Sweet potatoes are delicious and sweet already. I hate when people add a lot of sweetener to them like maple syrup, marshmallows, and brown sugar. I love those things but those things are for dessert and not a side dish in my opinion. ANYWAYS- I came up with just plan roasted with oil, salt, and pepper. Then I got the idea that cumin would taste good so I sprinkled some on. Then you have to add coriander…..Then I’m thinking Aleppo (a medium-ish almost mild pepper)….Then I thought I GOTTA use Urfa pepper…..(mildly smokey and raisin-like)…..I tasted it and TANGERINE JUST POPPED to me……So at the end I added tangerine zest and it came out FORKING DELICIOUS! Serving size is always difficult to determine. I don’t know if you want a small taste or a partial plate full……..My best guess is that this can possibly be 8-16 portions so I’ll say 8. I also note that I didn’t weigh my two sweet potatoes…..They were on the larger side so you might end up with a different amount of servings because of sweet potato size.
Ingredients for around 8 servings
2 Large sweet potatoes – cut into wedges (I quartered and cut each quarter in half)
about 1/4 cup – extra virgin olive oil to brush or spray all sides of sweet potatoes
fresh ground sea salt – to taste
fresh ground black pepper – to taste
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon Aleppo pepper
1/2 teaspoon Urfa biber pepper
6 tangerines – just the zest for the recipe to finish the dish – serve the peeled tangerines for dessert.
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Spray or brush sheet tray(s) with oil.
Place the sweet potato wedges on sheet tray(s)
Lightly spray the sweet potatoes with oil and lightly salt and pepper them.
Sprinkle the sweet potatoes with the remaining spices (cumin, coriander, Aleppo, and Urfa.
Put the sweet potatoes on the middle rack of your preheated 425 degree F oven till done and lightly browned. Timing may indeed differ……Mine took 40 minutes.
Top with tangerine zest and serve.
This was pretty easy to prepare and also happened to come out FORKING DELICIOUS!!! It’s a really GREAT Alternate to adding lots of sweets to sweet potatoes.
