Grilled Sweet Potatoes With Scallions Food

GRILLED SWEET POTATOES WITH SCALLIONS

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium. Peel sweet potatoes, and cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Toss potatoes in a large bowl with oil, thyme, and cayenne pepper; season with salt and black pepper.
• Grill potatoes, turning frequently, until tender when pierced with the tip of a paring knife, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Return grilled potatoes to bowl; add butter, and break potatoes into large pieces with the side of a spoon. Toss in scallions, and serve.

GRILLED SWEET POTATO AND SCALLION SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the grill to high. Brush potatoes and scallions with olive oil and place on grill. Grill potatoes for 3 to 4 minutes on each side, or till just tender. Grill scallions until softened and you can see the grill marks. Remove scallions from the grill and cut into thin slices.
• In a large bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup olive oil, Dijon mustard, apple and balsamic vinegars, and honey. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add potatoes, scallions, and parsley and toss until potatoes are well coated.
• Move to a platter and serve. Enjoy!

SCALLION SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Combine 1 1/2 pounds chopped peeled sweet potatoes, 1 bunch scallions (cut into 2-inch pieces), 6 crushed garlic cloves and 1 tablespoon fresh thyme in a bowl. Drizzle with 1/4 cup olive oil, season with salt and pepper and toss. Place on a sheet of foil and fold up. Grill over low heat until the potatoes are tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

GRILLED SWEET POTATO AND SCALLION SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Bake thepotatoes until they can be just piercedwith a knife, about 45 minutes. Cut intolarge chunks.
• Preheat a grill to high. Brush the potatoes and scallions with 1/3 cup olive oil and arrange on the grill. Grill the potatoes until just tender, about 5 minutes per side. Grill the scallions until softened and marked,about 1 minute per side. Remove the scallions and potatoes from the grill; cut the scallions into small pieces.
• In a large bowl, whisk the remaining 1/3 cup olive oil, the mustard, vinegars and honey; season with salt and pepper. Add the potatoes, scallions and parsley and toss until the potatoes are well coated.

GRILLED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Cut two pieces of heavy-duty foil (about 18 in. x 12 in.); place a potato half on each. Spread cut side with butter. Sprinkle with garlic salt and pepper. Top each potato with another half. Fold foil over potatoes and seal tightly. Grill, covered, over medium-hot heat for 30 minutes or until tender, turning once. To serve, fluff potatoes with a fork and drizzle with honey.

HONEY VANILLA GRILLED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat grill for medium heat.
• Arrange sweet potatoes in a 9x13-inch aluminum foil pan. Stir butter and cinnamon together in a bowl and drizzle over potatoes. Cover pan with aluminum foil.
• Bake sweet potatoes on the preheated grill, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes. Stir honey and vanilla extract together in a bowl and drizzle over sweet potatoes. Return aluminum foil to cover pan. Continue cooking on the grill until sweet potatoes are tender, about 10 more minutes.

GRILLED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat, and lightly oil the grate.
• Divide the sweet potato cubes in half, and place each half in the center of a rectangle of aluminum foil. Top each portion with about half of the butter. Sprinkle about half of the brown sugar, cumin, and cayenne pepper over each portion. Season with salt and pepper. Fold the corners of the aluminum foil together and seal to form a pouch around each portion.
• Cook on the preheated grill, turning pouches every 10 minutes, until the potatoes are tender and cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes.

GRILLED SWEET-POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Boil potatoes:
• In a large saucepan cover potatoes with salted cold water by 1 inch and simmer, covered, until just tender, about 15 to 30 minutes, depending on size of potatoes. In a colander drain potatoes and rinse under cold water to cool. With a sharp knife peel potatoes and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
• While potatoes are boiling, prepare grill. In a small bowl whisk together oil, salt, and cumin and brush some onto both sides of potato slices, reserving remaining cumin oil.
• Grill slices on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals until golden brown, about 1 minute on each side, and transfer with tongs to a platter. Thinly slice scallion diagonally and sprinkle over potatoes. Whisk lime juice into remaining cumin oil with salt and pepper to taste and drizzle over potatoes. Serve potato salad with lime wedges and sprinkled with coriander.

GRILLED SWEET POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare medium-low charcoal grill or preheat a gas grill.
• For the vinaigrette: combine lime zest, juice, and vinegar in a large bowl.
• Whisk in oil until completely blended.
• Stir in cilantro, garlic and salt.
• To make sweet potatoes: add potato slices to vinaigrette, and let marinate for 5 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the potato slices to the grill.
• Turn occasionally, basting with remaining vinaigrette and cook until tender when pierced with a fork - about 10-15 minutes.
• Return grilled potatoes to vinaigrette.
• Add red pepper, scallions, juice, salt and pepper; toss gently and serve.