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Cheesy Loaded Sweet Potatoes

Two sweet potato halves on a plate topped with melted cheese cubed avocado pickled red onions and hot sauce.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kate Buckens
  • Active Time

    20 minutes

  • Total Time

    35 minutes

For a quick 15-minute dinner, you can steam the potatoes up to five days in advance. Serve with lots of fixings for an easy variation on the taco bar concept.

Ingredients

4 servings

3 lb. sweet potatoes (4 large or 6 small), scrubbed, halved lengthwise
3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese
Sour cream or plain yogurt, sliced avocado, thinly sliced radishes, thinly sliced scallions, cilantro leaves,Pickled Red Onions, lime wedges, and/or hot sauce (for serving; optional)
  1. Step 1

    Fill a large pot with 1" water. Place potatoes in a steamer basket and lower into pot. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Steam until potatoes are fork-tender, 25–30 minutes.

    Step 2

    Place an oven rack about 8" from broiler; preheat broiler. Coat a rimmed baking sheet with 1 Tbsp. oil. Arrange potatoes skin side down on prepared pan. Score or lightly mash flesh with a fork; season all over with salt and pepper. Drizzle with remaining 2 Tbsp. oil, then top with cheese (taking care to keep it on the potatoes, not the pan). Broil potatoes, watching carefully to make sure they don’t burn, until cheese is bubbling and golden brown, 3–5 minutes.

    Step 3

    Transfer potatoes to a platter. Serve with sour cream, avocado, radishes, scallions, cilantro, pickled onion, lime wedges, and hot sauce for topping alongside, if desired.

    Step 4

    Do Ahead:Potatoes can be steamed 5 days ahead. Transfer to an airtight container and chill.

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  • This is so easy, versatile, and delicious we'll add to our irregular rotation of favourite dishes. I didn't steam the sweet potatoes. It was easier to just pop them in the oven for an hour, during which I raided the dairy and vegetable compartments of the refrigerator. This is a good dish for using up bits and pieces of cheese, sauce, and vegetables.

    • Cathryn Wellner

    • Glenelg, South Australia

    • 10/19/2021

  • good and easy- even the sweet potato hater liked it!

    • Anonymous

    • Vancouver BC

    • 11/21/2020

  • 虽然我相信这将是美味out I'm really bad at steaming potatoes and then end result was basically good for mashing. ;-; Gonna try this again at a later date though!

    • Trashpanda420

    • San Diego, California

    • 9/21/2019

  • delish! only hard part was cutting the sweet potatoes in half. recommend long skinny ones. they cook faster too...

    • jansan1

    • Orange County, CA.

    • 9/19/2019

  • This was fantastic! So simple and easy, so delicious! We love taco night at home with all the toppings so I prepared this as is above, had bowls of toppings, wife LOVED it! This will become a staple in our house!

    • wesley8q

    • Rochester, MN

    • 9/19/2019

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