Gingered Sweet Potatoes with Orange Juice Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Vegetable Side Dish Recipes. (Gingered Sweet Potatoes with Orange Juice Recipe). The trick that gives you incredible flavor is to cook fresh sweet potatoes in their skin just until tender.

Brief

Prep 10 mins

Cook: 30 mins

Additional: 20 mins

Total: 1hr

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

Gingered Sweet Potatoes with Orange Juice Recipe

Ingredients

2 ½ pounds sweet potatoes

cooking spray

2 tablespoons white sugar

2 teaspoons cornstarch

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground ginger

½ cup orange juice

3 tablespoons butter

Side Dish

Directions

Step 1

Pierce skin of sweet potatoes in several spots with a fork.

Step 2

Cook sweet potatoes in microwave oven until just tender 12 to 15 minutes. Refrigerate sweet potatoes until cooled completely at least 20 minutes.

Step 3

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a shallow 1 1/2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.

Step 4

Peel sweet potatoes and cut into cubes; spread into prepared baking dish.

Step 5

Mix sugar cornstarch salt and ginger together in a glass measuring cup; pour orange juice into the cup while stirring with a whisk.

Step 6

Heat orange juice mixture in microwave oven for 1 minute stir and continue to heat until thickened and smooth 30 to 60 seconds more; add butter and stir until melted. Pour the liquid over the sweet potatoes.

Step 7

Bake in preheated oven until sweet potatoes are heated through 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Gingered Sweet Potatoes with Orange Juice Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 182.5

% Daily Value *

Protein: 2.4g 5%

Carbohydrates: 34g 11%

Dietary Fiber: 4.3g 17%

Sugars: 10.4g

Fat: 4.5g 7%

Saturated Fat: 2.8g 14%

Cholesterol: 11.4mg 4%

Vitamin A Iu: 20292IU 406%

Niacin Equivalents: 1.6mg 12%

Vitamin B6: 0.3mg 19%

Vitamin C: 11.2mg 19%

Folate: 20.5mcg 5%

Calcium: 45.8mg 5%

Iron: 0.9mg 5%

Magnesium: 37.5mg 13%

Potassium: 512mg 14%

Sodium: 254.3mg 10%

Thiamin: 0.1mg 11%

Calories From Fat: 40.2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.