Recipes

[ChiliPepper]

Loaded Smashed Sweet Potato Bites

Prep Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 60 minutes

Servings: 12 appetizers

Ingredients:

2 strips thick bacon

3 large sweet potatoes, cut into quarters

1/4 cup olive oil

Salt and pepper

1/2 cup sour cream

4 ounces cheddar cheese, grated

Fresh chives 

Directions:

Cook bacon until crispy, either in a skillet or baked in the oven. Once the bacon is crispy, let cool and chop into bits for topping. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350ºF.

Cut off the ends of the sweet potatoes, then cut them into quarters. Pour olive oil on a baking sheet and rub potatoes on both sides to coat. Sprinkle potatoes with salt and pepper.

Bake potato pieces for 25-30 minutes until they are fork tender.

Then let cool briefly until you can handle them.

Use a small plate to smash each potato down a bit.

Return smashed potatoes to baking sheet. Bake smashed potatoes a second time for 10 minutes to crisp them up a bit.

Remove potatoes from oven.

Top with sour cream, shredded cheese, crispy bacon bits, and fresh chives.

Chili's notes:

Those of you that like marshmallows could top these sweet potato bites with a couple mini marshmallows instead of the sour cream, cheese, bacon & chives. 

[momtochloe]

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@ChiliPepper wrote:

Loaded Smashed Sweet Potato Bites

Prep Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 60 minutes

Servings: 12 appetizers

Ingredients:

2 strips thick bacon

3 large sweet potatoes, cut into quarters

1/4 cup olive oil

Salt and pepper

1/2 cup sour cream

4 ounces cheddar cheese, grated

Fresh chives 

Directions:

Cook bacon until crispy, either in a skillet or baked in the oven. Once the bacon is crispy, let cool and chop into bits for topping. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350ºF.

Cut off the ends of the sweet potatoes, then cut them into quarters. Pour olive oil on a baking sheet and rub potatoes on both sides to coat. Sprinkle potatoes with salt and pepper.

Bake potato pieces for 25-30 minutes until they are fork tender.

Then let cool briefly until you can handle them.

Use a small plate to smash each potato down a bit.

Return smashed potatoes to baking sheet. Bake smashed potatoes a second time for 10 minutes to crisp them up a bit.

Remove potatoes from oven.

Top with sour cream, shredded cheese, crispy bacon bits, and fresh chives.

Chili's notes:

Those of you that like marshmallows could top these sweet potato bites with a couple mini marshmallows instead of the sour cream, cheese, bacon & chives. 

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Chili, these look great but I have a quick question . . . do you peel these before you pop them in the oven (I'm thinking maybe no but then when you mash them for the second time I was thinking maybe yes) . . .

[ChiliPepper]

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@momtochloe wrote:

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Chili, these look great but I have a quick question . . . do you peel these before you pop them in the oven (I'm thinking maybe no but then when you mash them for the second time I was thinking maybe yes) . . .

No, they are kind of like a loaded potato skin only with sweet potatoes. And in bite size form.

You really just mush them down a little bit. 

So, I would scrub up the skins good & then they can be eaten if you like them. If not just eat the "guts" LOL!

@momtochloe

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[momtochloe]

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@ChiliPepper wrote:

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@momtochloe wrote:

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Chili, these look great but I have a quick question . . . do you peel these before you pop them in the oven (I'm thinking maybe no but then when you mash them for the second time I was thinking maybe yes) . . .

No, they are kind of like a loaded potato skin only with sweet potatoes. And in bite size form.

You really just mush them down a little bit. Not sure if that step is really necessary now that I think about it.

So, I would scrub up the skins good & then they can be eaten if you like them. 

@momtochloe

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I am making these tomorrow, thanks my friend!

[ChiliPepper]

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@momtochloe wrote:

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@ChiliPepper wrote:

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@momtochloe wrote:

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Chili, these look great but I have a quick question . . . do you peel these before you pop them in the oven (I'm thinking maybe no but then when you mash them for the second time I was thinking maybe yes) . . .

No, they are kind of like a loaded potato skin only with sweet potatoes. And in bite size form.

You really just mush them down a little bit. Not sure if that step is really necessary now that I think about it.

So, I would scrub up the skins good & then they can be eaten if you like them. 

@momtochloe

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I am making these tomorrow, thanks my friend!

Well, maybe you mush or smash them a little to turn them from a piece of cooked sweet potato to fluffier sweet potatoes so to speak.

Does that make sense???

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[momtochloe]

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@ChiliPepper wrote:

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@momtochloe wrote:

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@ChiliPepper wrote:

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@momtochloe wrote:

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Chili, these look great but I have a quick question . . . do you peel these before you pop them in the oven (I'm thinking maybe no but then when you mash them for the second time I was thinking maybe yes) . . .

No, they are kind of like a loaded potato skin only with sweet potatoes. And in bite size form.

You really just mush them down a little bit. Not sure if that step is really necessary now that I think about it.

So, I would scrub up the skins good & then they can be eaten if you like them. 

@momtochloe

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I am making these tomorrow, thanks my friend!

Well, maybe you mush or smash them a little to turn them from a piece of cooked sweet potato to fluffier sweet potatoes so to speak.

Does that make sense???

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Oh yes absolutely, they sound delicious and I am making them tomorrow with what's left of the Korean Pork Shoulder from TJ's . . .

[RespectLife]

YEAH ANOTHER BILLS FAN!  @ChiliPepper 

I guess since you are in the middle of the state...you could go either way.  Join the throng of sad Bills fans...or switch to one of the other two football teams with 'New York' in their name...even though they are phoney NY teams and play in Jersey!!  LOL

I love the sweet potato bites idea!  @momtochloe   Let us know how they turn out and any tricks you discover when making them.

DH loves mini marsh on his sweet pots.  I have a bag to use up!

[momtochloe]

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@RespectLife wrote:

YEAH ANOTHER BILLS FAN!  @ChiliPepper 

I guess since you are in the middle of the state...you could go either way.  Join the throng of sad Bills fans...or switch to one of the other two football teams with 'New York' in their name...even though they are phoney NY teams and play in Jersey!!  LOL

I love the sweet potato bites idea!  @momtochloe   Let us know how they turn out and any tricks you discover when making them.

DH loves mini marsh on his sweet pots.  I have a bag to use up!

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@RespectLife @ChiliPepper actually I think I will make both tomorrow.  Believe it or not, I have never had a sweet potato with marshmallows (wasn't allowed in the house) so I think I'll do half of the potato with Chili's recipe and the other half with the marshmallows . . . hmmmm, maybe I need to do this NOW . . . .

[momtochloe]

If ya'll need a belly laugh today, check out the "Ah, the joys of getting older" thread in Community Chat . . . I literally had tears streaming down my face . . . too, too funny!

Here's a sample (and the posts that go along with it are spectacular):

[ChiliPepper]

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@RespectLife wrote:

I love the sweet potato bites idea!  @momtochloe   Let us know how they turn out and any tricks you discover when making them.

DH loves mini marsh on his sweet pots.  I have a bag to use up!

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Respect, the recipe didn't call for marshmallows but I don't know why it wouldn't work.

My little addition to the recipe, always gotta mess with them LOL!!!

@RespectLife