Savory Sweet Potato Casserole
You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Savory Sweet Potato Casserole a try. One serving contains 322 calories, 10g of protein, and 23g of fat. This recipe serves 8. For $1.35 per serving, this recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 13 people found this recipe to be tasty and satisfying. If you have salt, panko bread crumbs, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It will be a hit at your Thanksgiving event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours. It is a rather inexpensive recipe for fans of American food. It is brought to you by Spicy Southern Kitchen. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 40%, which is good. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Savory Sweet Potato Casserole, Twice Baked Sweet Potato Potato Skins with Pecan Streusel (akan Individual Sweet Potato Casserole), and Savory Sweet Potato Salad.
Servings: 8
Preparation duration: 90 minutes
Cooking duration: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
5 slices bacon
¼ teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons melted butter
¼ to ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1 cup shredded Gruyere cheese, divided
1/3 cup heavy cream
¼ cup Panko crumbs
¼ cup chopped pecans
¾ teaspoon salt
5 medium (or 4 large) sweet potatoes
1 medium sweet or yellow onion, chopped
Equipment:
mixing bowl
frying pan
casserole dish
Cooking instruction summary:
Bake sweet potatoes until very soft. Let cool slightly and remove and discard skin. Mash pulp with a fork and measure out 5 cups. Place in a mixing bowl.While sweet potatoes are baking, cook bacon in a nonstick skillet. Remove bacon, crumble, and set aside.Pour off all but 1 tablespoons bacon grease.Cook onion in bacon grease until soft, about 10 minutes. Just before removing from heat, add rosemary and thyme.To mixing bowl with sweet potatoes add 2 tablespoons butter, cream, egg, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Beat until smooth.Stir in onion mixture, cup shredded Gruyere cheese, and half the crumbled bacon.Transfer mixture to a lightly greased casserole dish.Toss together melted butter, Panko crumbs and pecans.Top casserole with remaining gruyere and Panko crumb mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Broil just long enough to brown the Panko crumbs.Before serving top with remaining bacon.
Step by step:
1. Bake sweet potatoes until very soft.
2. Let cool slightly and remove and discard skin. Mash pulp with a fork and measure out 5 cups.
3. Place in a mixing bowl.While sweet potatoes are baking, cook bacon in a nonstick skillet.
4. Remove bacon, crumble, and set aside.
5. Pour off all but 1 tablespoons bacon grease.Cook onion in bacon grease until soft, about 10 minutes. Just before removing from heat, add rosemary and thyme.To mixing bowl with sweet potatoes add 2 tablespoons butter, cream, egg, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Beat until smooth.Stir in onion mixture, cup shredded Gruyere cheese, and half the crumbled bacon.
6. Transfer mixture to a lightly greased casserole dish.Toss together melted butter, Panko crumbs and pecans.Top casserole with remaining gruyere and Panko crumb mixture.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Broil just long enough to brown the Panko crumbs.Before serving top with remaining bacon.
Nutrition Information:
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