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Sweet Potato Stacks make a fantastic fall side dish because the thinly sliced sweet potatoes coated in coconut oil cook up in just minutes!
Sweet potato stacks are such a great fall side dish. I’ll always choose my sweet potato casserole above all other sweet potato recipes, but these are pretty darn good too! They’re visually more interesting than mashed sweet potatoes and you can even make them for breakfast, like my sweet potato hash.
It’s that time of year again when all things fall are abound. Apples, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes once again become kitchen staples. The days get shorter and cooler, the leaves changes, and everyone goes into cooking mode. If you guessed this is my favorite time of year, then you guessed right! These Sweet Potato Stacks make for an easy fall side dish. Rather than waiting an hour or two for a huge whole sweet potato to bake in the oven, try slicing the sweet potatoes super thin (we’re talking as thin as possible), coating it with your favorite oil, and baking. I love to eat sweet potatoes year round and with this stacked sweet potato recipe, I can make them any night of the week!
How to make Sliced Sweet Potato Stacks:
Slicing the sweet potatoes super thin will cut the cooking time in half. It’s magical I tell you! I prefer to use my large muffin pans. This six-well muffin pan will fit the large diameter of the gigantic sweet potato I was using. (If you have sweet potatoes with a smaller diameter, they’ll fit in the regular sized muffin tin cups.) The little stacks filled those muffin wells to the top, but once they’re baked down and cooled, they sink down to about half their original size. Rosemary is one of my favorite herbs to combine with sweet potatoes and I just so happened to have some, so I mixed some minced fresh rosemary in with the parmesan cheese and butter for the topping. Who can really have too much parmesan and butter, right? Whether you make these in advance to serve with breakfast in the morning, or you serve them alongside a wonderful pork roast, you will love how sweet and fork tender they are! Such a great make-ahead option for Thanksgiving.
Sweet Potato Stacks
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 147 kcal
Ingredients
- 1 extra large sweet potato
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt divided
- 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary minced, divided
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup parmesan
Instructions
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Slice the potato as thin as you can. Unless you have expert knife skills, a mandolin is your friend.
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Melt coconut oil until its a liquid and toss it with sliced sweet potatoes and half the salt and rosemary in a large bowl.
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Using a large muffin tin, add stacks of potatoes.
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In a separate bowl, melt butter and combine with remaining salt, rosemary, and parmesan cheese. Spoon on top of potato stacks.
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Bake in preheated 400 degree F oven for 30 minutes or until tender.
Nutrition Facts
Sweet Potato Stacks
Amount Per Serving
Calories 147
Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13g
20%
Saturated Fat 10g
50%
Cholesterol 12mg
4%
Sodium 305mg
13%
Potassium 73mg
2%
Total Carbohydrates 4g
1%
Protein 1g
2%
Vitamin A
64.9%
Vitamin C
0.8%
Calcium
5.8%
Iron
1.2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
What would. Vegtarian dish would pair well with this?
#NoMeatMondays
Hi Randalle, I think these would go wonderfully with some kind of grilled portabella mushroom recipe.
Would the cook time be the same if I was making double the recipe?
Cook time should stay the same assuming you don’t stack them up too high as a result of doubling the recipe.