Smoked Sweet Potatoes
These smoked sweet potatoes topped with a garlic sage butter are an easy and tasty side dish for any meal.
Servings 4
Calories 204kcal
Ingredients
- 4 large sweet potatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 ¼ teaspoon sea salt, divided
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoon fresh sage, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat smoker to 250°F. Wash and dry the sweet potatoes. Pierce with a fork on all sides and the drizzle with olive oil, rubbing all of the skin. Season with 1 teaspoon salt.
- Smoke the sweet potatoes for 2 hours or until you can pierce with a fork.
- While sweet potatoes or cooking, make garlic sage butter. Melt butter in small skillet and cook until it is starting to brown, about 2-3 minutes. Add garlic, sage and ¼ teaspoon salt and cook for 30 seconds. Remove from heat and set aside.
- When the sweet potatoes are done, split open with a knife and fluff the insides. Top with some of the garlic sage butter.
Notes
- Use a fruit wood for a subtle smoke flavor like cherry or apple.
- If you're short on time, you can smoke at 350°F for about 45 minutes, but you'll have less smoke flavor.
- Cooked sweet potatoes should have fork easily pierce through it.
- You will know the brown butter is ready when there is a nutty aroma and there are lightly browned specks on the bottom of the pan.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sweet potato | Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 805mg | Potassium: 307mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g