Sautéed Sweet Potatoes with Thyme

Name: Sautéed Sweet Potatoes with Thyme
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: salt and black pepper; 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 3 cm (1¼ in) dice; 6 thyme sprigs; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 garlic cloves; 25 g (1 oz) butter

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food for Friends

By Levi Roots

Published 2010

About

Here are a pair of Caribbean twists on a classic dish: use sweet potatoes instead of what we Jamaicans call ‘Irish potatoes’, and add some thyme.

Ingredients

4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 3 cm (1¼ in) dice
salt and black pepper
25 g (1

Americas
Jamaica
Main course
Dinner
Spicy
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Caribbean

Method

Put the sweet potatoes in a large saucepan of salted water. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, then drain.
Heat the butter and oil in a large frying pan over a low heat until the butter has melted. Add the sweet potatoes, garlic and thyme. Cook over a medium-low heat for 10-15 minutes, turning the potatoes over after 5 minutes or so, a