Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Name: Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 47 min
Ingredients: 3 medium sweet potatoes, (scrubbed and peeled); 2 Tablespoons olive oil; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; ½ teaspoon ground coriander; ¼ teaspoon ground cumin; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper; ⅛ teaspoon paprika

Published: Apr 23, 2018 · Modified: Feb 2, 2022 by Alyssa · This post may contain affiliate links.

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Easy oven roasted sweet potatoes make the BEST healthy side dish. With simple prep, these seasoned sweet potatoes feature a well-rounded blend of pantry staples that pairs well with a wide range of main dishes and cuisines.

Roasted sweet potato cubes on a metal sheet pan.

If I told you that every time I make these seasoned oven roasted sweet potatoes, I inevitably end up eating them cold from the fridge for breakfast the next day, do I need to tell you anything else?

Reasons to Love These Potatoes

A blend of simple pantry staple seasonings provides a warmly spiced (not spicy) blend that pairs with the sweet potato so well.
The prep is incredibly straight-forward: simply cut up potatoes, toss with oil and spices, and roast in the oven, flipping once.
These roasted sweet potatoes work beyond just a side dish. They're delicious added to an egg scramble or breakfast burrito and on tacos, salads, or rice/grain bowls.

Recipe Ingredients

As long as you have sweet potatoes on hand, you'll likely have all of the ingredients you need to make this recipe right in the pantry.

Labeled roasted sweet potato ingredients on a marble board.

Oil: Olive oil is my pick here, but melted ghee can also work. You can also use another higher-heat, relatively neutral-flavored oil such as grapeseed or canola.
Salt: Note this recipe calls for kosher salt. If all you have is table salt, reduce to the amount used to a heaping quarter teaspoon.
Cinnamon: I'm not a big fan of sweet sweet potatoes (you know, the Thanksgiving-marshmallow-casserole kind) so don't worry that cinnamon will tip these roasted sweet potatoes recipe into "sweet" territory. Cinnamon's warmth plays off of the coriander, cumin, and paprika so well.

This basic recipe can really be used as a guideline and leaves plenty of room for experimentation. Add/subtract seasonings in line with your preferences, mess with the quantities (more/less) as you like, etc.

Of course some occasions call for just salt, pepper, and a little garlic powder, but if I'm looking for fully seasoned sweet potatoes? I come right to this recipe.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Cut each sweet potato into cubes about three-quarters to one-inch in width.

A sweet potato on a cutting board cut into sections.

A sweet potato section cut into one-inch chunks.

Add them to a bowl and toss with the oil and seasonings.

Sweet potato cubes in a mixing bowl topped with dry seasoning.

Seasoned cubes of sweet potato in a bowl with a spatula.

Add them to a rimmed sheet pan and roast until browned to your liking. Give them a flip halfway through so they cook evenly.

Roasted sweet potato chunks on a sheet pan.

Recipe Tips and Tricks

You'll want to use your largest rimmed baking sheet here so as not to crowd in the sweet potatoes. The one you see in these pics is 13" x 18" aluminum (affiliate link) and never warps in the oven.
If your pans are on the smaller side, it would be better to divide the potatoes over two pans than crowd them into one. Squishing them in risks air not being able to circulate around each piece, leading to them steaming rather than roasting up nice and brown.

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