How to Cook Napa Jack's Pan Roasted Sweet Potatoes: Wine Country Kitchens with Kimberly

sweet potatoes

🥗Healthier: butternut squash

💰Cheaper: regular potatoes

Butternut squash is lower in calories and has a similar sweetness.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Chop the large sweet potato into couple-inch chunks.

Peel the sweet potato to keep the outside moist for dredging.

Dredge the sweet potato chunks in a mixture of flour and Napa Jack's steak rub, ensuring a light coating.

Add the dredged sweet potatoes to a casserole dish with pan drippings from a roast beef.

Scatter the sweet potatoes in the pan and cover the roast beef to allow the potatoes to brown.

Roast in the oven for about 45 minutes, checking to ensure they are not too brown or mushy.

After 30 minutes, toss the sweet potatoes in the pan drippings to coat them.

Perform a knife test to check tenderness of the potatoes.

If desired, add whole button mushrooms to the pan with the potatoes and drippings.

Cover the dish and return it to the oven for an additional 20-30 minutes, checking after 15 minutes.

After cooking, let the dish rest for about 10 minutes before serving.

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