Foiled Sweet Potato on Coals
Foiled Sweet Potato on Coals or barbecue recipe. Easy warm side dish for a braai on coals that is wrapped in foil and cooked with your meats.
Foiled Sweet Potato on Coals
Having a Braai or barbecue then make this simple and most delicious warm side dish with foiled sweet potato grilled on a open fire braai or coals, and even a barbecue. Easy lunch or dinner recipe idea. Vegetarian and all diet meal. There are a few types of sweet potato, so choose which one you prefer. These orange sweet potato are my favorite. Serve with your meats and salads.
FAQ’s and Tips
What does wrapping a sweet potato in foil do?
Wrapping the sweet potato or any other potato in foil ensures that it does not burn or dry out. It also allows you to add other ingredients to it. Unwrap once cooked and place on the dinner plate, split it open and dab with butter and salt and pepper. Nothing better than that.
What is the best way to cook sweet potatoes to retain nutrients?
Boiling sweet potatoes retains more beta-carotene and makes the nutrient more absorbable than other cooking methods such as baking or frying. Up to 92% of the nutrient can be retained by limiting the cook time, such as boiling in a pot with a tightly covered lid for 20 minutes.
What is the benefit of sweet potato?
Research shows that sweet potatoes can lower your LDL “bad” cholesterol, which may lower your odds of heart problems. Macular degeneration. Large amounts of beta-carotene and vitamin A, which are in sweet potatoes, can lower your chances of getting this eye disease, which is the most common cause of vision loss.
Ingredients.
- sweet potato’s
- butter
- salt and pepper
- foil
Orange sweet potato (or other)
Aluminum foil
Only wash and wrap the whole sweet potato with its skin on with foil. Wrap at least twice or so for protection on the coals.
How to.
While having a braai or barbecue let your wood or charcoal burn to warm coals before placing the foil wrapped potato´s on them. The photo below shows you they are very hot. If that is good to braai your meat then place the wrapped sweet potato´s on the sides of the coals where it is a little cooler.
Wrap each potato in the foil twice or three times.
The image below shows you the potato in foil on the coals. It is necessary to turn them now and again to prevent them from burning.
Once they soft inside, testing with a long braai fork, then either cut them open or as we love to do is squeeze them and the potato pops up and splits.
Sprinkle them with salt and pepper and add butter. Either mix that up or just enjoy with your plate of meat and salads.
Sweet potato that was grilled and served as a warm side dish with a braai. Serve warm.
A delicious soft tasty sweet potato. Sweet potato is not a night shade vegetable and is therefor very good for Diabetic and an anti inflammatory vegetable. get some other ideas here. 👉 Anti-Inflammatory Meal Recipes
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PrintFoiled Sweet Potato on Coals
Foiled Sweet Potato on Coals or barbecue recipe. Easy warm side dish for a braai on coals that is wrapped in foil and cooked with your meats.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 20 min
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Side dishes, lunch, dinenr
- Method: Grill on braai or barbecue
Ingredients
- A braai for Two.
- Two sweet potato of choice. (love the Orange one)
- Aluminum foil.
- A braai with some hot coals. (BBQ)
Instructions
- When having a Braai or BBQ. Let fire burn to reach hot coals.
- While you are braai or grilling your meat on the grill. Wrap the cleaned sweet potato in foil. Wrap at least twice totally around to protect them from getting burned. Place them on the outer side of your coals to they cook slowly and do not burn,
- Turning them around a few times. Test with a braai long fork if they are cooked (they will be soft)
- Take them off and leave on a plate to serve with the rest of the food warm.
- Serve them by taking out of the foil. Squeezing them, to pop open on the top. (or cut in half) Salt and pepper them and dab the potato’s with some butter.
- Serve on the plate with the rest of your meats and salads. Go on and enjoy the best potato side dish available.
