If using the oven, be sure to preheat it 350°F (176°C) first
Thoroughly wash the sweet potato
Using a fork, poke some holes into the sweet potato
Baking in the oven
Wrap the sweet potato in foil
Place the wrapped potato on a baking tray
Put the tray in the oven and let it bake for 1 hour
Turn off oven and let the potato stay inside for about 20 minutes.
Cooking in the instant pot
Place the washed sweet potato in a stackable pan or a steamer basket
Place the container inside the Instant Pot
Close the lid and choose the "Bean/Chili" option. Remove the "Keep Warm" option
Let it cook for about 25 minutes and then wait for the float valve pin to drop.
Open it and use a pair of tongs to remove the sweet potato
Serving the purple sweet potato
Split it longitudinally and scoop out the pulp a little using a fork.
Season it with salt, pepper and lime.
Garnish with mint and serve.
Notes
Always go with the organic purple sweet potato. They don't have any of the nasty pesticides and they also taste much better.
Personally, I don't like air frying them because they turn out dry. Maybe, I am just doing it wrong, lol! I prefer baking them in the oven and the Instant Pot.
Eat them up as soon as you can. I cook them and eat them up in the same day. They don't take too much time to cook, so it's easy to make and eat them immediately.