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Gingered Sweet Potatoes with Orange Juice Recipe

Recipe by: Pamela

"The trick that gives you incredible flavor is to cook fresh sweet potatoes in their skin just until tender."

Directions

1Pierce skin of sweet potatoes in several spots with a fork.
2Cook sweet potatoes in microwave oven until just tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Refrigerate sweet potatoes until cooled completely, at least 20 minutes.
3Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a shallow 1 1/2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
4Peel sweet potatoes and cut into cubes; spread into prepared baking dish.
5Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and ginger together in a glass measuring cup; pour orange juice into the cup while stirring with a whisk.
6Heat orange juice mixture in microwave oven for 1 minute, stir, and continue to heat until thickened and smooth, 30 to 60 seconds more; add butter and stir until melted. Pour the liquid over the sweet potatoes.
7Bake in preheated oven until sweet potatoes are heated through, 15 to 20 minutes.

Footnotes

Cook's Notes:
Make-ahead tip: Several hours before dinner, cook, peel, and cube sweet potatoes. Measure sauce ingredients. Cook sauce 30 minutes prior to serving; pour over sweet potatoes. Bake in oven.

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