These potatoes. Ugh. If I told you that each time I make these, I inevitably end up eating them cold from the fridge for breakfast the next day, do I need to tell you anything else?
Rewind to our first grocery trip after moving to Nashville. Our cabinets consisted of the remnants of our road trip snack bag (err..bags) – trail mix, Nutella, and peanut butter, so our shopping list was loooong. Sweet potatoes were on that list. And sweet potatoes made it into our cart and back to our apartment. Nothing out of the ordinary, right? Except for the fact that we hadn’t decided how to organize our kitchen cabinets yet. Those sweet potatoes ended up in a far up cabinet by themselves and were forgotten about.
For a week. Two weeks? Eeesh.
I found them one afternoon quite a while later when they were two seconds away from sprouting, so I knew I needed to use them pronto. This lucky discovery coincided with a spice delivery from my mom, who was super thoughtful and mailed me my spice cabinet so I didn’t need to repurchase every little thing (thanks, ma!!). Potato happenstance. Spiced oven roasted sweet potatoes it was!
These sweet potatoes are richly flavored and are easily adjustable to be super spicy or not spicy at all, depending on your preferences. Once you preheat the oven and cut up the sweet potatoes, it’s just a matter of mixing up the potato cubes with flavorings and spices and baking for twenty minutes. Potatoes for days!
I’ve been having a love affair with ground coriander lately. As in coriander has found its way into nearly everything I’ve made over the past weeks. Paired with earthy cumin and a bit of warm cinnamon, these potatoes are addictive! Liquid smoke adds a great touch to them (a big bottle is just a few dollars near the ketchup and hot sauce in my grocery store), as does the Worcestershire.
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time I bet you can guess what I’m about to say – you can mess with the flavors and spices here, no problem. I bet ancho chili powder would add something special and extra smoky to them, though I didn’t have any on hand. I added 1 tsp of sriracha to these potatoes for a very minimal zing. You can omit if you’re not into spice, or amp it up if you’d like to break a sweat while eating. Throw in some cayenne for that matter! These are your potatoes, after all.
Obviously these potatoes are great straight from the oven, but I’m 100% serious that I loved them just as much cold (in my PJs) from the fridge. My love for these tubers knows no bounds. <3
- 3 sweet potatoes, scrubbed, peeled, and cut into chunks
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1/2 tsp liquid smoke
- 1 tsp sriracha, or to taste
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 3/4 tsp ground coriander
- 3/4 tsp cumin
- 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp dried basil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Scrub sweet potatoes, peel them, and cut into 1/2"-ish cubes.
- Add potato cubes to a bowl with all ingredients. Stir so that the wet ingredients evenly coat the potatoes. Pour all onto a large baking sheet (or two), taking care to arrange potatoes in a single layer.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until browned and slightly crisp, flipping potatoes halfway through.
Bahaha… love that you snacked away on the cold leftovers in your PJs. 🙂 Its strange that potato is good cold huh?!
Haha they were that good, I couldn’t leave that detail out, Anna! And definitely – potatoes are SO good cold for whatever reason! 🙂
Yum! These potatoes look perfect. I’m a big fan of bold flavors, so I know I’d love all the flavors you’ve got going here. And no judgement from me for eating cold potatoes straight outta the fridge. Sounds exactly like something I would do!
I wouldn’t mind eating these straight from the fridge too! Looks so good, and I can imagine that ancho chili powder will be amazing here!
OK, so now you’ve got me craving these potatoes for breakfast! I’ve made something similar before but definitely didn’t go crazy enough with the spices. I especially love that you added cinnamon, Alyssa!
Have a great weekend!
Ooh I definitely encourage you to go heavy-handed with the spices, Helen! Cinnamon on sweet potatoes was a new thing for me, but I love how well everything worked together! Definitely worthy of cold bites from the fridge while wearing PJs haha. Hope you have a fun weekend, too! 🙂
Sweet potatoes are in my top 3 fave foods (right along w/ pizza and ice cream.) I can totally eat them out of the fridge too!
Pizza, ice cream, and sweet potatoes…hello perfection! Ice cream is better cold (obviously) but as for pizza and sweet potatoes? Hot, warm, or cold – I’ll take them any which way! Glad to hear I’m not alone. 🙂
Ohh! I love this! We eat sweet potatoes a lot but this is a totally different flavor combo than I am used to. It sounds amazing!
Thanks Annie!! We haven’t eaten sweet potatoes this ‘spiced up’ before but it was a total winner in our book!
Oooo, I love the idea of the ancho chili powder addition. And you know that Sriracha doesn’t scare me either! 🙂 Alyssa, I have to tell you…when I make these, I AM eating them for breakfast. In my PJs. Hahaha! Pinned!
Haha I was thinking of you Kristi with the spice factor!! Double (or triple, or quadruple…) that sriracha! Shake on that cayenne!! These potatoes are most definitely pajama worthy! And thanks for the pin! 🙂
The spices in this just take these to a whole new level!
Thanks Zainab! The more spices the better in this case!
Yum, love roasted sweet potatoes! So glad you found them just in time and they sound awesome with all those spices 🙂
Thanks Kelly! Those spices definitely add a ‘kick’ to them. So good!
Oh my gosh, I’m totally guilty of eating sweet potatoes cold right out of the fridge. They are the BEST, right?! And mashed sweet potatoes with a bit of brown sugar and cinnamon…another fave. Delish!
Thanks Francesca! SO GOOD!! Haha cold from the fridge is seriously underrated in the case of sweet potatoes! I will totally try them mashed soon – they sound great! 🙂
I’m addicted to sweet potatoes and I love how you spiced these roasted ones up! I roast mine like this and love them in a salad…I just find myself picking the sweet potatoes out and going for them first. They really are good the next day, if there are any leftovers!
Thanks Monica! Ooh I bet they would taste DELICIOUS added to a salad!! You’ve given me inspiration for my next batch haha. 🙂
Thank goodness you found those sweet potatoes in time! I LOVE what you did with them with all of those spices too — they sounds amazing! Pinning. 🙂
Oh I was so happy I found them in the nick of time, Marcie! I would have been bummed to have wasted them. These spices are seriously addictive (as evidenced by my morning snacking straight from the fridge!) And thanks for the pin! 🙂
i do love sweet potato! these bites look delicious.. love all the spice flavourings!
Thank you Thalia! I love all those spices paired together, too. A great savory combination!
Sweet potatoes for life!! haha they are one of my favorites! And I LOVE all the spices and flavors you have going on here. I sadly just used my last sweet potatoes – guess it’s time to head to the store!
I think I’d eat sweet potatoes daily if we didn’t ever run out! I feel like every time I prepare them that way becomes my favorite haha
Sweet potatoes my favourite. These roasted sweet potatoes look so delicuous.. I want a bowlful of these amazing snack right about now. 😀
Thanks Arpita! I’m wishing we still had some around. They were totally addictive!
Alyssa, I’ve lived in my current house going on two years and I still can’t get my pantry organized. I really don’t like it. It is deep, narrow and everything is hard to find. You have a system let me know. I need help!
Sweet potatoes are my favorite potato. Spicy oven roasted sound amazing! I’d be eating these non-stop!
Haha that does sound like a challenging pantry environment, Cindy. Our ceilings are really high, which isn’t something to complain about, except that a good portion of our pantry shelves are too high for me to reach standing on the ground (and I’m “average” height – 5’6). We actually have a step ladder we keep near the kitchen haha. Those sweet potatoes were stored on a tall shelf and I couldn’t even see the bag when looking up. That’s the last perishable item we put up there!
I have only recently discovered cinnamon on sweet potatoes, but it is amazing, isn’t it!
Dannii, cinnamon on sweet potatoes was a new discovery for me, too. You’re so right – AMAZING!!
This is one of my FAV snacks! Love the spices you used Alyssa!
Thank you Jessica! LOVE sweet potatoes!
I love sweet potatoes! This recipe is healthy and delicious, a perfect combination. You mom is so cool and thoughtful! Great post today!
Haha – my mom is pretty cool if I do say so myself! 🙂
Adore that the sweet potatoes were rescued from total demise and turned into a luscious treat! I’m dreaming of serving these marvelous beauties with eggs and kale.
Thanks Deb – it was a close call! And these potatoes would be delicious paired with eggs and kale. Thank you for the great idea! 🙂