Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Balls
Some readers ask me if I have a recipe for oven baked sweet potato balls after stumbling upon my sweet potato balls recipe.
Ingredients
- 250 grampeeled sweet potato
- 75 gramgrated cheddar cheese
- 1 cuppanko
- 2 tablespoonolive oil
- ½ teaspoonsalt, or to taste
- ½ teaspoonpepper, or to taste
- 2 tablespoongrated parmesan (asiago/romano is okay too)
Directions
Seasoned panko
- 1
Fry panko with olive oil in a frying pan until golden brown. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
- 2
Season fry panko wtih salt, pepper, and parmesan. Set aside.
Oven baked sweet potato balls
- 1
Steam sweet potato until soft enough to be mashed. Mashed the sweet potato.
- 2
Preheat oven to 200 Celsius (400 Fahrenheit). Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- 3
Mix mashed sweet potato with grated cheddar cheese into a pliable dough. Shape into 1 tablespoon balls (I got about 18 balls). Roll each ball into the panko to coat, and place on the lined baking tray.
- 4
Bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown and crispy. Note that it won't look that much difference pre-baked and post-baked, but the main thing is to get the crust to be crispy since basically, everything is kinda cooked anyway even prior to sticking the balls in the oven.