Side Dish Recipe | Whipped Cardamom Sweet Potatoes

These sweet potatoes are the best ever.

Ingredients

• 5 pounds sweet potatoes
• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 quart vegetable oil for frying
• ¾ pound thinly sliced shallots

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Prick sweet potatoes with a fork. Bake for 1 hour or until tender; reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
3. Scoop potato flesh out of skins and place into a mixing bowl. Slowly beat in the butter and cardamom. Whip until potatoes are smooth and fluffy; season with salt and white pepper. Keep warm in oven.
4. In a large deep skillet, heat 1 inch of oil until shimmering. Add 1/2 of the shallots to oil and fry until crisp. Transfer the shallots, using a slotted spoon, to a paper towel; season with salt. Repeat the process until all the shallots are fried. Garnish top of potatoes with shallots.

Nutrition Facts

• calories474
• carbohydrateContent64.3 g
• cholesterolContent30.5 mg
• fatContent22.7 g
• fiberContent8.8 g
• proteinContent5.7 g
• saturatedFatContent8.7 g
• sodiumContent162.8 mg
• sugarContent13.2 g