Baked and Stuffed Coconut Sweet Potatoes

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Baked and Stuffed Coconut Sweet Potatoes are the starting point for a variety of amazing side dish and entrée options. Along with my easy recipe for baked sweet potatoes, I’ve included my TOP 7 STUFFED SWEET POTATO RECIPES.

This recipe was first published in March 2020. Updates include photographs and detailed recipe directions.

I love taking a recipe and adapting it in many different ways. With a baked sweet potato, the options are endless. I always have a few of these delicious orange beauties on hand as they keep for up to a month in a cool dark place. Baked and Stuffed Coconut Sweet Potatoes are a fabulous starting point for many tasty ways to serve sweet potatoes.

the ingredients for baked and stuffed sweet potatoes

• sweet potatoes
• extra virgin olive oil
• unsweetened coconut cream
• kosher salt
• freshly ground pepper

how to make the perfect baked sweet potatoes

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Wash and dry the sweet potatoes.
• Using a sharp knife, poke 2 to 3 times on each side of the potato.
• Rub the potatoes with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt and pepper.
• Place on a foil (or parchment paper) lined baking sheet. The potatoes may ooze some sticky, sugary liquid which can be difficult to wash off the pan.
• Bake for about 45 to 50 minutes or until a knife can easily poke through the potatoes.

how do you make stuffed sweet potatoes?

After baking the potatoes, slice the top 1/4 off the potato. Scoop out the inside of the sweet potato leaving about 1/2 inch of the flesh inside the peel. This helps the potatoes hold their shape. Place the orange flesh in a bowl.

Next add unsweetened coconut cream. This thick cream is what rises to the top of a can of coconut milk which is also sold separately. Mash the sweet potato flesh, unsweetened coconut cream along with kosher salt and pepper. This mashed sweet potato is the base for some deliciously awesome baked and stuffed sweet potatoes.

7 delicious stuffed sweet potato recipes

With the sweet potatoes baked and the filling mashed, the options for flavor combinations are infinite. Each one of my suggestions that follow makes enough for 4 stuffed potatoes. These are some of my personal chef clients favorite stuffed sweet potatoes!

sweet stuffed sweet potato recipes

• Top the filled potatoes with dried fruit ~shredded coconut, cranberries, raisins, currants, fig, or dates.
• Top the filled potatoes with toasted nuts ~pine nuts, pecans, walnuts, cashews, almonds.
• Make breakfast sweet potatoes by stirring in 1 cup of cooked quinoa, 1/2 cup blueberries, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon into the mashed coconut sweet potatoes. Top with your favorite toasted nuts and a drizzle of maple syrup.
• Make an apple pie dessert potato by stirring a large peeled and grated apple, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg into the mashed coconut sweet potatoes. Top with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

savory stuffed sweet potato recipes

• Sauté 1/2 cup diced onion, 2 minced garlic cloves and 2 cups of baby spinach in 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil. Add the sautéed mixture to the mashed coconut potatoes. Stir in 1 (15.5 ounce) can of drained and rinsed small white beans.
• Add an Indian twist by stirring in 1 teaspoon of curry powder, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder and 1 cup of peas along with the mashed coconut sweet potatoes.
• Top each filled sweet potato with 1/4 cup of drained and rinsed chickpeas and drizzle with a maple tahini dressing and chopped fresh cilantro. For the tahini dressing whisk 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 3 tablespoons tahini, 1 to 2 tablespoons of warm water, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, a dash of maple syrup, and kosher salt and pepper to taste.

If you make any of these baked and stuffed sweet potatoes, I’d love hearing from you. Be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating ~ I do my best to reply to all your comments. And snap a photo to post to Instagram. I’ll add the photos to my Insta stories as I love seeing all your creations.

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more stuffed potato recipes to try

• Cheddar Stuffed Potatoes
• Sloppy Joe Stuffed Potatoes
• Apple and Bacon Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Pomegranate

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