Firecracker Smashed Sweet Potatoes
Spice up your dinner with our Firecracker Smashed Sweet Potatoes! These sweet and spicy spuds are a cozy and comforting quick meal that'll leave you craving more. Packed full of flavour and a good whack of heat, check out the full recipe below!
Serves
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes
<item-todo-done>4 medium sweet potatoes<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> olive oil<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> flakey salt<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> Sichuan peppercorns<item-todo-done>
Creamy Chilli Crisp
<item-todo-done>50g tahini<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 tbsp chilli crisp<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 lime<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> salt to taste<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> water (to loosen)<item-todo-done>
Spicy Spinach Cannellini
<item-todo-done>2 tbsp olive oil<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 large cloves of garlic<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 x 400g can cannellini beans<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>100g baby spinach<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 tbsp chilli crisp<item-todo-done>
To Serve
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Before you start
Preheat oven to 200*C | Roasting tin with parchment paper | Frying pan | Small mixing bowl
Prepare the sweet potatoes
- Use a fork to pierce the sweet potatoes
- Drizzle a little olive oil over the sweet potatoes and rub it into the skins, rub a little salt around the sweet potatoes
- Put the sweet potatoes in the roasting tin an roast for 40-45 minutes until soft and tender
Prepare the Creamy Chilli Crisp
- Halve the lime and squeeze the juice into a small bowl
- Add the tahini, chilli crisp, a little salt and stir to combine
- Add a little water to reach a viscous pouring consistency
Prepare the Spinach Cannellini
- Peel and finely slice the garlic
- Drain, rinse and pat dry the cannellini beans
- Warm the olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat, add the garlic and fry until aromatic and golden
- Add the cannellini beans and stir for 2-3 minutes to cook through
- Add the spinach to the pan and stir for 1 minute until quite wilted
- Pour over the chill crisp and stir to combine
Finish and serve
- Lay the sweet potatoes out equally on serving plates and split them down the middle with a sharp knife
- Drizzle a little olive, sprinkle a little salt and a tiny pinch of sichuan pepper over the steaming flesh of the roasted sweet potatoes
- Use a fork to fluff up the flesh of the potatoes before pressing down on the potatoes with the back of the fork to spread the potatoes out
- Spoon the Spinach Cannellini over the sweet potato, drizzle the Creamy Chilli Crisp over spinach cannellini, garnish with sesame seeds and serve immediately