This Roasted Spicy Sweet Potatoes recipe will melt in your mouth! These Seasoned Sweet Potatoes have just the right amount of sweet, heat and crunch to make them the perfect side that your whole family will love.
Sweet Potatoes are an easy way to make a wonderful holiday side dish or an easy way to make elevate your meals.
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More about Roasted Spicy Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Spicy Sweet Potatoes are a recipe that everyone will love due to that sweet with a hint of spice. With the rich amber maple flavor, crunch from the pecans, and spice from the cayenne, these Spicy Roasted Sweet Potatoes are a great side dish. For more ideas and recipes check out this Great Sweet Potato Recipes!
Why This Savory Roast Sweet Potatoes Recipe is a Keeper
These roasted sweet potato cubes have a little bit of everything. They are sweet and spicy, crunchy and seasoned to perfection.
- Easy Ingredients: All really need for this recipe is sweet potatoes, pecans, maple syrup, and some seasonings! Perfect for meal prep.
- Adaptable: If there is someone who has a nut allergy or you simply do not like nuts, you can omit the pecans and the crispy seasoned sweet potatoes will be just as tasty. Your family can’t wait to try this wonderful recipe.
- Perfect Side Dish: These roasted sweet potatoes makes for a delicious side dish to accompany any dish from chicken to steak. These sweet potatoes are delicious so leftovers almost never happen.
If you’re looking for more Potato inspired recipes, try these Savory Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Rosemary, Whipped Mashed Potatoes and Crispy Brown Sugar Roasted Sweet Potatoes.
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Is it healthier to boil or roast sweet potatoes?
While there is some debate about the best way to cook this side dish. If you do not have nay blood sugar concerns, than it is truly a matter of preference.
Ingredient Notes for Spicy Roasted Sweet Potatoes Side Dish
- Maple Syrup: These savory sweet potatoes need pure maple syrup.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions For Spiced Sweet Potato Cubes
- Wedges: Cut the potatoes in wedges in place of cubed potatoes.
- Marshmallow: While there is a lot of sweetness of the sweet potatoes, you can add more with the marshmallows.
- Alternate cooking method tip: You could alternatively cook your seasoned roasted sweet potatoes in an air fryer for faster cook time, cook in air fryer at 425 degrees for 15 minutes or until soft and then add the glaze and put back in the air fryer for another 5-7 minutes.
- Double the spice: If you like it a little spicier try adding even more wonderful spices.
- Alternate Oil: Avocado Oil can be used un place of the olive oil for this recipe.
How to Make Roasted Spiced Sweet Potatoes
These are the basic steps for making spicy sweet potatoes . Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
STEP 1: Make the Oil and Spice Mixture
In a saucepan, combine chopped pecans, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper, and half of the maple syrup. Cook over medium-high heat until mixture is bubbling. Then spread onto a lined baking sheet pan and top with lime zest, allow to cool.
STEP 2: Cut the Sweet Potatoes and toss the Potatoes
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut up sweet potatoes. Toss the sweet potato cubes in a large mixing bowl with onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, salt, black pepper, and olive oil. Roast for 20-30 minutes in 425 degree oven on a foil lined large baking sheet.
STEP 3: Make the glaze for the Sweet Potatoes
While sweet potatoes are cooking in the oven make the glaze by combining butter, the rest of the maple syrup, and salt in a small saucepan until the mixture starts to foam.
STEP 4: Finishing Touches
Once potatoes are done coat in the maple butter glaze and then top will the candied chopped pecans.
Recipe FAQs to Make Sweet and Spicy Delicious Potatoes
Expert Tips for Making This Perfectly Roasted Potato Recipe
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: A great recipe for to make for a dish recipe to bring along go family holiday dinner to get together. Just increase the ingredients proportionately and split between two baking sheets.
- Alternate cooking method tip: You could alternatively cook your seasoned roasted sweet potatoes in an air fryer for faster cook time, cook in air fryer at 425 degrees for 15 minutes or until soft and then add the glaze and put back in the air fryer for another 5-7 minutes.
- Nut Allergy: You can omit the pecans in this recipe and it will still come out just as delicious!
- Add a little Extra Heat: To add more spice if you desire, top with crushed red pepper flakes, chili powder or cumin to add some warm spices such as cilantro or spice blend.
- Roasted Chicken: Try using with other proteins such as roasted chicken, cilantro lime chicken is wonderful to make this dish special.
- Reheat: The tender and crisp recipe for cubed sweet potatoes can be reheated in the microwave or stove. Top with a pop of color by adding some fresh herbs.
What to Serve with Spicy Potatoes / More Sweet Potato Recipes
Roasted Spicy Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 ½ pounds Fresh Sweet Potatoes
- 1 cup Chopped Pecans
- ¼ teaspoon Cayenne
- ½ cup Real Maple Syrup
- 2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1 teaspoon Lime Juice
- 3 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 3 tablespoon Butter
- Fresh Ground Pepper
- Lime zest for Garnish
Instructions
- Stir chopped pecans, cayenne, ½ tsp salt, ¼ cup maple syrup and several grinds of pepper in a small saucepan. Cook over med/high heat stirring occasionally until bubbly (about 3-5 minuts) Spread across a parchment lined baking sheet and sprinkle with lime zest. Allow to cool.
- Peel sweet potatoes and chop them into thin wedges. If your sweet potatoes are small you can cut them into quarters and then eighths if they are bigger they may need cut more.
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Toss cut sweet potatoes with onions, olive oil, 1 tsp salt, and a few grinds of pepper. Mix until evenly coated and spread on a baking sheet.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes or until tender and beginning to brown.
- While the sweet potatoes are baking in a small saucepan combine butter, ¼ cup maple syrup, and ½ tsp salt. Heat over medium heat until mixture begins foaming and continue cooking for 3-5 minutes stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
- Drizzle maple mixture over baked potatoes and stir to coat, then drizzle lime juice across the top.
- Bake for another 8-10 minutes or until dark golden brown.
- Spread pecans evenly across the top of the roasted sweet potatoes and serve immediately.
Expert Tips
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- This Recipe Can be Doubled: A great recipe for to make for a dish recipe to bring along go family holiday dinner to get together. Just increase the ingredients proportionately and split between two baking sheets.
- Alternate cooking method tip: You could alternatively cook your seasoned roasted sweet potatoes in an air fryer for faster cook time, cook in air fryer at 425 degrees for 15 minutes or until soft and then add the glaze and put back in the air fryer for another 5-7 minutes.
- Nut Allergy: You can omit the pecans in this recipe and it will still come out just as delicious!
- Add a little Extra Heat: To add more spice if you desire, top with crushed red pepper flakes, chili powder or cumin to add some warm spices such as cilantro or spice blend.
- Roasted Chicken: Try using with other proteins such as roasted chicken, cilantro lime chicken is wonderful to make this dish special.
- Reheat: The tender and crisp recipe for cubed sweet potatoes can be reheated in the microwave or stove. Top with a pop of color by adding some fresh herbs.
This side dish is packed full of flavor. I tried it last weekend, and it was a hit, so I’m keeping this recipe. Highly recommended!
I love spicy food and spicy sweet potatoes are one of my favorite side dishes! Even the kids loved it!
Cayenne + maple syrup was so delicious! What a wonderful side. I’ll definitely make it again!
I love the spicy kick in this delicious sweet potato recipe. A perfectly balanced dish with great varity in texture.