Grilled Sweet Potatoes

Grilled sweet potatoes are the perfect Thanksgiving side dish! These are essentially baked potatoes on the grill, but with the addition of a nice smoky flavor. This sweet potato recipe is more like a candied yams recipe in that we add brown sugar and marshmallows on top!

What You’ll Need for the Grilled Sweet Potatoes Recipe

The sweet potato recipe ingredients are easy to find at the grocery store. In fact, you may have most of these in your pantry already:

• Sweet Potatoes: you can find these year-round in any produce section of the grocery store, usually right next to regular potatoes
• Butter: what’s a baked potato without butter on top?
• Brown Sugar: this will help these baked sweet potatoes bring a candied potatoes flavor
• Cinnamon: adds a taste of spice and compliments the brown sugar perfectly
• Marshmallows: the best topping for a baked candied sweet potato, adds that classic texture and flavor

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How to Grill Sweet Potatoes

First thing first, preheat the grill to 400 degrees with indirect heat. Depending on the grill, it can take up to 30 minutes to get your grill to this temperature. During this time, start prepping the sweet potatoes by rinsing and scrubbing them to clean off any dirt.

Once they are patted dry, poke the potatoes with a fork in three separate places. This will prevent the grilled sweet potatoes from splitting open during the cook.

How to Tell When Sweet Potatoes are Done

Place the sweet potatoes on the grill and cook for an hour. The best way to tell when sweet potatoes are done cooking is to poke them with a fork or digital thermometer. Similar to checking the doneness of a baked potato. It should poke through easily, smooth like butter. If using a digital thermometer, such as the Thermoworks ONE, look for an internal temperature of 202 degrees. Remove from the grill and let them cool down before slicing them open.

The Perfect Thanksgiving Side Dish

The final step to these baked potatoes on the grill is to cut them open most of the way, leaving about an inch uncut on both ends. Spread open partway and top with butter first, then salt, brown sugar, cinnamon, and top with mini marshmallows.

If you want toasted marshmallows on top (which I prefer), then you have two choices:

• Place the grilled sweet potatoes (with its toppings on) in the oven to broil for a few minutes
• Use a food torch and toast the marshmallows in a manner of seconds

Toasting the marshmallows will create a Maillard reaction, which adds a distinctive flavor and is more visually appealing. This hybrid of baked sweet potato and candied sweet potato makes for the perfect Thanksgiving side dish recipe!

What to Serve with Sweet Potatoes

Here are some main dishes and sides that are recommended to serve with grilled sweet potatoes:

Smoked Turkey

Twice Smoked Ham

Smoked Spatchcock Chicken

Green Beans with Bacon and Onions

Easy Smoked Mac n Cheese

Grilled Sweet Potatoes

Yield: 4 sweet potatoes

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Additional Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Grilled sweet potatoes are the perfect Thanksgiving side dish! These sweet potatoes are a hybrid of candied yams and are topped with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and mini marshmallows.

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Ingredients

• 4 sweet potatoes
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1/4 Cup brown sugar
• 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon
• 2 Cups mini marshmallows

Instructions

1. Preheat grill to 400 degrees over indirect heat.
2. Rinse and scrub sweet potatoes. Poke with a fork in three different places on each sweet potato.
3. Place sweet potatoes on grill and cook for one hour or until tender.
4. Cut into sweet potatoes without slicing all the way through.
5. Top each sweet potato with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and mini marshmallows. Distribute portions of toppings evenly.
6. Toast marshmallows by placing topped sweet potatoes in broiler for 2-3 minutes.

Notes

1. If eating the sweet potato skin, rub with olive oil and apply brown sugar and salt to skins before placing on grill
2. For toasted marshmallows, place in broiler for a few minutes or use a food torch.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 4 sweet potatoes Serving Size: 1 sweet potato
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 250Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 160mgCarbohydrates: 55gFiber: 7gSugar: 23gProtein: 5g

Nutrition information isn’t always accurate. Consult a dietitian for a meal plan that's right for you.