Cheesy Loaded Sweet Potatoes
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(5)
Active Time
20 minutes
Total Time
35 minutes
For a quick 15-minute dinner, you can steam the potatoes up to five days in advance. Serve with lots of fixings for an easy variation on the taco bar concept.
Ingredients
4 servings
Step 1
Fill a large pot with 1" water. Place potatoes in a steamer basket and lower into pot. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Steam until potatoes are fork-tender, 25–30 minutes.
Step 2
Place an oven rack about 8" from broiler; preheat broiler. Coat a rimmed baking sheet with 1 Tbsp. oil. Arrange potatoes skin side down on prepared pan. Score or lightly mash flesh with a fork; season all over with salt and pepper. Drizzle with remaining 2 Tbsp. oil, then top with cheese (taking care to keep it on the potatoes, not the pan). Broil potatoes, watching carefully to make sure they don’t burn, until cheese is bubbling and golden brown, 3–5 minutes.
Step 3
Transfer potatoes to a platter. Serve with sour cream, avocado, radishes, scallions, cilantro, pickled onion, lime wedges, and hot sauce for topping alongside, if desired.
Step 4
Do Ahead: Potatoes can be steamed 5 days ahead. Transfer to an airtight container and chill.
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Reviews (5)
Back to TopThis is so easy, versatile, and delicious we'll add to our irregular rotation of favourite dishes. I didn't steam the sweet potatoes. It was easier to just pop them in the oven for an hour, during which I raided the dairy and vegetable compartments of the refrigerator. This is a good dish for using up bits and pieces of cheese, sauce, and vegetables.
Cathryn Wellner
Glenelg, South Australia
10/19/2021
good and easy- even the sweet potato hater liked it!
Anonymous
Vancouver BC
11/21/2020
While I'm sure this would be delicious it turns out I'm really bad at steaming potatoes and then end result was basically good for mashing. ;-; Gonna try this again at a later date though!
Trashpanda420
San Diego, California
9/21/2019
delish! only hard part was cutting the sweet potatoes in half. recommend long skinny ones. they cook faster too...
jansan1
Orange County, CA.
9/19/2019
This was fantastic! So simple and easy, so delicious! We love taco night at home with all the toppings so I prepared this as is above, had bowls of toppings, wife LOVED it! This will become a staple in our house!
wesley8q
Rochester, MN
9/19/2019
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