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    Home » Vegan Main Dishes

    Simple Garlic-Roasted Sweet Potatoes

    Published: Dec 30, 2014 · Updated: Apr 7, 2021 · This post may contain affiliate links.

    In this simple preparation, oven-roasting naturally delicious sweet potatoes enhances them all the more. Embellished with a little onion, garlic, and fresh thyme, it’s really all you need to create fantastic side dish.

    Serves: 6 or more

    • 4 large sweet potatoes, peeled or scrubbed, and cut into large bite-sized chunks
    • 1 medium yellow or red onion, quartered and sliced thickly
    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 3 to 4 cloves garlic, sliced
    • Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
    • Leaves from several fresh thyme sprigs, plus a few sprigs for garnish (see Note)

    Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

    Arrange the sweet potatoes and onion in a parchment-lined roasting pan.

    Drizzle with with the olive oil. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring every few minutes, or until just tender with a bit of firmness. This will depend on the size of the chunks.

    Add the garlic to the sweet potato mixture and stir in. Continue to roast for 5 to 10 minutes longer, or until golden-brown spots touch the sweet potatoes’ surfaces and are tender on the inside.

    Transfer to a serving container. Season gently with salt and pepper and stir in fresh thyme leaves to taste. Garnish with a few sprigs of thyme and serve at once.

    Note: Fresh thyme is generally available year-round in the produce section of well-stocked supermarkets, but if you can’t find it, use a sprinkling of dried thyme or substitute fresh or dried rosemary.

    Simple garlic-roasted sweet potatoes

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    1. Christine says

      December 12, 2016 at 11:57 am

      I love this idea so much I linked this recipe on my blog post. I hope its okay that I used your image!

    2. Nava says

      December 12, 2016 at 12:58 pm

      That's fine, Christine!

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