ChilliRoasted Sweet Potato

Posted 2015-01-09 by Lindsay Law ⇒ follow

This recipe was born from the result of a minor food crisis: I had run out of any sort of cooking oil, and I didn't want to use butter. I found some chilli dipping oil in the cupboard. It's a blend of extra virgin olive oil, chilli, and garlic and is more often used for dipping bread, but I decided it could work. I smothered the sweet potato in it, and cooked it at a slightly lower temperature than usual. The result: it flavoured the sweet potato beautifully.

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes
Makes: 6 servings (as a side dish)

Ingredients
3 sweet potatoes
2 tbsp chilli dipping oil, or other flavoured oil

Method

Preheat the oven to 170 Celsius.

Peel the sweet potato and chop into small wedges.

Arrange the sweet potato wedges in a baking tray.

Pour the chilli dipping oil over the potato and toss so all the wedges are covered.