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Garlic Butter Smashed Sweet Potatoes With Parmesan cheese are crispy and buttery on the outside, while soft and sweet on the inside, making for one of the best sweet potato dishes you’ve ever tried!
Move over mashed sweet potatoes! These smashed sweet potatoes, sweet and tender on the inside with crispy outer edges, are our new favourite side dish. An incredible side dish to go with your garlic herb roast chicken or garlic roast turkey!
This no-fail crispy sweet potato dish came to me after roasting our Crispy Garlic Butter Parmesan Smashed Potatoes. Normally, sweet potatoes are roasted in the oven either cubed (like our classic roasted sweet potatoes), or in halves (like these cheesy garlic sweet potatoes). However, smashing them takes them to a whole other level!
Since sweet potatoes have such a different texture to normal potatoes, I tried and tested these smashed potatoes before posting the recipe to ensure you have the greatest success.
These are INSANELY delicious.
HOW TO MAKE SMASHED SWEET POTATOES
In testing these, I tried two different methods.
1. Baking them first until fork tender, smashing on the same tray (less washing up — lazy person confession), and roasting to crispy perfection.
OR
2. Boiling them first, draining each piece, then placing them on a tray, smashing, and baking to crisp perfection.
Either way, you can’t go wrong. Personally, I prefer the boil method first, as they seem to almost caramelise in their own natural sweetness while boiling before baking.
I also found gently smashing them with a fork was much easier than using a potato masher. A potato masher can mash and destroy the potatoes. You may have to mould them a little into shape after smashing them, because they are much softer than the average potato.
Then drizzle with melted garlic butter…
…then broil (or grill) for another 10 – 15 minutes, and mentally prepare yourself for the BEST smashed sweet potatoes you will ever try in this lifetime.
MORE SWEET POTATO RECIPES:
Mashed sweet potatoes
Twice Baked Chicken Fajita Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potato Casserole
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Garlic Butter Smashed Sweet Potatoes With Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes:
- 4 medium sized sweet potatoes or 3 large sweet potatoes
- 1 spray olive oil light spray
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 4 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to broil (or grill) settings to high heat. Trim off the ends of the sweet potatoes. Cut each sweet potato into quarters (or 1 1/2 - inch pieces).
Boil Method:
- Place sweet potatoes in a large pot of salted water. Bring to the boil; cook, covered for 20 -25 minutes or until just fork-tender. Drain well.
Roast Method:
- Bake sweet potato pieces for 25-30 minutes, or until they are fork tender. Allow to cool for about 5 minted, or until you can handle them without burning your hands.
Smash:
- Lightly grease a large baking sheet or tray with cooking oil spray. Arrange sweet potatoes onto the sheet and use a fork to LIGHTLY flatten each piece (they will be soft, so try not to press too hard or they will end up breaking and mashed).
- Mix together the butter, garlic and parsley. Pour the mixture over each sweet potato. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and lightly spray with olive oil spray.
- Broil (or grill) until they are golden and crispy (about 15 minutes). Remove from oven, sprinkle over the parmesan cheese and return to the oven until the cheese is melted.
To Serve:
- Season with a little extra salt and parsley, and serve immediately.
Notes
- Look for long sweet potatoes that are fairly wide in diameter. I found the fatter, the better (larger smashed sweet potato pieces.
- I prefer the boil method first, as they seem to almost caramelise in their own natural sweetness, before baking. But either method works.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I’m trying to make these for dinner tonight, but don’t see an oven temperature for the baked method…
Shelley
For the oven you will use your broiler. That has one setting or two. You will use the high if you have the high or low setting. Hope that helps! These are so good! Enjoy!
My broiler doesn’t work like that you have to put in a number …. I chose 500
If you boil them first, are you still baking for the 20-25 minutes, and then broiling?
Yes, exactly! That’s why I said I like the lazy way;)!! Enjoy your potatoes! My fave lately!
Are these yams or sweet potatoes?
These are sweet potatoes.
Made these today for the first time. Won’t be the last!
So yummy!! ?
made it and love the recipe… making it again this week.. but will definitely add more garlic 🙂
When you say bake for 20-25 min….350* ok?
Do you cut them up into slices before boiling or after boiling?
Before boiling
These didn’t turn out as pretty as the picture, but are definitely by far one of the best sweet potato recipes I have encountered. Will definitely be making them again!!!
My fiance has not stopped talking about this recipe since I made them — they were seriously the BEST. We just kept rolling our eyes with happiness the whole time we were eating!!! I’m making more tonight and he’s so excited he invited friends over — thanks for the amazing recipe!