Easy 15 Minute Roasted Sweet Potatoes
This is the easiest (15 minutes and done) and most delicious way we have found to enjoy a sweet potato!
Take a whole sweet potato and pierce it with a fork a few times. Then, you just place it in the microwave on medium-high for 6-7 minutes (depending on how big your sweet potato is). It is helpful to turn your sweet potato about every 2 minutes.
Once the potato has been cooked in the microwave you cut the potato in half. Then, without cutting all the way through on the ends you cut each half into squares. By leaving the ends not cut all the way through you allow for it to stay together in the original shape.
Take a few very thin slices of butter and put in between some of the squares. Season with salt and pepper and then sprinkle Parmesan on top.
Broil the sweet potatoes on medium-high for 6-12 minutes (depending on how crispy you like yours). I like mine crispy but you have to watch them.
Garnish with chives and a dollop of sour cream and you have the best-easiest sweet potato ever!
This makes for a great side or for a great vegetarian lunch. I love sweet potatoes but I don’t like how long they take to cook…..so here is the solution. And it is really delicious this way. Eat the skin and all – that where all the vitamins are! My son who probably wouldn’t just sit down and eat a sweet potato loves them this way!
Happy Fall and Bon Appetit!
Easy 15 Minute Roasted Sweet Potatoes
This is the easiest (15 minutes and done) and most delicious way we have found to enjoy a sweet potato!

Ingredients:
Sweet Potato
Butter
Pinch of Salt
Pinch of Pepper
Pinch of Chives
Dollop of Sour Cream
Pinch of Parmesan Cheese (optional topper at the end just to make it a little more special and delicious!)
Directions:
- Take a whole sweet potato and pierce it with a fork a few times. Then, you just place it in the microwave on medium-high for 6-7 minutes (depending on how big your sweet potato is). It is helpful to turn your sweet potato about every 2 minutes.
- Once the potato has been cooked in the microwave you cut the potato in half. Then, without cutting all the way through on the ends you cut each half into squares. By leaving the ends not cut all the way through you allow for it to stay together in the original shape.
- Take a few very thin slices of butter and put in between some of the squares. Season with salt and pepper and then sprinkle Parmesan on top.
- Broil the sweet potatoes on medium-high for 6-12 minutes (depending on how crispy you like yours). I like mine crispy but you have to watch them.
- Garnish with chives, pinch of Parmesan cheese and a dollop of sour cream and you have the best-easiest sweet potato ever!
Thank you for the recipe, I found it through pinterest. These sweet potatoes are on the menu for dinner tonight. x
Awesome! Hope you like them 🙂
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Thank you!! Just what I was looking for! Easy and fast 🙂
This recipe looks delicious! Thanks for sharing. I recently included it in a round-up of easy weeknight side dishes. I’m looking forward to trying it.
http://www.makingmealtime.com/blog/2014/10/8/ten-simple-weeknight-side-dishes
Great – thanks for sharing the recipe makingmealtime.com !
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Unsure what ” broil ” means – do you put them under the grill or bake in an oven? I’m in the Uk and broil isn’t a word I have heard before.
Broil is an oven setting where the oven is heated by the top burners only. Hope that helps 🙂
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These were awesome!!! I am thrilled to not have to wait forever and both my girls (4 yrs and 11 months) devoured them!
Yay! So happy to hear that. And I totally know how you feel… sweet potatoes are so good but they take soooo long to cook!
Great recipe! Would it work without the microwave? I don’t have one…
Yes! It would just take a little longer… try baking the potato for 45 minutes at 425 degrees and then cut the potato oven and roast it. 🙂
These are amazing, what a great idea! My 4-year-old loves sweet potatoes and I struggle with ways to make them just a little different. Will definitely be making these!
Thanks Anna! I hope she likes them! 🙂
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Thanks so much for the share 🙂
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thanks for a great recipe! I shared it on my weekly #whatsfordinner recap: http://www.juniperinherhair.com/chicken-chili-with-veggie-cornbread-buffalo-chicken-stuffed-sweet-spud-bacon-and-pea-mac-n-cheese-recap/
cheers!
Sounds wonderful. I think I’ll add some bacon… Yum.
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So happy to have found this recipe! Now, I know you said to broil on medium high, but my oven only has a low and a high setting. What would you recommend?
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This is absolutely awesome! Very quick and easy. I loved it with olive oil and garlic and herb ms dash seasoning so delicious!
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It saved my Thursday! Loved how it turned out! Thankyou!:)
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