Recipe - Maple Chili Glazed Sweet Potatoes Make The Perfect Side For The Holidays

These potatoes are sweet with a slight kick from the chili powder and smoked paprika. Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite things to eat. I love to eat them in every form- in soups, curry, chaat and my new favorite way to enjoy them is by drizzling them with a maple chili glaze!

You guys, so good!

These maple chili glazed sweet potatoes would make the perfect side for the holidays.The sweet potatoes are first boiled and then caramelized in a skillet along with the glaze until they are browned and their outer skin is crisp!They are sweet and little spicy and have so much flavor in them!

The maple chili glaze is the star of this recipe and it is made with only 5 ingredients- olive oil, maple syrup, smoked paprika, red chili powder and salt.And it is so good on these sweet potatoes.I am thinking it will be good on so many other things too like tofu maybe? I will have to try that sometime.Anyway back to these sweet potatoes, I prep them by boiling them in the Instant Pot.

Ingredients

3 medium sweet potatoes around 300-350 grams each, 2 inch wide, 7-8 inch long
2.5 tablespoons olive oil 37 ml
3 tablespoons maple syrup 45 ml
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
1/4 +1/8 teaspoon salt or to taste

Method

* Add 1 cup water to the inner pot of your Instant Pot. Place a trivet inside (I used a tall trivet) and then place the sweet potatoes on top of the trivet.

* Close the pot with its lid and press the manual or pressure cook button. Cook for 12 minutes on high pressure with the pressure valve in the sealing position.

* Let the pressure release naturally.

* I do 12 minutes because I want to slice the potatoes and have them retain some shape.

* If I was going to mash them or eat them straight, I would do 15 minutes.

* Once the pressure releases naturally, open the lid and carefully remove the potatoes from the pot with the help of a tong.

* Let them cool down a little and then peel them. Then slice them into 1/2 inch wide circles.

* Meanwhile in a bowl or jar, mix together olive oil, maple syrup, smoked paprika, red chili powder and salt. Whisk until well combined and set aside.

* Place a cast iron skillet (make sure it's well seasoned or use a non-stick pan) on stove-top on medium heat.

* Arrange the cut sweet potatoes into the skillet. You can use 2 pans here if one isn't big enough to fit all the pieces. The sweet potatoes should be in single layer in the pan so that they all caramelize.

* Once the pan is little hot, pour over the glaze. If using 2 pans, pour half glaze in each pan.

* The glaze will start bubbling and the potatoes will begin to caramelize.

* Cook for 5-6 minutes on medium heat on each side (flip once in between) until nicely browned and caramelized. The outer skin will crisp up, that's my favorite part!

* Serve the maple chili glazed sweet potatoes as a side. You can even eat them as a dessert.