Unlock the delectable combination of sweet potatoes and bananas in this ultimate casserole guide. Discover the secrets to creating a dish that's both indulgent and nutritious, blending the natural sweetness of these ingredients with a variety of spices and textures. Whether you prefer a classic casserole with a golden crust or a more innovative take with unexpected flavors, this article will guide you through the process of selecting the perfect recipe and customizing it to your liking. Get ready to tantalize your taste buds with a sweet potato and banana casserole that will leave you craving more.
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SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH BANANAS
Our basic sweet potato casserole is flavored with diced bananas. Add a crunchy coconut-pecan topping or leave it plain.
Provided by Diana Rattray
Categories Side Dish
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Scrub the sweet potatoes and then peel with a vegetable peeler. Cut the potatoes into chunks and put them in a large saucepan. Fill the pan with water to cover the sweet potatoes and add 1 teaspoon of salt.
- Place the saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and continue cooking for about 25 to 30 minutes, or until the potatoes are very tender. Drain thoroughly and transfer the potatoes to a large bowl. Mash until very smooth. Let the mixture cool slightly.
- Alternatively, bake the scrubbed unpeeled sweet potatoes in a 375 F oven for about 45 minutes, or until very tender. Let them cool, scoop the sweet potato out of the skins, and mash.
- Heat oven to 350 F.
- Grease a 2 1/2-quart baking dish.
- To the sweet potatoes, add the beaten eggs, brown sugar, orange juice, butter, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Beat by hand or with an electric mixer until well blended. Fold in the diced bananas.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared baking dish; cover with foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake an additional 10 minutes. Serves 6 to 8 Variations
Nutrition Facts : Calories 346 kcal, Carbohydrate 65 g, Cholesterol 77 mg, Fiber 8 g, Protein 7 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 142 mg, Sugar 33 g, Fat 8 g, ServingSize 6 servings, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
SWEET POTATO-BANANA CASSEROLE
A southern recipe that gives you another option for a sweet potato casserole. We love the combination of flavours and always make this one for the holidays.
Provided by Sassy in da South
Categories Yam/Sweet Potato
Time 40m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cook potatoes in small amount of water until tender.
- Mash and beat.
- Add nuts, 4 tablespoons butter, sugar and coconut. If the mixture is dry, add either a little cream or orange juice to moisten.
- Pour 1/2 of the sweet potato mixture into a buttered casserole.
- Cover with mashed bananas and then top with rest of sweet potato mixture.
- Combine crushed corn flakes, 2 tablespoons butter and brown sugar.
- Cover top of sweet potatoes.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
SWEET POTATO AND BANANA CASSEROLE RECIPE
This sweet potato and banana casserole is healthy, delicious, and will surely fill you up. The cream cheese and curry powder really add to its unique taste.
Provided by Recipes.net Team
Categories Casserole
Time 30m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Mix all ingredients.
- Beat until smooth; put into greased 1-quart casserole dish
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 109.00kcal, Carbohydrate 15.00g, Cholesterol 37.00mg, Fat 5.00g, Fiber 2.00g, Protein 2.00g, SaturatedFat 2.00g, ServingSize 6.00, Sodium 244.00mg, Sugar 5.00g
SWEET POTATO AND BANANA CASSEROLE
This came from a McCall's Cooking School sheet I got years ago. Have made for Thanksgiving over the years and just love the combination of the sweet potatoes and bananas together. Enjoy.
Provided by ChefRaylene
Categories Yam/Sweet Potato
Time 1h20m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Scrub potatoes; place in large saucepan with salt. Add boiling water to cover; bring to boil over high heat. Cover pan and reduce heat to low; simmer 30-35 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain, peel and cut potatoes crosswise into 1/4" thick slices.
- Preheat oven to 375. Using butter, margarine or solid vegetable shortening, thoroughly grease a 2 qt deep casserole dish.
- Peel bananas; cut into 1/4" thick slices. In medium bowl, place bananas and orange juice; toss to coat. In small bowl, mix brown sugar with cinnamon. Set aside.
- In bottom of prepared casserole dish, arrange 1/3 of the potato slices in a single layer, overlapping the slices slightly. Top with half of the banana slices and sprinkle with 1/3 of the sugar mixture. Dot with 1/3 of the butter.
- Repeat layering with another 1/3 of the potato slices and the remaining bananas, reserving some bananas for the top. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the sugar mixture and 1/3 of the butter. Top with remaining potato slices; arrange several banana slices on top. Sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture; dot with remaining butter and pour on rest of orange juice. Bake 45 minutes or until bubbly.
WHIPPED SWEET POTATOES AND BANANAS WITH HONEY
You can roast the potatoes and bananas ahead of time, then put it all together just before serving. Then heat it up in the oven.
Provided by Tyler Florence
Categories side-dish
Time 1h25m
Yield 10 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Prick the sweet potatoes all over with a fork, put them in a roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes. Toss the bananas into the pan and continue roasting for 10 to 15 minutes, until both the bananas and potatoes are very soft. Remove the pan from the oven but don't turn the oven off.
- When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, scoop out the flesh into a large mixing bowl. Peel the bananas and add them to the bowl along with 1 stick of the butter, and the honey. Season with salt and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until everything's well combined and the mixture is fluffy. Spoon into an oven-proof serving bowl and smooth the top.
- In a separate mixing bowl, use your fingers to rub together the remaining stick of butter, the brown sugar, flour, and pecans until the mixture is the consistency of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the sweet potatoes and return to the oven. Cook for about 20 minutes, until the crumbs are golden. Serve hot.
BANANA-YAM CASSEROLE
Provided by Marcela Valladolid
Time 45m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat the bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch glass baking dish with 2 tablespoons butter. Set aside
- In a heavy medium pot add the yams and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer until tender, about 10 minutes. (The color of the yams will turn brighter).
- Meanwhile, put the crackers, almonds, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor and pulse a few times to combine until coarse but not fully ground. Add 6 tablespoons butter and pulse until the mixture forms lumps slightly larger than peas. Refrigerate the streusel topping until ready to use.
- Spread half of the bananas and yams in 1 layer in the bottom of the prepared dish. Sprinkle with half of the streusel and half of the marshmallows. Repeat to make 1 more layer. Bake until the marshmallows are golden, about 25 minutes. Serve warm.
BANANA-ORANGE SWEET POTATO BAKE
Welcome fall with this simple side dish. It's a pleasant change of pace from the traditional casserole with marshmallows, and it's quite popular at potlucks. -Joan Hallford, North Richland Hills, Texas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 1h25m
Yield 10 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350º. Place sweet potatoes in a large Dutch oven; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook, covered, just until tender, 12-15 minutes. Drain; cool slightly. Return to pan; mash with brown sugar, butter, salt, cloves and pepper until smooth. Stir in orange zest, orange juice and, if desired, liqueur. Add bananas and eggs; mix well. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. For topping, mix granola, pecans, coconut and brown sugar; sprinkle over sweet potatoes. Drizzle with melted butter. Bake, uncovered, until heated through, 35-45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 355 calories, Fat 15g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 59mg cholesterol, Sodium 160mg sodium, Carbohydrate 54g carbohydrate (33g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
SWEET POTATO BANANA BAKE
This yummy casserole makes what's good for you taste good too. Pairing bananas with sweet potatoes unites two power foods into a change-of-pace side dish. Try it with roasted poultry. -Susan McCartney, Onalaska, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 40m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine all ingredients until smooth. Transfer to a 1-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray. , Cover and bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in the center reads 160°.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 189 calories, Fat 3g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 42mg cholesterol, Sodium 235mg sodium, Carbohydrate 37g carbohydrate (21g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
BANANA SWEET POTATO CAKE
Sweet bananas and sweet potatoes make up this moist cake. I add candied pumpkin seeds and vanilla.
Provided by Kath
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Banana Dessert Recipes
Time 1h50m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 5x8-inch baking dish.
- Place sweet potato into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and mash sweet potato until smooth.
- Sift flour, white sugar, and baking powder together in a large bowl. Whisk eggs and vanilla extract together in another large bowl.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir pumpkin seeds and brown sugar in hot butter until brown sugar is melted, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir bananas and mashed sweet potato into pumpkin seed mixture. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
- Stir banana mixture into egg mixture until well-combined. Pour banana-egg mixture into flour mixture and stir until batter is just combined; stir in raisins. Pour into prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 367.6 calories, Carbohydrate 60.1 g, Cholesterol 61.5 mg, Fat 13.2 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 7.7 g, Sodium 159.4 mg, Sugar 35.6 g
MASHED SWEET POTATOES AND BANANAS WITH PECAN STREUSEL
Categories Side Bake Banana Pecan Sweet Potato/Yam Winter Bon Appétit Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Pierce sweet potatoes with fork. Place on rimmed baking sheet or in roasting pan and bake until almost soft, about 40 minutes. Add bananas to roasting pan alongside sweet potatoes and bake until banana skins brown, about 10 minutes. Let sweet potatoes and bananas stand at room temperature until cool enough to handle, about 15 minutes (maintain oven temperature). Cut sweet potatoes in half. Scoop flesh from sweet potatoes into large bowl. Peel bananas; add to bowl. Add 1/2 cup butter and honey; beat with wooden spoon until blended and fluffy. Season to taste with salt. Transfer to 8- to 10-cup ovenproof baking dish.
- Mix nuts, sugar, and flour in bowl. Add 1/2 cup butter; mix with fingertips until coarse crumbs form. (Potatoes and streusel can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately; chill. Before continuing, preheat oven to 400°F.) Sprinkle streusel over potatoes. Bake until top is golden brown and potatoes are hot, about 25 minutes.
HAWAIIAN SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
This casserole is just so good it is the first thing I am asked to make every Thanksgiving.
Provided by zapper
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Sweet Potatoes
Time 1h15m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish. Stir together the brown sugar and cinnamon until evenly blended; set aside.
- Place the sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until just tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two; peel and cut into 1/2 inch slices.
- Layer the potatoes into the prepared baking dish, dot with butter, and sprinkle with salt. Arrange the bananas over the potatoes and sprinkle evenly with the brown sugar mixture. Top with the crushed pineapple. Whisk together the pineapple juice, lemon juice, and honey until the honey has dissolved. Pour over the casserole.
- Bake in the preheated oven until hot and browned on top, about 40 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 370.5 calories, Carbohydrate 88.8 g, Cholesterol 2.5 mg, Fat 1.3 g, Fiber 8.8 g, Protein 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 525.9 mg, Sugar 44.9 g
Tips:
- Use ripe bananas for a sweeter casserole.
- Mash the bananas until they are smooth, but not too fine.
- Use light brown sugar for a richer flavor.
- Add a pinch of salt to balance the sweetness of the casserole.
- Top the casserole with a pecan streusel for a crunchy topping.
- Bake the casserole until the top is golden brown and the center is set.
- Let the casserole cool for 15 minutes before serving.
Conclusion:
Sweet potato and banana casserole is a delicious and easy-to-make side dish that is perfect for any occasion. It is a great way to use up leftover sweet potatoes and bananas, and it is also a healthy and nutritious dish. The casserole can be made ahead of time and reheated, making it a convenient option for busy weeknights. Serve it with roasted chicken, pork, or turkey, or with a dollop of whipped cream or ice cream for a special treat.
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