Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes

Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes are flavored with sour cream, Chipotle, and a touch of lime for a delightful Southwestern twist. We made them into sweet potato cups, but you can just stuff the whole sweet potato if you want a larger serving. 

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For this week’s Friday Favorites post I’m reminding you about these delicious Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes that are loaded with flavor from sour cream, Chipotle, and lime juice, and they’re another sweet potato recipe that shows how I prefer savory sweet potato recipes over the sweet ones that some people make during the holidays.

And sweet potatoes like this are a perfect choice for a side dish any time it’s sweet potato season! It’s important to find straight-sided sweet potatoes if you want to make cups for these twice-baked sweet potatoes, but you can definitely stuff the whole sweet potato if you prefer a larger serving or less fuss.

If you’re preparing a big Thanksgiving dinner, you can make this earlier in the day and do the final baking part right before you serve them. Using a Ziploc bag (or a real pastry bag) to squeeze the filling into the sweet potato cups also makes it quick and easy, and makes the cups look pretty.

What ingredients do you need?

Are they sweet potatoes or yams?

If you’re looking for them in a U.S. grocery store these orange-fleshed vegetables might be called yams or sweet yams but they’re really sweet potatoes.

Are sweet potatoes a healthy food?

Sweet potatoes are one of the world’s healthiest foods, and they’re considered a good carb by some diet plans. Check the nutritional information to see if these are too much of a carb splurge for you.

Want More Tasty Sweet Potato Dishes?

Check out Favorite Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes to see lots of tasty ideas using sweet potatoes!

How to make Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes:

(Scroll down for complete recipe with nutritional information.)

1. Choose two large sweet potatoes with straight sides, and cut each into 3 thick slices about 2 1/2 inches tall. Save the end pieces too so the mashed sweet potato from those can become part of the filling.
2. Spray a pan with non-stick spray. Rub the outside of the sweet potato pieces with olive oil and arrange them standing up on the baking sheet.
3. Bake at 400F/200C until sweet potatoes are soft enough to pierce easily with a fork, about 45 minutes. Turn them once during the baking time.
4. Once sweet potatoes are done, scoop out the inside and put into a bowl, leaving enough of the flesh around the skin that it creates a “cup.” I used a melon baller for this, which worked perfectly. (If the piece has a thinner end and a wider end, put the wider end up.)
5. Whisk together the sour cream, softened butter, pinch of ground Chipotle pepper, and lime juice.
6. Taste the mixture at this time to see if it’s as spicy as you’d like, but be careful with the ground Chipotle pepper; it’s very spicy!
7. Stir the sour cream mixture and green onions into the mashed sweet potato you scooped out.
8. Season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper, and taste to see if you want more lime or Chipotle flavor.
9. Transfer the sweet potato mixture to a small Ziploc bag, then cut off the corner of the bag so you can use it to squeeze the filling into the sweet potato cups.
10. Fill sweet potato cups with the mixture, using all the filling and making it come up slightly above the top of the cups.
11. (If making ahead, the sweet potatoes can be prepared to this point and refrigerated until you want to cook them.)
12. Bake at 400F/200C until the filling is hot and very slightly browned, about 20 minutes. You’ll need a bit longer cooking time if you make ahead and refrigerate, or if you stuff the sweet potatoes whole without making cups.
13. Serve hot, garnished with thinly sliced green onions if desired.

More Thanksgiving-Worthy Sweet Potatoes:

Crockpot Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potato Gratin

Sweet Potatoes and Mushrooms

Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes would be approved for Phase 2 or 3 of the original South Beach Diet (although South Beach would use margarine if you’re following the letter of the law), and sweet potatoes are considered a good carb for most low-glycemic diet plans. They’re probably too high in carbs for a strictly low-carb diet, but check the nutritional information to see what you think.

Find More Recipes Like This One:
Use Sweet Potato Recipes to find more tasty ideas for sweet potatoes! Use the Diet Type Index to find recipes suitable for a specific eating plan. You might like to Follow Kalyn’s Kitchen on Pinterest to see all the good recipes I’m sharing there.

Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe was first posted in 2010. It was last updated with more information in 2021.

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