Spicy-Sweet Roasted Sweet Potatoes make a healthy side dish that’s packed full of flavor. They’re coated in a spice mixture that is both sweet and spicy and then roasted in a hot oven until brown and crispy.
I love the sweet taste of sweet potatoes and I love them even more in savory recipes with some spice than in straight up sweet recipes. The flavor contrast is SO good.
How To Make Spicy-Sweet Roasted Sweet Potatoes:
To make these Spicy-Sweet Roasted Sweet Potatoes peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into small bite-sized pieces. I like them pretty small.
Next drizzle them with olive oil and coat them in a spice mixture of chili powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, onion powder, black pepper and some brown sugar.
Roast them in a 425 degree oven. Watch them carefully because you want to try to get them nice and browned but they will burn if you cook them too long.
Spicy-Sweet Roasted Sweet Potatoes make a tasty side for chicken, pork, or beef and they also taste great served with over easy eggs for breakfast. Try tossing leftovers in a green salad with some feta cheese.
One commenter recommended using the spicy mixture for this recipe on frozen sweet potato tater tots. I can’t wait to try it!
Try These Other Amazing Sweet Potato Recipes:
- Melting Sweet Potatoes
- Shake and Bake Sweet Potatoes
- Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet Potato Cloverfleaf Rolls
- Savory Sweet Potato Casserole
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Spicy-Sweet Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 3 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Place sweet potatoes in a large bowl and drizzle with oil.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir to coat sweet potatoes evenly.
- Spread sweet potatoes out on a large baking sheet.
- Bake 15 minutes. Stir and bake another 15 to 20 minutes.
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Originally published Dec. 6, 2016.
Spicy-Sweet Roasted Sweet Potatoes is great! It is a very unique combination. I always like potatoes, added to my menu, thank you for sharing the recipe to make it, it makes it so easy
Instead of brown sugar use Maple syrup . Awesome!!
I don’t have cayenne pepper, what should I do
Try some crushed red pepper flakes or increase the amount of chili powder
i have made this with frozen sweet potato tots. half the time and all the yummy!!!
I’ve been making these for about a year now, sometimes I add some cinnamon and a little extra brown sugar…you really can’t mess up this recipe.
Just took these out of the oven and had a taste and these are SO GOOD! Thank you for such a simple and tasty recipe!
LOLOLOL I Love that it was 5 AM when you wrote that comment! Priceless! 💖👍
I’ve just made these for the first time and I AM OBSESSED !! I substituted the sugar with honey and my taste buds are going wild.
So happy you enjoyed it Yasmie!!
How much honey?
So yummy! I eat a lot of sweet potatoes, but normally just bake them. This is the perfect pairing of sweet and spice. I’m so excited. My new “go-to” side dish or snack
This was quick and easy. Didn’t use the brown sugar, but might use 1/2 tablespoon next time, for flavor contrast. I like spicy, but will definitely cut down on the cayenne next time. Good stuff. Thanks!
Sweet potatoes are not my favorite so I was looking for a recipe to try something new. I made these last night & loved them! I added a little garlic powder to the other spices. I will definitely will be making these again. I am also sharing the recipe!
Thank you!
I made this recipe just as written. My husband and I loved them. So delicious and easy. Don’t hesitate… try it!
I started making this quite by accident several years ago when I was an old person in college, on a time it budget and very little free time. Dicing a few potatoes and tossing them with oil, cinnamon and sugar gave me a few minutes to get something else done while that baked in the oven.
The best part was that it was easy to eat and healthy, like good for you popcorn. I could eat and read or write papers with no problem eating.
Eventually you begin to experiment with different seasonings and you find that everything works. So I will leave you with this. GRILL!!!!!!!
At just the right thickness you can get a good sear over the flame and then move to indirect heat until tender. Just saying…. GRILL!!!!
I have added chunky onions to the baking process and I will add cooked bacon after it is baked. I can’t wait to see how it tastes
This looks amazing. I’m cooking a ham for Christmas dinner and wanted something different that paired well with it. I think this is perfect!
I’ve ever tried potatoes like this way. I’ll try that. Thanks for the recipe
These are wonderful!!! Easy to make and just the right spicy flavor. My husband loved them too. Him and I ate the entire batch in one setting they were so good. I fried up a piece of ham, made a salad and dinner was ready.
Thank you for sharing the recipe.
This is amazing tasty I’ve ever tried.
This was wonderful! I didn’t have poultry seasoning or the chilli powder, but I added 1 tsp of cinnamon. It was perfect! A definite do again!
Do you boil the sweet potatoes first?
After reading all the reviews, I made a double recipe for today’s Thanksgiving in lieu of another gooey-sweet casserole. As there were several toddlers at table, I swapped out the cayenne for jalapeno powder and added some maple syrup and a little extra brown sugar to balance the heat, as per recommendations. I did all the prep, including mixing all the spices with the olive oil, the night before, so it was fast work to pour the oil/spices into the bag of cubed potatoes, coat everything, then spread it on the cookie sheet. It was enjoyed by all and I think this is now my favorite way to eat sweet potatoes! Thanks for sharing the recipe!!!
I used the juices from the roasting chicken instead of. Olive oil and chipoltle peppers, maple syrup, and sugar. The combo with the gravy from the drippings, delishness!