Mashed Chipotle Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 5 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes
• 1 tablespoon minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature and cut into chunks
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 55 mins


• preheat oven to 450 degrees f (230 degrees c). lightly grease a 2 quart baking dish, and set aside. line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. pierce each sweet potato several times with a fork, and place on the prepared baking sheet.
• roast the sweet potatoes in preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. remove from the oven, and cool about 15 minutes. reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• when sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut in half, and scoop flesh into a mixing bowl. discard potato skins. beat the sweet potatoes with the chipotle peppers, butter, and salt; spread evenly in the prepared baking dish. this can baked now or refrigerated until the next day.
• bake in the preheated oven until heated through, 20 to 25 minutes.