sweet potato wedge with ketchup

Spicy Molasses Roasted Sweet Potatoes

This easy recipe for spicy molasses roasted sweet potatoes makes it easy to eat more vegetables. Before baking they’re tossed with a tangy marinade flavoured with cider vinegar, mustard, hot sauce and molasses.

Have you been trying hard to eat more sweet potatoes?

Sweet potatoes are always on any lists that features extra healthy vegetables. And for anyone who follows a paleo diet sweet potatoes are in regular meal rotation. 

With just a bit of prep, sweet potatoes can be transformed into an easy finger food or can be the winning side dish to any main course.

This easy recipe for spicy molasses roasted sweet potatoes makes it easy to eat more vegetables. The marinade has some tang from the vinegar and bite from the mustard and hot sauce which balance the sweet of the potatoes.

To prepare this easy dish, the sweet potatoes are cut into wedges and then tossed with a brightly flavoured marinade. It’s the marinade that makes the dish for me — it has some tang from the vinegar and bite from the mustard and hot sauce, which balance the sweet of the potatoes.

Spicy molasses roasted sweet potatoes make a great side dish for any hearty fare, from burgers to chili to our popular recipe for turkey Sloppy Joes.

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Spicy Molasses Roasted Sweet Potatoes

This easy recipe for spicy molasses roasted sweet potatoes makes it easy to eat more vegetables. Before baking they’re tossed with a tangy marinade flavoured with cider vinegar, mustard, hot sauce and molasses.

  • Author: Crosby’s Molasses
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: Savoury dishes

Ingredients

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  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp. Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
  • 1 Tbsp. Cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp. grainy mustard
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 tsp. hot sauce
  • 3 sweet potatoes, scrubbed, skin left on

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. Cut each sweet potatoes into 8 wedges
  3. In a large bowl whisk together the first 6 ingredients.
  4. Add the sweet potato wedges to the bowl and toss to coat.
  5. Place wedges on prepared baking sheet in a single layer.
  6. Roast 20-25 minutes until tender and nicely browned, flipping halfway through.
  7. Serve hot with ketchup

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This easy recipe for spicy molasses roasted sweet potatoes makes it easy to eat more vegetables. The marinade has some tang from the vinegar and bite from the mustard and hot sauce which balance the sweet of the potatoes.

Comments

  • January 19, 2021
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    Allison

    I could drink this sauce! You could use it on anything.

  • April 3, 2020
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    Kim

    Is cider vinegar and apple cider vinegar the same thing? I’m going to make the sweet potato wedges thanks

  • November 13, 2019
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    These were great! I will make them again and again!!!

  • May 8, 2019
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    Trevor

    Made me. Tasty. I sliced them into circles rather than wedges. Took a pic but I dont see a way to post that. :)

  • November 2, 2018
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    Thank you for a delicious recipe, I will cook it for dinner today. My husband loves spicy food, so it seems to me that he will like it so much. Thank you again!

  • March 31, 2018
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    Leta

    I’m just starting to use your recipes on my laptop(not cooked yet).They look interesting, well illustrated & easy to follow. I wonder if your free sign up for emails & recipe e-books are available in the UK also. I have grandchildren there who I think would be interested, if so.

      • October 24, 2020
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        Selina Careen

        Do you have a plant based recipe book. No oil, no refined sugar. Our family have used Crosby’s molasses for decades and my parents used to buy it in huge kegs for their store back in the 60’s.
        I’m trying to incorporate more plant based recipes using molasses. When there is oil, I omit it. What cook book do you suggest or subscription? I don’t want my email box filled with all recipes.
        Thank you.

        • June 11, 2021
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          Marie-Pierre Lessard

          Hello Selina,
          Thank you for using our molasses. You can sing up to our newsletter, we send 1 newsletter every 2 weeks.
          Cheers,

  • March 27, 2018
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    Sadie

    These weren’t a wow for me, but it may have been my fault. I drained off the excess glaze before baking the wedges and I think it may have been better to leave it on. My baked wedges were dry looking, unlike the ones pictured with the recipe that seem to be well coated with glaze. The flavour was very good. It was more the texture that was disappointing. I’m going to try them again, without draining the marinade before roasting. The seasonings are well balanced.

    • June 11, 2018
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      Sadie

      Hi Bridget, I made these again, and this time I didn’t drain off the excess marinade from the wedges before baking. They were excellent! The wedges were beautifully glazed, soft and moist. They looked just like the ones pictured with the recipe. The leftovers reheated nicely under the broiler. Great recipe!

  • March 5, 2018
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    LPV

    I love grilled sweet potato and this recipe was a nice change. It’s yummy and has just enough zing to make it really tasty.

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