If you have one recipe to make this season, let it be the Hasselback Sweet Potatoes! It’s tender, sweet, tasty sweet potatoes that are sliced thin, dressed in either a sweet or savory seasoning and baked till tender. MUST Make Holiday Side dish this year! Be sure to watch the video ad detailed step by step below.
We LOVE our sides, even a little more than the mains on Holiday tables. Our Crunchy Sweet Potato Gratin, Butternut Squash Casserole, Roasted Acorn Squash are among some of our favorites. Today’s recipe is uniquely delicious because we’re sharing it sweet and savory.
So if you’re a cinnamon pecan loving sweet potato person, we got you. Likewise, if you’re a butter, garlic, herb sweet potato lover, we go you as well! This dish pairs beautifully with Turkey Tenderloin or Rack of Lamb Recipe and more!
So let’s get to it!
What is a Hasselback Potato?
The Hassel back potatoes are a type of roasted potato dish that is named after the restaurant in Hasselbacken at Stockholm in Sweden. It was introduced at the restaurant in the 1940s and was referred to as hasselbackspotatis.
Hassel back potatoes are simple and only involve cutting the potato half-through to look like an accordion or fan after roasting.
When finely chopped half-through and roasted well, the inside is buttery and soft while the outer part should be slightly crisp.
Already looking around for a potato? You will need a medium-size potato and an oval or oblong-shaped for a Hassel back potatoes side dish. This is because not all potato sizes and shapes are ideal for the recipe of this splendid side.
Why You’ll love Hasselback Sweet Potatoes
- It’s super TASTY and delicious!
- Easier than you think!
- Can be made sweet or savory for everyone’s taste.
- Made using the Air fryer for ease and convenience like our HIT recipe Air Fryer Baked Potato.
- Show stopper dish and looks stunning on your holiday table.
- Nutritious and good for you, thanks to the sweet potatoes.
- Comforting and feels very festive
- Amazing soft texture of the sweet potatoes that melts in your mouth.
How to cut Hasselback Potatoes?
- Scrub the sweet potatoes clean with a vegetable scrub brush or just tap to remove the dirty, special clay. Remove any sprouts with a paring knife and pat the potato dry with a paper towel.
- Put the sweet potatoes on a cutting board and place the chopsticks underneath them. The chopsticks should prevent you from cutting the sweet potatoes into round slices.
- Use the sharp chef knife to cut thin slices from the sweet potato. Place the sweet potato lengthwise and your fingers on both ends of the potato and gently slide the sharp knife in.
- Slice the potatoes until you feel that you’ve touched the chopsticks underneath. So you will slice but not all the way through.
- Your sweet potato is readyand should look like an accordion, thus has become a Hasselback potato.
How to Make Hasselback Potatoes?
Prepare the Ingredients
- Prepare the mixes. Start with the savory one. You’ll need melted butter, saltt, pepper, garlic powder and fresh thyme.
- Mix those together and feel free to add in some chilli flakes as we have here. Then set it aside while you prepare the sweet version.
- For the sweet mixture you’ll also need melted butter, and to that you’ll add brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon , pecans and a pinch of salt.
- Blend them all together and you’re ready to flavor your sweet potatoes.
Season them:
- Drench the salty mixtures between the thin slices of sweet potatoes, also cover the tops and sides.
- Repeat the same with the sweet mixture for those who prefer a sweeter hasselback sweet potato.
Cook Hasselback Sweet Potatoes
- Next you’ll wrap each of the seasoned and flavored hasselback sweet potatoes in foil, individually. Then you’ll place that in an air fryer basket. You can likewise cook these in the oven, however we find the air fryer super efficient and quick!
- When cooked and out of the air fryer, remove the foil and drizzle the savory ones with extra savory butter sauce.
- Same for the sweet ones. And YOU’RE READY to EAT! 🧡
What to Serve with Hasselback Sweet Potatoes
So many delicious things! From mains, to salads, the choices are endless!
- Turkey Tenderloin Recipe The most tender part of the turkey breast and it cooks in 45 minutes with gravy option!
- Turkey Breast Recipe On the Stove : If you’re not confident to roast in your oven, this stove top method is KEY!
- Dry Brine Turkey Breast : Dry brining is magic to juicy turkey breasts!
- Rack of Lamb Recipe : An easy yet elegant alternative to turkey
- Leg of Lamb Recipe : Our family recipe that never gets old for the holidays!
- Panzanella Salad: bright, flavorful and easy Italian salad
- Burrata Caprese : Another Italian salad wonder that takes me back to Italy!
- Ribeye Steak or Best NY Strip Steak for beef loving options
- Burrata Salad –Can never have enough Burrata in life!
- Air Fryer Whole Chicken –I dare you to try this Air fryer wonder!
Hasselback Sweet Potatoes Tips
- Pick sweet potatoes that are long in shape to make for the hasselback shape, avoid rounded ones.
- Any type of sweet potatoes would work for this recipe!
- Use chopsticks to guide you as you slice the sweet potatoes. Make sure to place them on the cutting surface and secure the sweet potato comfortably over them.
- A sharp knife is your best friend here.
- For variety we’ve made a sweet and savory version, however you can make just one.
- Add your favorite ingredients to the mix like green onions, feta, olives or anything you prefer.
- To make them in the oven, follow the exact same steps, and place the foil wrapped potatoes on a baking dish. Roast at 425 degrees F, turning the potatoes halfway for 40-50 minutes until tender.
Make Ahead:
You can prepare the recipe and bake, then store it in the fridge (wrapped in the same foil) for 5 days. When ready to serve, simply reheat it in a 350 degrees F oven for 15 minutes. Alternatively reheat it in the air fryer for 8-9 minutes.
Hasselback Sweet Potatoes
Hasselback Sweet Potatoes: tender, sweet, tasty sweet potatoes that are sliced thin, dressed in either a sweet or savory seasoning and baked till tender. MUST Make Holiday Side dish this year!
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes
- 6 sweet potatoes
Savory Seasoning
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon thyme leaves fresh, or 1 teaspoon dried
- 1/8 teaspoon chilli flakes more or less to taste
Sweet Seasoning
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 3 tablespons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup pecans chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- pinch salt
Instructions
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The first step is to wash your sweet potatoes and dry them well.
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Use two chopsticks to help slice the sweet potatoes in to a hasselback.
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Place the chopsticks ate the bottom of the cutting surface.
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Securly place the sweet potatoes, one at a time over the chopsticks.
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Use a sharp knife and cut 1/4 inch slices. The chopsticks will guide you not to cut all the way through as they wil force you to stop.
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You should have an accordion shaped sweet potato like this.
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Mix the savory mix in a bowl. Add more or less of your favorite ingreidents.
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Mix the sweet mix in a separate bowl.
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Drench some of the sweet potatoes, in between the slices and all around with the savoory mix.
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The remaining sweet potatoes are to be drenched with the sweet seasoning for those who prefer a sweet taste with their sweet potatoes.
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Wrap each of the sweet potatoes individually in foil and place them in the basket of your air fryer.
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Air fry at 400 degreesF for 40-45 minutes, flipping the sweet potatoes halfway.
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Alternatively, you can bake them in a preheated 425 degrees F oven, wrapped in foil the same way. Place them in a single layer on a baking sheet and rost, flipping them halfway for 50-60 minutes until tender.
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Once cooked and tender, remove the sweet potatoes, unwrap the foil.
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Drench extra savory butter over the savory seasoned ones.
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And sweet butter over the sweet seasoned ones.
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ENJOY
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
Hasselback Sweet Potatoes Tips
- Pick sweet potatoes that are long in shape to make for the hasselback shape, avoid rounded ones.
- Any type of sweet potatoes would work for this recipe!
- Use chopsticks to guide you as you slice the sweet potatoes. Make sure to place them on the cutting surface and secure the sweet potato comfortably over them.
- A sharp knife is your best friend here.
- For variety we've made a sweet and savory version, however you can make just one.
- Add your favorite ingredients to the mix like green onions, feta, olives or anything you prefer.
- To make them in the oven, follow the exact same steps, and place the foil wrapped potatoes on a baking dish. Roast at 425 degrees F, turning the potatoes halfway for 40-50 minutes until tender.
Make Ahead:
You can prepare the recipe and bake, then store it in the fridge (wrapped in the same foil) for 5 days. When ready to serve, simply reheat it in a 350 degrees F oven for 15 minutes. Alternatively reheat it in the air fryer for 8-9 minutes.
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