Description
Deliciously baked sweet potatoes, seasoned with fine sea salt for a perfect flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 sweet potatoes (6–12 ounces), any variety; choose similar-sized ones for even baking with few blemishes.
- Fine sea salt: fine-ground Celtic sea salt, Himalayan pink salt, or a mineral-rich salt like Baha Gold.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Wash sweet potatoes, leaving them wet.
- While still wet (with water), liberally coat sweet potatoes on all sides with the salt. The water will help it stick. Do not use oil.
- Place sweet potatoes over a sheet pan. Prick once with a fork on the top.
- Bake until the sweet potatoes are tender in the middle, and the internal temperature reaches 205F to 212F. Timing will depend on the size of the sweet potatoes: medium sweet potatoes take 40-60 minutes.
- After baking, cut the top open with a knife within 5 mins of removing from oven and fluff the flesh with a fork.
- Serve with desired toppings.
Notes
- Choose sweet potatoes that are similar in size for even cooking.
- Let the skin be pricked to allow steam to escape during baking.
- Timing may vary based on sweet potato size, so check for tenderness.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sweet potato
- Calories: 112
- Sugar: 5 grams
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 0 grams
- Saturated Fat: 0 grams
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 grams
- Trans Fat: 0 grams
- Carbohydrates: 26 grams
- Fiber: 4 grams
- Protein: 2 grams
- Cholesterol: 0 mg