Best 20 Ginger Sweet Potato Recipes

SWEET POTATO AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH GINGER

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the ginger and stir together until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the squash, sweet potatoes, regular potato, and water or stock, and bring to a simmer. Add salt to taste, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 45 minutes, or until all of the ingredients are thoroughly tender.
• Using an immersion blender, puree the soup (or you can put it through the fine blade of a food mill or use a regular blender, working in batches and placing a kitchen towel over the top to avoid splashing). Return to the pot and stir with a whisk to even out the texture. Heat through, adjust salt and add pepper to taste.

ROASTED SWEET POTATO AND GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F. Poke the sweet potatoes with a fork, wrap in aluminum foil, and bake in the oven for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let cool to room temperature.
• Cut the sweet potatoes in half and scrape out the flesh. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large Dutch oven or heavy soup pot.
• Add the onions and ginger, and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until the onions are translucent.
• Add the jalapeño, coriander, and nutmeg and cook for 3 minutes or until fragrant.
• Add the roasted sweet potato flesh and stock to the pot. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and purée with a handheld immersion blender or food processor until smooth. Season with salt.
• Divide the soup among 6 serving bowls and sprinkle with the green onions.

SWEET POTATO & GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a heavy stock pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and saute until soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute until garlic begins to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir vegetable broth, sweet potatoes, ginger, cilantro, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and ground black pepper into onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are soft, about 30 minutes.
• Remove stock pot from heat and blend soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Season with salt and ground black pepper as necessary. Serve with a dollop of sour cream.

SWEET POTATO SOUP WITH GINGER, LEEK AND APPLE

Steps:

• Heat the oil or butter in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the leek and cook, stirring, until it is tender, about 5 minutes. Add the ginger and stir together until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the sweet potatoes, regular potato, apples and water and bring to a simmer. Add salt to taste, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 45 minutes to an hour, until all of the ingredients are thoroughly tender.
• Using an immersion blender, purée the soup (or you can use a regular blender, working in batches and placing a kitchen towel over the top to avoid splashing) until very smooth. Return to the pot, heat through and adjust salt. Ladle into bowls, squeeze a little lime juice and sprinkle a little chili powder over each serving and serve.

SWEET-POTATO AND GINGER SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. On a nonstick rimmed baking sheet, toss sweet potatoes with olive oil, salt, and pepper; roast until fork-tender, about 35 minutes.
• In a large bowl, whisk together orange juice, oil, ginger, and mustard.
• Add scallions and potatoes; toss to coat with dressing. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Serve warm, cold, or at room temperature.

ORANGE-GINGER SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place oven rack in middle position. Lightly grease a 1 1/2 quart baking dish, and set aside.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Pierce each sweet potato several times with a fork, and place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Roast the sweet potatoes in preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove sweet potatoes from the oven, and cool about 15 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• When sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut in half, and scoop flesh into the bowl of a food processor. Discard potato skins. Add the orange zest, ginger; and egg yolks; process to make a smooth mixture. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour in the orange juice and milk; if desired, add more orange juice to taste. Spoon sweet potato mixture into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle top with pecans.
• Bake in preheated oven until heated through and pecans are toasted, about 30 minutes.

ROASTED GARLIC GINGER SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Slice potatoes in half lengthwise.
• Brush cut surfaces with vegetable oil and place cut side down on a baking sheet.
• Scatter garlic cloves in center of pan (you may need two pans).
• Bake until potatoes are very soft, about 25-60 minutes depending on the size of your potatoes.
• Scoop out potato pulp from skins and place in a blender (you may need to do this in several batches depending on the size of your blender and the size of the sweet potato).
• Squeeze garlic cloves from their skin (use to taste, I used about 2), and place in blender with ginger.
• Whirl potatoes, adding broth slowly as needed to produce a puree.
• Transfer puree to a large pot and stir in remaining broth and water until desired thickness (as you heat the soup it will thicken so you may need to add more water as it heats).
• Heat over medium low, stirring frequently to prevent scorching, until hot.
• Soup keeps well frozen or in the refrigerator.

ORANGE GINGER SWEET POTATO PUREE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Wash and dry potatoes, and prick skins with a fork in several places. Bake until potatoes are tender, about 1 hour.
• Peel potatoes, and discard skin; transfer flesh to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Remove, and discard any stringy fibers from paddle. Scrape sides with rubber spatula.
• Combine butter and brown sugar; mix about 30 seconds. Add remaining ingredients; mix until combined. Serve immediately.

CURRIED CARROT, SWEET POTATO (OR YAM) & GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in saucepan.
• Add shallots (onions), sauté for 3 minutes until tender.
• Add potato, carrots, ginger & curry. Cook 2 minutes.
• Add broth. Bring to boil then simmer for 25-30 minutes - until tender.
• Puree soup ½ at a time in blender or food processor.

SPICED CARROT AND SWEET POTATO SOUP WITH ALMOND AND GINGER MATZO

Steps:

• Melt margarine in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add carrots, onion and sweet potato.
• Saute until onion is translucent, about 8 minutes.
• Add 2 3/4 teaspoons cumin, paprika, cayenne and cinnamon; stir 1 minute.
• Add 8 cups broth and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until carrots are very tender, about 30 minutes.
• Puree soup in small batches in blender until smooth.
• Return to same pot.
• Mix in remaining 1/2 teaspoon cumin.
• Thin soup with all or part of remaining 1 cup broth.
• Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.
• Refrigerate until cold; then cover and keep refrigerated at least 1 day and up to 3 days.
• Rewarm soup over medium heat and ladle into bowls; add matzo balls and sprinkle with cilantro.

SWEET POTATO SALAD WITH ORANGE-GINGER DRESSING

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, add 1/2 inch water; heat to boiling. Place potatoes in water. Cover tightly; return to boil. Reduce heat; simmer 15 to 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix dressing ingredients with whisk.
• In large bowl, combine cooked potatoes, pecans and raisins; pour dressing over potatoes. Toss gently. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.

SWEET POTATO CARROT GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in large pot.
• Saute onions, celery, garlic, carrots, and sweet potato over medium heat for about 12 minutes (until vegetables have softened).
• Add ginger, curry powder, and any other optional seasonings. Stir for 2 minutes.
• Add chicken or vegetable broth and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and let simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add the cream and again bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and let simmer until vegetables are soft and tender (stirring frequently).
• Turn off heat and let soup cool for 5-10 minutes.
• Puree with an immersion blender or in batches in a blender or food processor.
• Add salt/pepper to taste.

GINGER SWEET POTATO

Steps:

• Place potato in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until tender; drain. In a small bowl, mash potato with remaining ingredients.

SWEET POTATO-GINGER SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 2-quart baking dish and dust with cornmeal. Steam sweet potatoes until tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and mash until very smooth; let cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring milk to a simmer. Whisk in cornmeal in a thin stream. Cook, whisking constantly until just thickened, 1 to 3 minutes; remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, stir together mashed potatoes, cornmeal mixture, egg yolks, sugar, molasses, ginger, and salt. Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Stir in half of egg whites into cornmeal mixture. Very gently fold in remaining egg whites.
• Spoon mixture into prepared baking dish, place on a baking sheet and bake until puffed and set, 35 to 40 minutes.

SWEET POTATO GRATIN WITH GINGER AND ORANGE ZEST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 6- to 8-cup gratin dish with butter. In a small pan, gently heat remaining butter with cream, ginger and orange zest, stirring once or twice, until butter has melted and mixture is just steaming. Remove from heat.
• Spread potatoes and nuts evenly into baking dish and sprinkle with plenty of salt and pepper. Drizzle cream mixture over all and press down on potatoes with a fork to settle them into dish and at least partly submerge them. Bake until potatoes are tender and cream thickens, about 45 minutes. Serve hot or warm.

GOLDEN RICE CAKES WITH SWEET POTATO-GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan with a tight-fitting lid heat 1 tablespoon of the canola oil with the garlic over medium heat for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add the jasmine rice and stir constantly for 1 minute more. Add the 2-1/2 cups water and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring rice to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover the pan, and cook the rice for 15 minutes. Transfer the rice to a large bowl, and let it cool for 15 minutes
• While the rice cooks, cut the sweet potato into thirds. Place the pieces in a pot, and cover them with cold water. Bring the potatoes to a boil, and cook them until they are tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and let them cool.
• In a saucepan bring the coconut milk, the water or orange juice, and the minced ginger almost to a boil, then turn the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat.
• Peel the skin off the cooled sweet potato. Puree the sweet potato flesh with the coconut-ginger liquid in a blender or food processor. Pour the sweet-potato puree back into the saucepan and add salt and pepper.
• Mince the carrot, the red pepper, and the coarsely chopped scallions in a food processor. Add 1/2 of the jasmine rice and the 2 beaten eggs; run the machine in spurts until the mixture has a mealy consistency. Put this mixture back into the bowl with the rest of the jasmine rice and mix well. Put half of this mixture into a clean bowl.
• Heat two skillets or a large griddle over medium-high heat. Divide the remaining canola oil between the skillets or spread it on the griddle. Divide the rice mixture in each bowl into thirds. Form each of the six parts into a ball then place each ball in a skillet or on the griddle. Pat the ball down to form a cake about 1 1/2 inches thick. Fry the cakes for 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until they are golden brown.
• Reheat the sauce, and ladle it into plates. Place a rice cake on each plate, and top with the finely chopped scallions.

KUMARA (SWEET POTATO) AND GINGER MASH

Steps:

• Boil the kumara in salted water until tender, then drain well.
• Mash with the ginger, brown sugar and butter.
• Season with salt and pepper and serve immediately, or keep warm until serving.

OLD HANOI SWEET POTATO AND GINGER PUDDING - CHè KHOAI LAN

Steps:

• Bring the water to the boil, and put in the sweet potato.
• When the water returns to the boil, add the ginger, and continue cooking until the potato is tender and cooked through.
• Add sugar and a little arrow starch, and allow it to dissolve completely. Then remove from the heat. Serve hot.
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SWEET POTATO AND GINGER SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Prepare sweet potatoes: peel and cut into 3/4" chunks.
• On a rimmed baking sheet, toss sweet potatoes with 1 tablespoons olive oil, salt and pepper; roast until fork-tender (about 35 minutes).
• In a large bowl, whisk together orange juice, 1 tablespoons oil, ginger, and Dijon mustard.
• Add scallion slices and sweet potatoes, and toss to coat with dressing. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.
• Serve warm, cold, or at room temperature.

THAI GINGER SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 3-quart saucepan or stockpot on medium setting. Add onion and garlic, and sauté until tender. Remove mixture to a food processor or blender. Add sweet potatoes and ginger, then puree until mixture is smooth. Return mixture to saucepan. Add coconut milk, chicken stock, salt, soy sauce, lime juice and curry paste. Bring to a simmer, and cook for 15 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the cilantro. Simmer for 2 minutes more. Ladle soup into serving bowls, and garnish with shredded coconut and remaining cilantro. NOTES: instead of blending the whole soup, only blend the onion and ginger. Leave the sweet potato in small pieces. Use an immersion blender to blend some of the potato at the end, but leave the majority of it chunky, so it's more of a broth soup. Add green peas. Not very hot - use more paste. Add protein? chicken or shrimp