Gingered Sweet Potatoes with Orange Juice

The trick that gives you incredible flavor is to cook fresh sweet potatoes in their skin just until tender.

Step: 1

Pierce skin of sweet potatoes in several spots with a fork.

Step: 2

Cook sweet potatoes in microwave oven until just tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Refrigerate sweet potatoes until cooled completely, at least 20 minutes.

Step: 3

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a shallow 1 1/2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.

Step: 4

Peel sweet potatoes and cut into cubes; spread into prepared baking dish.

Step: 5

Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and ginger together in a glass measuring cup; pour orange juice into the cup while stirring with a whisk.

Step: 6

Heat orange juice mixture in microwave oven for 1 minute, stir, and continue to heat until thickened and smooth, 30 to 60 seconds more; add butter and stir until melted. Pour the liquid over the sweet potatoes.

Step: 7

Bake in preheated oven until sweet potatoes are heated through, 15 to 20 minutes.

Per Serving: 183 calories; protein 2.4g; carbohydrates 34g; fat 4.5g; cholesterol 11.4mg; sodium 254.3mg.

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