{"id":109,"date":"2014-10-11T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=109"},"modified":"2018-03-23T19:37:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:37:34","slug":"roasted-sweet-potatoes-and-jalapeno-cheddar-turkey-burgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/roasted-sweet-potatoes-and-jalapeno-cheddar-turkey-burgers\/","title":{"rendered":"Roasted Sweet Potatoes (and Jalape\u00f1o Cheddar Turkey Burgers)."},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love to try new recipes, and one of my strategies is to pair something new with something familiar. This is both to ensure that there’s a\u00a0friendly food\u00a0on my three-year-old’s plate, and since new recipes can take more time and mental energy, it’s nice to have an easy, cooks-itself dish alongside.<\/p>\n

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…Like\u00a0these roasted sweet potatoes! This is a Cook’s Illustrated recipe I’ve been\u00a0making for years, and I love how simple it is to get such delicious results. We eat a ton of sweet potatoes, all different ways, but this might be my favorite.<\/p>\n

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The potatoes roast for 30 minutes covered with foil, then 15 uncovered, then are flipped for another 15, so definitely start them first and then prep your meat and any other sides!\u00a0I started with two enormous ones (yes, pulled out of my in-laws yard).\u00a0I\u00a0sliced them into 3\/4″ rounds and tossed them with\u00a0vegetable oil,\u00a0salt and pepper and put them in a single layer on a foil-lined and<\/em>\u00a0greased sheet pan. (Don’t skip the greasing step, it will make your life easier and you won’t lose all the brown crispy parts of the sweet potatoes when you flip them!)<\/p>\n

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Kindly ignore my Pac-Man-like potatoes, there were some weird spots inside one of them!<\/em><\/p>\n

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The experimental dish was a last-minute decision when I realized I had all the ingredients: jalape\u00f1o cheddar turkey burgers! I found the recipe over at\u00a0Annie’s Eats<\/a>, and it is so flavorful. I usually think of turkey burgers as inferior to real burgers, but I’m hungry again just looking at these pictures! I made two burgers (full disclosure: my three-year-old enjoyed her burger\u00a0plain), and used half the amount of the “mix-in” ingredients for 2\/3 lb of ground turkey (which I subbed for the chicken). And since I already had onion and jalape\u00f1o and lime cut up, it was no extra labor to smash up an avocado for a quick guac! (No recipe – just bust out the chips early and start tasting!)<\/p>\n

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Sometimes things like this happen while you try a new recipe, too. So, that’s awesome.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Yum. I had my burger naked but Jay loaded\u00a0his up on an English\u00a0muffin. And look how deeply caramelized the potatoes get! You could flip them sooner if you don’t like that much browning, but the almost-burned bits taste like roasted marshmallows to me. These are so sweet it’s hard to believe there’s no sugar on them!<\/p>\n

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They’re\u00a0a great side for a burger, and would also pair perfectly with pork tenderloin, anything on the grill, a nice Costco rotisserie chicken…roast a pan of these soon!<\/div>\n
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