This is really easy to make
This is a really quick side that will work well on a weeknight or as part of a fancy meal. The flavor of roasted sweet potato and balsamic is quite addictive.
Hasselback Sweet Potatoes
- 1 large sweet potato peeled and cut in half (it doesn’t have to be as large as the one in the photo)
- Olive oil
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- Salt/pepper
Score paper thin slices across the back of each potato half almost all the way through. Rub olive oil all over each half and over a foil lined baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper and roast in an oven at 390 degrees until done, about 45 minutes. Remove from oven. Melt butter in a sauce pan and add balsamic. Cook over medium heat until sauce thickens then pour over potato halves. Serve immediately.
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I’ve 2 sweet potatoes sitting there… and I’m still thinking which recipes I should try out on them… this one looks promising 🙂
I’ve only tried Hassleback potatoes with the “regular” potato, and royally messed it up. The potatoes were hard in the center, kind of turned me off to the recipe.
But I bet sweet potatoes would be more forgiving, and I like them better than the regular potato anyway.
I am saving this one….
An impressive presentation when done with regular baking potatoes but these sweet potatoes are even more interesting.
Sweet potatoes are just about my favorite. Looks delicious. I bought three ruby ones today.
I laughed at 390 degrees instead of 400. 😉
Don’t try 400 Nancy, they’ll be ruined!
Wait, does that mean we need to calibrate our ovens for these?
I always get grief when I put 365 or 390! 400 will work but if it doesn’t I’ll blame that extra 10 degrees.
Mmm, this looks lovely!
Love Hasselback potatoes and the sweet ones would get a nice caramel taste..yum
wait, where is the whiskey ?
I wish you’d posted this BEFORE I baked my sweet potato tonight. 🙂
Maybe I’ll scoop out the leftover half, mash it with balsamic, and twice bake it…
I’m excited to try the sweet potatoes with balsamic- I’ve never seen that before. Thanks!
I will try with a Japanese sweet potato!
Once again you hit it out of the park! Awesome and so simple.
Okay, don’t take away my southern card away, but I don’t like to eat my sweet potatoes this way. My mother, on the other hand.. LOVES THIS. She would probably tell you.. this is the best post ever lol. That’s why I’m going to print it out for her and tell her you sent this to her LOL
This reminds me of a fanned potato but kicked up a few notches, I love the idea of this sauce and the whole idea of sweet potatoes would be so unique!
Holy moly look at the size of your sweet potato! The balsamic dressing would go so well with sweet potatoes…why haven’t we thought of this before ?? 🙂
Balsamic vinegar and sweet potato sound like a wonderful pairing. Very appealing photo!
I am with Sissi..the flavor combination sounds amazing
I guess youre right, it looks like a very addictive substance. Mmmmmmmm
I can just imagine those lovely sweet tastes – and it looks so pretty too!
Waw, What a grand & tasty idea! You are very clever!
A must make! 🙂
Love how thinly you sliced the sweet potato like it is meant for several people- NOT. I don’t think I would want to share.
This looks simple yet delicious – one of my favorite approaches to food.
Simple delicious!
🙂 Mandy
I will dream of this today! Love sweet potatoes
These look wonderful and easy. I love wonderful and easy!
I love how simple these are, and balsamic + sweet potatoes are a great combination!
Never heard of them – you say Hasselback, I think football…Where does the name come from?
Not that it matters – I’m SO going to try this!
Cut paper thin? I will give it a try.
Can’t wait to try this one.
I think I could put balsamic on just about anything (used it with crab cakes last week), but hadn’t thought of sweet potatoes–YUM!
These look fun because of the sweet potatoes. I’m on FB now!
Too funny, I was gonna post my hasselback potatoes this week! If i do, i’ll def link to you. Sweet potatoes is a great way to do it 🙂
These look gorgeous!
Such a simple preparation but, boy, do they lood good! And those are some mad knife skills on exhibit there!
Yay! I have sweet potatoes!!!
If there had been a “love” button to click, I would have!
Oh my, these are really outstanding! I made these tonight to go with roast chicken and all I can say is we may never have sweet potatoes any other way! Thank you and I hope you guys don’t mind if I give you a shout out over these.
Are you kidding? That’d be great. We’re so glad you tried them!
🙂 🙂 This is the two of us still smiling over these.
I love hasselback style potatoes, and I’ve never done it with sweet potatoes. I’ve got one in the pantry that I now know what I’m going to do with!
Yum! Those potatoes are making me so hungry. I love that you added a balsamic butter sauce over the top. Seriously good eats.
I’m on a health kick and this seems like a really easy and healthy side to my dinners! I love balsamic- I love sweet potato, what’s not to love about this!?!
I love this! I’m a huge fan of baked and roasted sweet potatoes but I’ve never tried them sliced thinly and drizzled! So simple, and I imagine already how addictive they could turn.
Sweet potatoes and balsamic are a wonderful pairing, Greg. That is one HUGE, ginormous sweet potato. If you had any left overs you could probably blend it with some stock and make a wonderful soup with it.
Seriously they were huge and that was the only size they had!
I love sweet potatoes! I like the “hasselback” version! Simple and delicious!
This is a great recipe, I absolutely love balsamic and sweet potato together such a great combo. I’m really enjoying your posts. You have some really great recipes I look forward to trying.
Thank you!
Hassleback potatoes are great–never tried the method with sweet potatoes though. Sounds like my kind of side dish! 🙂
What a great version of hassleback potatoes. I love the balsamic.
I’ve seen lots of Hassleback regular potatoes, but these are the first sweet potatoes I’ve seen. They look so good – and I bet are amazing with the balsamic.
WOW! This is amazing and should be so delicious… I want to try this one and seems easy for me too. Thank you dear Rufus, with my love, nia
I’ve never heard of these! Do you know why they’re called Hasselbeck potatoes? They look good though.
Indeed I do: After that much thin cutting one says oh my back, what a hassle.
Found this info.
“This Swedish dish takes its name from Hasselbacken, the Stockholm restaurant where it was first served. The seasoned potatoes turn out crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.”
Thanks for answering that for real! Although, I had a good theory.
I have to try this. Looks wonderful!
Wonderful idea!! This is a great way to serve sweet potatoes!
Nom Nom Nom…that’s all… =)
You’d think I’d have tried hasselback potatoes, what with my wife being Swedish and all, but you know – I never did. Perhaps I’ll brew some up this weekend… thanks for the idea Greg 🙂
If it’s a sweet potato, I like it! My friend, Bob, doesn’t like sweet potatoes! Drives me nuts that anyone would not like them. Of course, he’s from “up” North! Guess that’s why. lol.
I LOVE sweet potatoes. I have seen hasselback potatoes using regular potatoes but not sweet potatoes. I can’t wait to try these! 🙂
Those sweet potatoes look and sound so good! I’ve never had Hasselback potatoes…I bet they are great with the balsamic vinegar…will have to try them out!
Great idea to make the sweet potato Hasselback – why didn’t I think of that before? 😉
This potato looks like a beast! What the heck kind of soil do y’all use in Arkansas?
😉
Oh my goodness! As if I needed something to make sweet potatoes more addictive. 😉 Yum!
I love sweet potatoes and this looks delicious!
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I have one humongous sweet potato sitting in the fridge veg bin, and it’s going hasselback tomorrow with pork chops. Thanks, Greg!
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Oooo, how did I miss this one? Hasselbacking (from the verb ;D ) sweet potato is genius, and the balsamic sounds gorgeous. One for this week I think, thank you!!
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