So what to do with sweet potatoes? There's so much you can do it's ridiculous!
But here's something I'm not sure if you've ever thought of....cook those yummy, orangey red, starchy roots of love in some butter...whiskey....brown sugar and cinnamon....for a very, very long time!
First peel and cut your sweet potatoes into large chunks, then melt 1 - 2 sticks of butter, depending on how many you are planning to cook, in the above picture there are 4 large sweet potatoes so I used 2 sticks of butter....once the butter is completely melted I added about a cup of whiskey, leave that bottle out cause you are going to need more along the way! Once the whiskey is cooked down a bit, maybe 3 - 5 minutes, then you add your brown sugar and cinnamon....how much? I don't know! Enough to make it look like a sweet thick syrup....maybe 2 - 3 cups of brown sugar, and several tablespoons of cinnamon, depending on your own taste. Then toss those sweet chunks in there and let them go! I use a large cast iron skillet, always adds to the yumminess, make sure that while they are cooking you continue to toss them around a bit to keep them from sticking to the pan. You may need to add some whiskey, and maybe even some butter along the way, just use your hidden common cooking sense, there's no REAL way to cook these! I made it up myself along the way....so you can do this too! Once they are nice and soft, you should be able to stick a fork right through them with no resistance at all, then they are done! Take them out, set them aside, and make sure you pour whatever brown sugar sauce you can get from the pan on top of them....serve them up either by themselves, or with some pork or chicken or steak...whatever is your pleasure! My mouth is watering just writing this blog post!!! Go and enjoy, and remember DO NOT FEAR THE FOOD!!!!
