Get Your Groove Back With Some Good Eats

"In the end, you cannot teach anyone to cook.  You can point them in the right direction, arm them with the proper tools, give them good groceries.  But in the end it's like dancing:  You either find the groove or you don't." -Alton Brown

It doesn’t get any easier than this.  This recipe is found in Alton Brown's book, Good Eats 2: The Middle Years. 

These sweet potatoes were even tastier than I expected. One taste tester that said they didn’t like sweet potatoes said they liked this. Another taste tester that said they didn’t like spicy said they liked this. At first bite you taste the sweetness of the potatoes, then the smoky flavor of the chipotle creeps in, as a finish you get a little heat from the pepper. Surprisingly complex and layered flavors from such a simple recipe.

Now, let's do the Mashed (Sweet) Potato.  Do it with a twist!  Find the recipe after the jump.

YOU WILL NEED:

2 large sweet potatoes peeled and cubes, about 4 cups

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (slightly less if using regular grind table salt)

1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, chopped

1 teaspoon adobo sauce (from the same can the pepper came from)

  

1) Peeled, chopped, and ready to steam  2) Adding the good stuff and ready to mash  
3) Sweet, smoky, spicy goodness ready to serve

INSTRUCTIONS:

1 . Put the sweet potatoes in a steamer basket and put the steamer in a large pot of water that is 1 inch from the bottom of the basket. Cover and steam over medium-high heat for 20 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are fork tender.

2 . Remove the steamer basket, pour the water out of the pot, and dump the sweet potatoes into the pot. Add the butter and salt and mash with a potato masher. Add the chipotle pepper and sauce and continue mashing to combine. (Just don’t over mash.)

Serve immediately.  Makes 4 servings.

Kathryn's Rating:  5+ out of 5 




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Do I love this?  Would I make this again?  Definitely.