Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Crispy Aromatics and Peanuts

The title of this recipe is a mouthful but I promise you, it’s outstanding. Sweet potatoes baked to perfection then pulled apart in craggily bits only to be re-cooked enhancing their sweetness and crispiness. Topped with frizzled shallots, garlic, ginger and chilies and finished with roasted salty peanuts, it’s absolutely addictive.
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
3 sweet potatoes
½ cup canola oil
1 shallot, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
2” piece of ginger, julienned
1 large red chili, thinly sliced
½ cup roasted, salted peanuts, roughly chopped
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 375F and place a fine mesh sieve over a heat-resistant bowl.
- Drizzle each sweet potato with ½ tsp of canola oil and rub it in to coat the entire surface.
Lay them on a baking sheet and cook on the middle rack for 45min-1hr, turning them
over half-way, until they are fully cooked. - Add the remaining canola oil to a pot over medium-low heat. Slowly warm the oil until
it reaches 350F. Add the shallot, garlic, ginger and chili to the oil and cook for 3-5min
until the shallot and garlic is brown. Remove from the heat. - Pour the oil and aromatics through the sieve and set both aside.
- Turn the oven temperature up to 425F
- Use a fork to pull the cooked sweet potatoes apart into bite sized pieces. Drizzle with 2
tbsp of the canola oil and return to the oven for 15-20min until the sweet potato begins
to get brown and the skin begins to crisp up. - Scatter all the crispy shallots, garlic, ginger and chilis over the sweet potatoes and
peanuts.
Store the leftover oil in a sealed container and use toss with cooked pasta or to roast veggies.
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