Foodchickies Chipotle Smashed Sweet Potatoes

CHIPOTLE SMASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with aluminum foil.
• Place the sweet potatoes on the prepared sheet pan and pierce each potato 4 times with a small knife. Roast for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, until very tender inside when tested with a knife. Set aside until cool enough to handle. (Leave the oven on.) Peel the potatoes, discard the skins and place the potatoes in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
• Meanwhile, place the milk, cream, chipotle chile and adobo sauce in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. (It might look curdled.)
• With the mixer on low speed, add the chipotle-milk mixture to the sweet potatoes. Add the maple syrup, butter and 1 tablespoon salt. Mix until the potatoes are coarsely pureed. Pour into a 9-by-12-by-2-inch oval oven-to-table baking dish and bake for 30 minutes, until heated through. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve hot.
• Make ahead: Prepare the sweet potato mixture, spoon it into the baking dish, cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 45 minutes, until hot.

CHIPOTLE SMASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Put the sweet potatoes in a steamer basket and put the steamer in a large pot of simmering water that is 1 inch from the bottom of the basket. Cover and steam over medium-high heat for 20 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are fork-tender.
• Remove the steamer basket, pour the water out of the pot and dump the sweet potatoes into the pot. Add the butter and salt and mash with a potato masher. Add the chile and sauce and continue mashing to combine. Serve immediately.

CHIPOTLE MASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Put the sweet potatoes in a steamer basket and put the steamer in a large pot of simmering water that is 1 inch from the bottom of the basket. Cover and steam over medium-high heat for 20 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are fork tender.
• Remove the steamer basket, pour the water out of the pot and dump the sweet potatoes in the pot. Add the butter and salt and mash with a potato masher. Add the chile and sauce and continue mashing to combine. Serve immediately.

CHIPOTLE SMASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Put cubed potatoes into steamer basket and place steamer into a large pot of simmering water that is no closer than 2 inches from the bottom of basket. Allow to steam for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender. Add butter to potatoes and mash with potato masher. Add peppers, sauce, and salt and continue mashing to combine. Serve immediately.

CHIPOTLE SMASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• In 4-quart Dutch oven, place sweet potatoes and enough water to cover; add 1 teaspoon salt. Heat to boiling over high heat; reduce heat to medium. Cook 10 to 15 minutes or until tender. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup water.
• Return potatoes to Dutch oven. Add butter, chipotle peppers and whipping cream; mash with potato masher, adding reserved water, a little at a time, until potatoes are desired consistency. Season with salt.

FOODCHICKIE'S CHIPOTLE SMASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Cut washed and peeled sweet potatoes into 1 1/2 to 2 inch pieces.
• 2. Place sweet potatoes in a steamer basket and put in stock pot with water 1 inch below steamer basket. Cover and Steam over medium-high heat for 20 minutes or until fork tender.
• 3. Take steamer basket with sweet potatoes out of stock pot and empty water.
• 4. Turn heat to low and dump sweet potatoes into stock pot and add butter.
• 5. Smash with potato masher slightly* then add chipotle pepper and adobo sauce and mix thoroughly with a spatula or wooden spoon. *Potatoes will be slightly lumpy, you don't want them smooth (unless you like your sweet potatoes that way). Be sure the chipotle is mixed in well as you don't want a mouthful of this pepper.