How To Cook Sweet Potatoes On The Stove - Easy Recipes You Can Try At Home?

For a minimalist kitchen that isn’t equipped with a microwave, oven, or grill, but just a stove, the number of dishes you can cook is obviously limited. That said, it doesn’t mean you can’t do anything.

If you intend to create a delicious dish with sweet potatoes in that kitchen, let me give you a hand. Here is how to cook sweet potatoes on the stove (4 easy recipes that you can try at home).

Candied Sweet Potatoes

Candied sweet potatoes are my new favorite snack this year. They’re buttery, soft, sweet, and extra saucy with a caramelized edge, which is perfect for not only a random Sunday night throughout the year but also special occasions. Such as Easter and Christmas.

They taste even better with sea salt, rosemary, and orange zest.

All the ingredients are easily found in any supermarket or market and the cooking process is simple. Here is how:

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp. pure vanilla extract
• ½ tbsp. ground ginger
• ½ tbsp. ground nutmeg
• ¾ tbsp. ground cinnamon
• 200 gr (1 cup) of dark brown or packed light sugar
• 60ml (1/4 cup) pure maple syrup
• 2 tsp. water
• 115 gr (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
• ½ tsp. salt
• 4 pounds of medium sweet potatoes

Optional for garnish: dried or chopped fresh rosemary, sea salt

Optional: 2 tsp. orange zest

How-to:

Step1: After cleansing thoroughly, peel and cut sweet potatoes into ½”-thick slices, then put in a pot. Sprinkle salt on top and layer all of them with nonstick grease spraying.

Step 2: Make the sauce.

Preheat a medium saucepan on medium fire; pour all the ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, brown sugar, maple syrup, water, and butter into it and keep stirring until the butter has melted.

Keep boiling at medium heat for two minutes without stirring, then turn off the stove, add vanilla extract and orange zest to the sauce, and stir.

Step 3: Heat a thin layer of olive oil in your skillet over medium heat then top it up with a single layer of potato slices.

Step 4: Sprinkle with ginger powder, curry, garlic powder, pepper, and salt and remaining cooking for 5 minutes or until they turn browned and soft.

Step 5: Flip all the potato slices, repeat step 4 on this side.

When your potatoes are pierced easily by a knife, it’s completely cooked. Pour the sauce on them and toss to coat.

Skillet Sweet Potatoes

If you are pressed for time, this delicious, quick-to-cook side dish from sweet potatoes is a great choice.

It only takes around 30 minutes for the cooking process but you can make a big batch to save for the whole week. That means you only have to set foot on the table when it’s mealtime. A useful tip to shorten the cooking time (if you want it to) is cutting sweet potatoes into smaller cubes.

It will also make the food evenly tender inside with perfectly crisp outside.

Ingredients

• 2 tsp Coconut Oil
• Ground Cinnamon, to taste
• 1/2 tsp Dried Parsley
• 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
• 1 Sweet Potato

How-to

Rinse thoroughly, peel, and cut sweet potatoes into ½” cubes. Over medium heat, preheat a skillet then layer it with cooking oil.

Add potato cubes once the oil is hot. Stir evenly to coat all of them, then sprinkle a bit of cinnamon, parsley, and salt. Give them a good mix.

Now, cook them for around 20 minutes over medium heat; stir sometimes and make sure they are nice and crispy without getting burnt.

After all the potato pieces are cooked evenly; crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, turn off the stove. Ready to serve.

Smashed Sweet Potatoes

Another delicious and easy-to-cook dish from sweet potatoes! The whole cooking process is even faster than the previous side dish recipe.

Ingredients

1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon

2 tbsp. Original Spread-tub

2 tbsp. Ginger Orange Stir Fry Sauce-Marinade

2 tbsp. firmly packed brown sugar

1-1/2 pounds of sweet potatoes

How-to

Rinse thoroughly, peel, and cut sweet potatoes into 1”-thick cubes.

Preheat a saucepan over high heat. Add enough water to cover it, then add sweet potato pieces. Boil them for 15 minutes or until your sweet potatoes are evenly tender.

Drain them. Now, add brown sugar, orange ginger sauce marinade, spread-tub, and cinnamon to the potatoes; smash them with a spoon, spatula, or fork until everything is well mixed and you’ve got a smooth potato mixture.

Ready to serve.

Sweet Potato & Kale Stew

Ingredients

6 cups of kale (chopped)

2 tsp. honey

¼ cup natural peanut butter

5 cups vegetable broth

2 medium sweet potatoes

2 carrots, diced

1 tsp cumin

½ tsp cayenne pepper

½ tsp salt

1 tsp clove

1 tsp ginger

4 tbsp. minced garlic

2 tbsp. olive oil

How-to

Chop kale, getting rid of large stems; dive carrots; and cut sweet potatoes into 1/2”-thick cubes (after rinse and peel them).

Place a huge pot over medium heat and add a thin layer of olive oil. Insert ginger and garlic then stir continuously; cook for 60 seconds.

Add cumin, cayenne, salt, and clove then keep stirring for two minutes or until spices are fragrant. Add other ingredients to the pot, boil them over low heat for 20 minutes.

Once carrots and sweet potatoes are tender, it’s ready to serve.

Conclusion

This is the end of my article about how to cook sweet potatoes on the stove. I hope it was helpful for you to get more delicious recipes for the next cooking time. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!