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hassleback sweet potatoes on a serving platter showing the thin slices and the layers of herbs or pecans flavoring for a sweet and savory version

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!

Course holidays, Main Course, side, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword hasselback, hasselback potatoes, hasselback sweet potatoes, holidays, how to cut hasselback, Sweet potato dishes, sweet potato recipes, sweet potatoes, thanksgiving
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 380 kcal
Author Mahy

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

  1. The first step is to wash your sweet potatoes and dry them well.

    washed sweet potatoes on a cutting board ready to cut

  2. Use two chopsticks to help slice the sweet potatoes in to a hasselback.

    A hand holding two chopsticks over the cutting board

  3. Place the chopsticks ate the bottom of the cutting surface.

  4. Securly place the sweet potatoes, one at a time over the chopsticks.

    A sweet potato is placed right over the chopsticks

  5. 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.

    A sharp knife cutting through thin slices of the sweet potato

  6. You should have an accordion shaped sweet potato like this.

    A hand showing the finished sliced hasselback sweet potato and how it should look

  7. Mix the savory mix in a bowl. Add more or less of your favorite ingreidents.

    The bowl with the savory melted butter mix ready

  8. Mix the sweet mix in a separate bowl.

    The sweet mix ready in a bowl

  9. Drench some of the sweet potatoes, in between the slices and all around with the savoory mix.

    A hand using a spoon to place the melted butter savory mixture between the potato slices

  10. The remaining sweet potatoes are to be drenched with the sweet seasoning for those who prefer a sweet taste with their sweet potatoes.

    A hand repeating the same with the sweet mixture, adding the pecan cinnamon sugar mixture between the slices of sweet potatoes

  11. Wrap each of the sweet potatoes individually in foil and place them in the basket of your air fryer.

    The seasoned hasselback sweet potatoes wrapped individually in foil and placed in an air fryer basket

  12. Air fry at 400 degreesF for 40-45 minutes, flipping the sweet potatoes halfway.

  13. 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.

  14. Once cooked and tender, remove the sweet potatoes, unwrap the foil.

    Cooked hasselback sweet potatoes out of the oven or air fryer and drizzled with extra butter sauce on top

  15. Drench extra savory butter over the savory seasoned ones.

    A spoon adding some extra cinnamon sugar pecan butter over the sweet flavored hasselback sweet ptatoes

  16. And sweet butter over the sweet seasoned ones.

  17. ENJOY

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

Hasselback Sweet Potatoes Tips

  1. Pick sweet potatoes that are long in shape to make for the hasselback shape, avoid rounded ones.
  2. Any type of sweet potatoes would work for this recipe!
  3. 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.
  4. A sharp knife is your best friend here.
  5. For variety we've made a sweet and savory version, however you can make just one.
  6. Add your favorite ingredients to the mix like green onions, feta, olives or anything you prefer.
  7. 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.

Nutrition Facts
Hasselback Sweet Potatoes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 380 Calories from Fat 261
% Daily Value*
Fat 29g45%
Saturated Fat 12g75%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 8g
Cholesterol 68mg23%
Sodium 425mg18%
Potassium 807mg23%
Carbohydrates 36g12%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 32925IU659%
Vitamin C 7mg8%
Calcium 97mg10%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.