I love hasselback potatoes and I love my new hasselback potato slicer. Makes my life easier and more importantly safer when I use this neat kitchen gadget. I first tried it with russet potatoes which is the best potato gratin dish I have ever eaten.
This recipe was in one of my last issues of Louisiana Cookin’ and I was looking for an excuse to use my hasselback slicer again! I did make some changes and I have indicated them in the recipe below.
Hasselback Sweet Potatoes, Adapted
- 4 sweet potatoes (the syrup mixture is enough for 8 potatoes)
- 2 tbsp. canola oil
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp. Cajun seasoning
- 6 tbsp. cane syrup such as Lyle’s (maple syrup would be a good substitute)
- 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp. butter, melted
- fresh thyme, minced
- bacon, fried and broken into pieces to garnish (or use coarsely crushed seasoned pork cracklin’ strips – no thanks as pork skin just does not sound good)
- blue cheese, crumbled to garnish (I added and used a smokehouse blue which was smoked over Applewood – very good)
Preheat the oven to 425°F and spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
If you have a hasselback potato slicer by all means use it. Otherwise use a sharp knife to make slices 1/4-inch thick in each potato, but do not cut all the way through.
Brush each potato with oil and sprinkle with salt and Cajun seasoning. Bake for 35 minutes or until softened. Remove from oven and reduce heat to 350°F.
Whisk together cane syrup, vinegar, butter and thyme; reserve a 1/4 cup of this mixture. Fan out potato slices and brush with syrup mixture.
Bake for another 15 minutes, basting with syrup.
To serve; drizzle with remaining 1/4 cup syrup mixture, sprinkle with bacon or pork cracklin’ and garnish with thyme leaves and blue cheese if desired.
Recipe by cookingwithauntjuju.com
Linking to Angie @ Fiesta Friday and the two co-hosts Laurena @ Life Diet Health and Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook
Sounds good! I need more creative recipes like this for sweet potatoes. My husband and kids are not always clamoring for them, actually never 😄 Maybe if I present them beautifully like you have here, they’ll be more receptive. Nice!
Thanks – the potatoes are very good especially with the bacon and blue cheese. You either like them or you don’t – I’m not sure “doctoring” them up will do the trick for your family.
This looks so tasty! I haven’t tried sweet potatoes in Hasselback form yet, but now I wonder why not… Love the addition of bacon and blue cheese!
Thanks Ronit – I will certainly use my slicer more often 🙂 I can’t cut straight and the guide really helps.
So tasty it is 🙂
Thanks – I love sweet potatoes and this is just a new way to fix them.
Perfectly prepared. 🌿🌱🍃
Thanks – I thought so too. They are so good, I could almost eat one every night!
I love your hasselback cutter and those potatoes look delicious. We love sweet potatoes as much or more than other potatoes.
Isn’t that a great little kitchen gadget and it was only around $12.00. I found it at a local store but Amazon does carry it. I am trying to give up white potatoes for the most part so I keep looking for new ways to fix the sweet variety.
Judi I didn’t know you could do this with sweet potatoes! Wow! I always thought they would be too soft to hold their shape. These look and sound so good – especially with the cajun! Thanks so much for linking up and sharing at Fiesta Friday.
We have the same thought! Ha!😂
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Yes, this gadget works perfectly for both sweet and russet potatoes. As you can see I can get pretty even slices. I probably added more than 1/2 tsp. Cajun as I love spicy. Happy FF!
Oh YUM! A must-try for this weekend! Thank you!
You’re welcome Sheryl – I hope you enjoy them. The slicer makes it easier to slice the potatoes at least for me 🙂
What?? Why I haven’t thought of doing this to my sweet potatoes?😏 And I love that I see cajun seasoning in the ingredients.😍 Thanks for sharing this delicious meal. Happy Fiesta Friday! x
Great minds… ! 😀 x
I’m glad you and Laurena feel the same way. Sweet potatoes sliced with a hasselback slicer and sprinkled with Cajun seasoning are a good thing 🙂 Happy FF Jhuls!
I never knew that such a thing as a hasselback slicer existed?!!
You do now Elaine as I just showed you one 🙂 I love my kitchen gadgets…
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Love sweet potatoes and this is a great way of serving them. I had no idea there was a special slicer to make these potatoes look like they do, I need to find one!
Me too Monika – I am trying to eat more sweet potatoes in place of white so it’s been fun finding and trying new recipes. Hope you can find one – they are on Amazon but I tried to order one for my brother in Hawaii and they wouldn’t let me ???
Yum, yum! Love the slicer.😁👍
Me too Mary as I can’t cut straight for the life of me. This inexpensive gadget works like a charm 🙂
So cool. Enjoy that!😃
Oh this is such a fab idea and I love the addition of blue cheese!
Thanks Kat – I am using this all the time. Works great on russets too and gives me great hasselback potatoes 🙂 Blue cheese and bacon really made these potatoes special.
Sweet potatoes are my jam! I am not a fan of blue cheese, but I think I would like this with mozzarella or even cream cheese! Thanks for sharing.
Oh sure – I changed the original recipe and added the cheese – it just sounded good! Recipes give you ideas and then you make them your “own”. 🙂
Great idea to do this with sweet potatoes, Judi. They look delish!
Thanks Patty – the slicer makes it easy to create these “scrumptious” potatoes!
I will try it – looks delicious. In my native Brazil sweet potatoes are very much en vogue.
We love them here too – healthier than the white. A nephew just started a year long trip by motorcycle through South America but along the western coast down to Argentina. He will miss Brazil…