Gingered Sweet Potatoes with Orange Juice
Description
Use your microwave oven to cook sweet potatoes to then be baked in a thick and buttery orange juice-based sauce with ginger.
Ingredients
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2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes
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cooking spray
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2 tablespoons white sugar
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2 teaspoons cornstarch
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
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1/2 cup orange juice
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3 tablespoons butter
Directions
1
Pierce skin of sweet potatoes in several spots with a fork.
2
Cook sweet potatoes in microwave oven until just tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Refrigerate sweet potatoes until cooled completely, at least 20 minutes.
3
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a shallow 1 1/2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
4
Peel sweet potatoes and cut into cubes; spread into prepared baking dish.
5
Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and ginger together in a glass measuring cup; pour orange juice into the cup while stirring with a whisk.
6
Heat 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.
7
Bake in preheated oven until sweet potatoes are heated through, 15 to 20 minutes.