Sweet Potato

Roasted sweet potatoes become a creamy, luscious dip when whipped with blue cheese and cream. Serve with crispy chips alongside for a crowd-pleasing starter.

Level up roasted root vegetables with a zippy fresh tomatillo salsa.

Take your time to cook down the flavor base, which is enriched with ají amarillo and beer, and you’ll be rewarded with a thick, homey Peruvian duck stew.

When sweet potato pie sheds its crust and takes a trip to the tropics, you end up with this delightfully spiced sweet potato pone. 

The best part of this super easy vegan meal is the crispy shallots. No, it’s the tempeh that tastes like bacon bits. No, it’s the tender roasted sweet potatoes. No, no, no—it’s the smoky chipotle oil that flavors it all.

This tender, gently spiced cake enrobed in dark chocolate ganache requires that you make your own sweet potato purée. And yes, it’s absolutely worth it.

Thin rounds baked until tender and crispy-edged in a warming five-spice brown butter sauce might just be our new favorite way to serve sweet potatoes.

Try eating just one of these picarones, doughnut-like Peruvian confections that are drenched in a fig-flavored syrup.

A great appetizer or an indulgent snack, these crispy little fritters are best eaten right away.

Edna Lewis once said, “People should really leave grits alone.” We won’t argue with the queen, but Kia Damon’s creamy, custardy roasted sweet potato grits are proof that all rules have exceptions.

A scaled-down seafood boil you can pull off on a weeknight with nearly any quick-cooking vegetables.

Canned coconut milk + bottled mustard = an exquisitely simple sauce for any flaky whitefish.

Green curry paste adds heat and lots of complex flavor to this 30-minute lentil soup.

Tamarind concentrate gives this chicken its sticky, glossy quality, not to mention its sweet-and-sour flavor.

The beloved Korean stir-fried chicken dish dakgalbi is spicy, sweet, aromatic, and comforting—and it comes together in a few easy steps and one pan.

Crispy roasted sweet potato wedges get tossed in a sweet and nutty tahini dressing in this quick vegetarian weeknight dinner.

A steamed-then-mashed sweet potato adds creamy sweetness and extra nutrients to this cozy oatmeal that can be easily customized to fit dietary preferences. 

Tearing the sweet potatoes creates more surface area to char and glaze. (It’s also fun.)

A colorful hash filled with tender sweet potatoes, chewy farro, and crispy brussels sprouts.

Crispy, creamy, chewy, bright, and about a dozen other wonderful (see?) adjectives apply to this easy dinner.

Instead of icing, this spiced loaf from Elizabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson’s ‘Tartine: A Classic Revisited’ is blanketed in a fluffy vanilla meringue.

With custardy insides and charred exteriors, these sweet potatoes are everything you always wish roasted sweet potatoes could be. A crunchy mixture of toasted nuts and seeds provides pops of texture and spice, and a cooling lemony yogurt sauce cuts through the richness. 

Obe Ata is a Nigerian sauce that incorporates floral habanero chiles and bell peppers. This recipe uses obe ata as the base for a spicy, warming chicken and sweet potato stew. 

When you mix hot sauce with butter, it turns into a spicy, creamy spread that’s perfect for melting atop burnished sweet potato halves, bringing them to life.