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Baked sweet potatoes with chilli and garlic butter

Name: Baked sweet potatoes with chilli and garlic butter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 3 small sweet potatoes (kumara); 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 onions, halved, thinly sliced; 1 small red chilli, seeds removed, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon finely chopped flat-leaf parsley; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 125g unsalted butter, softened

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Baked sweet potatoes with chilli and garlic butter

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Spicy herb butter melts over the sweet, tender sweet potatoes.

3 small sweet potatoes (kumara)
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 onions, halved, thinly sliced

Herb and chilli butter

1 small red chilli, seeds removed, finely chopped
1 tablespoon finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 garlic clove, crushed
125g unsalted butter, softened

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 200°C. For herb & chilli butter, mix ingredients, then form into a log shape, wrap in plastic wrap and chill.
2.

Wrap each potato in foil and bake for 30 minutes, then open foil and bake for a further 10 minutes until cooked through.
3.

Meanwhile, heat oil in a frypan over medium-high heat, add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until crisp and golden.
4.

To serve, slice herb & chilli butter into 1cm rounds. Halve each potato lengthways and top with a round of butter and fried onions