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In the foreground, a fork with part of the pulp of the baked sweet potato. In the background, a baked sweet potato slit longitudinally and some of the skin peeled away to reveal the baked pulp
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5 Tips For Baking The Perfect Sweet Potato

5 tips on how to bake the perfect sweet potato. It is easy to bake the perfect sweet potato by using these quick and essential tips.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 1 sweet potato
Calories 191kcal
Author Healing Tomato

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees
  • Wash the sweet potato thoroughly. Use a vegetable brush if you have to
  • Dry it completely
  • Poke holes in the potato using a fork. I poke the potato in about 5 different locations
  • Lightly oil the sweet potato
  • Using aluminum foil, wrap the potato. Don't wrap it too tightly.
  • Bake for 65 minutes. Turn off the oven and leave the potato in the oven.
  • Remove from the oven and allow it to cool
  • Open the foil and split the sweet potato lengthwise.
  • Using a fork, pull the pulp away from the skin and place the pulp in a bowl
  • You can discard the skin or use it in a loaded sweet potato recipe

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Nutrition

Serving: 1Potato | Calories: 191kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 71mg | Potassium: 438mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 18445IU | Vitamin C: 3.1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 0.8mg