a couple of holes in the sweet potato with a small knife.
- Wrap each sweet potato in aluminum foil individually.
- Place all wrapped sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and cook for about 1.5 - 2 hours. Turn them over half way through cooking time.
(Time can be adjusted for smaller or larger potatoes.) - Potatoes are done when the fork goes in all the way through the center easily.
- Let potatoes cool until can be handled.
- Take off foil carefully and save the sweet potato juices that have accumulated. (Add them to the mixing bowl.)
- Peel off the skin and add sweet potato meat to the mixing bowl.
- Add butter, sour cream, chives, and some salt. Mash very well with potato masher.
- Store in the refrigerator, in a container with a lid if needed.
Notes
Nutrition
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Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have variations.
Hi,
It is hard to say since sweet potatoes vary in size so much. I would use the scale most grocery stores have to weigh them out to 3.5 pounds to make sure you have the right amount.
Hey! How many “normally sized” sweetpotatoes did you use in this recipe?