Spiced Herb Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges
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A delicious and simple recipe, these spicy sweet potato wedges are a great and healthier alternative to chips or fries! You will kick out your cravings and won’t even feel like you are missing out on frying! A very versatile recipe, these baked sweet potato wedges are perfect as main meals, appetizers, sides or snacks!
Spicy Sweet Potato Wedges
You probably don’t know but I’ve got quite “the hots” for sweet potatoes. They are rich in fiber and minerals such as calcium, selenium and iron. Also, they are a great source of vitamin B and C. These spicy sweet potato wedges are a great easy and delicious recipe, made with just a handful of ingredients and are sure to become your favorite with the first bite! A bite full of wonderful flavors and just a hint of spicy that truly complements the sweetness in the potatoes.
The thyme, chili and the garlic mayonnaise sauce give so much flavor to these thick and crisp spicy sweet potato wedges. They make great appetizers for parties or just a flavorful side dish or a nutritious and healthy snack. Not to mention these mouthwatering roasted sweet potato wedges are the perfect finger food for game night, potlucks or barbecues; a true delight! Roasted to perfection, these sweet potato snacks will have everyone asking for more!
On lazy days when you don’t want to do much cooking sweet potatoes can easily be turned into a full meal. Simply stuff vegetables or minced meat in them and have them as your lunch or dinner.
Who said salad has to be boring and tasteless? You can make a salad by cutting your sweet potatoes into smaller pieces and mixing them with avocado and apple. This may seem like a light meal but it is quite filling!
Often, Americans confuse them with yams. Yams are cylindrical shaped whereas sweet potatoes are long and have tapered ends. Sweet potatoes are commonly found in supermarket and grocery stores. They are readily available all year long.
More sweet potato recipes you will love:
- Baked sweet potato fries
- Chicken chili with sweet potatoes
- Twice baked chicken veggie sweet potatoes
- Taco stuffed sweet potatoes
And since these spicy sweet potato wedges are so easy to make, you’ll be happy to keep your crowd pleased and make some more! I used a few medium sweet potatoes that I scrubbed clean and I left the skins on, but if you would like you can peel them; I just have a feeling your healthy sweet potato wedges will not end up as crispy as mine.
To make my spicy sweet potato wedges, I cut the sweet potatoes in half, and then I cut each of the halves into four wedges. I then put them onto a lined baking sheet. This is because they tend to get a little juicy while baking. Lining the baking sheet will insulate the sweet potatoes and ensure a good clean up. I then drizzled them with olive oil and then sprinkled them with salt, pepper, hot chili powder and dry thyme. I gave them a good toss, roasted them for about 25 minutes and served them with a spicy mayonnaise and garlic sauce. The ultimate party in your mouth, lip-smacking, finger-licking food!!
A few tips on making these spicy sweet potato wedges
Before cooking them, rinse twice your sweet potato wedges in cold water. This removes the extra starch in them making them crispy when cooked. They do need about 30 minutes to bake, a little longer if you want your wedges extra crispy. So keep this in mind if you plan to serve these baked sweet potato wedges with something else that cooks faster.
An easy way to tell if your sweet potato wedges are well done is to stick a fork in them. If there is some resistance then let them cook a little longer so that they are well done. If you’re serving them with chicken or burgers, prepare your wedges first and toss them in the oven and then continue preparing the rest of the dinner while the sweet potato wedges bake in the oven.
How to make sweet potato wedges crisp
To make your wedges crisp, don’t over crowd them, leave about 1/2″ between each wedge. If the wedges are over crowded they’ll boil from the steam instead of roasting.
Also, the wedges tend to build up steam from the heat and burst. To avoid this, poke a couple of holes into the wedges so that air can escape and they cook evenly.
If you want extra-crisp roasted sweet potato wedges, when the 30 minutes expires, turn the oven to a higher setting and roast the wedges for extra 5 minutes. Ovens have different settings so keep an eye on your wedges to prevent burning.
I found that leaving the skin on helps to make the sweet potato wedges crispier. And to be honest I love how these taste with the skin on as opposed to their skinless version. Plus it makes preparing fuss-free and a lot faster. So if you scrub your sweet potatoes really well, you should be fine leaving the skins on.
Also, evidence shows that the skin of sweet potatoes is high in antioxidants. Therefore, it helps the body fight against the risk of cancer. To reap all the nutritional benefits of your sweet potatoes, don’t peel. Just make sure you give them a good scrub before cooking so that you don’t end up with dirt or debris on your plate.
Sweet potato wedges are easy to bake. After doing it a couple of times you will master the recipe!
Serving these spicy sweet potato wedges
We served out wedges all kinds of ways as a snack, appetizers, side dish or even a meal on their own.
When we had these as snacks and appetizers we loved pairing them with a simple sauce made with mayo, garlic, lime juice and a little more chili powder (recipe below). We love how sweet potatoes taste when paired with lime juice so we couldn’t pass the opportunity to add a little to our mayo sauce.
When we served our wedges as a main meal we loved pairing them with these dishes:
As for drinks, we paired our sweet potato wedges with these non alcoholic beverages:
This recipe came at the perfect time! I just bought a ton of sweet potatoes!
This is right up my alley too bad my husband does not eat sweet potatoes!
I love sweet potatoes! This is a good variety to try!
Sweet potatoes are just too good, i need to try your version
Wonderful recipe! I really love sweet potatoes!
What is the nutritional information for this recipe?
I don’t offer nutritional information, Janet, I don’t have an automated app on the site, but there are plenty available on the internet.
I love sweet potatoes but this recipe puts them through the roof. nice cozy munchies to go with our cool winter nights here in Canada. Thank you for this recipe.
Hi, Roger! Thanks so much for the lovely comment! I’m happy you love this recipe as much as we do, it’s one of our favorite!
Can’t open the recipe. Tried on iPhone and IPad. Frustrating!
Try this link, Scott! https://theseamanmom.com/spiced-herb-roasted-sweet-potato-wedges/2/
nice recipe
merci pour votre idée, belle passion
Naming ingredients (sweet potatoes,salt,pepper, chili powder, etc.) without listing quantities is what my mom did to my sisters; she meant no harm but she was a ‘scratch’ cook who now has daughters who are convinced they don’t belong in a kitchen because they were never given proper instruction. Please take the word ‘recipe’ off of your header, you’ve given us a food ‘story’. You’ve wasted my time….
Dan, thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment. You need to learn how to read blogs, though! And when the article says “Click to read more”, I strongly suggest you do so, if you want to see the rest of it, which in this particular case, is the mysterious recipe.
I clicked read more 4 times and never came upon an actual recipe.
Mary, I may be wrong but my guess is you’re using a browser with an ad blocker which unfortunately blocks images (that “read more” section is an image), making you unable to click that image/object. The recipe is here https://theseamanmom.com/spiced-herb-roasted-sweet-potato-wedges/2/
Forever trying to get the perfect sweet potato wedge so if this recipe works I’ll be so so happy! Looks insanely tasty- will definitely be trying the mayonnaise out, love how you included that in your recipe, like you said, great finger food for a party!
What temperature?
Hi Lori. It’s right in the instructions on page 2.