Honey Chipotle Glazed Sweet Potatoes
 
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Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 whole chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
  • 1 tablespoon adobo sauce (from the chipotle chiles)
  • 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt, divided
  • ½ cup vegetable broth (or water)
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 3 large sweet potatoes
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350*
  2. Line a large baking sheet with foil and lightly grease with olive oil spray.
  3. To make the glaze, place all ingredients except for the sweet potatoes, ½ teaspoon of salt, honey and olive oil in a blender or food processor and blend for 30-60 seconds.
  4. Once blended, strain the liquid through a fine mesh strainer, pressing the garlic bits and chipotle pepper seeds until all liquid is strained through, discarding the remnants of the strainer.
  5. Whisk the honey into the strained liquid and set aside.
  6. Cut your sweet potatoes into wedges a half inch wide and 4-6 inches long, depending on the length of your sweet potatoes.
  7. Place your sweet potato wedges in a large bowl and gently coat with the honey chipotle glaze.
  8. Using tongs spread the sweet potatoes out evenly on the prepared baking sheet.*
  9. Drizzle the sweet potatoes with 2 tablespoons of olive oil then cover the sweet potatoes with another sheet of foil and roast them in the 350* oven for 45 minutes, gently tossing at the 30-minute mark.
  10. After 45 minutes, uncover the potatoes and drizzle or baste with the remaining chipotle glaze.
  11. Increase the oven temperature to 425* and bake the potatoes for an additional 15 minutes, uncovered.
  12. Once the additional 15 minutes are up, turn the oven broiler to high and broil the sweet potatoes on the top rack for 5 minutes, stirring half way through until golden, caramelized bits begin to appear.
  13. Remove immediately from the oven, sprinkle with a half teaspoon of salt and serve.
Notes
Here, you should be careful not to take any extra glaze with you as adding too much liquid to the baking sheet will results in steamed sweet potatoes rather that roasted. The remaining glaze will be used at the end of the cooking period to base the potatoes
Recipe by Her Modern Kitchen at https://www.hermodernkitchen.com/chipotle-glazed-sweet-potatoes/