Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Chipotle Chile

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Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Chipotle Chile

 

Ingredients-

4 small to medium sized sweet potoates, scrubbed

2 teaspoons olive or vegetable oil

1/4 cup sour cream plus extra to serve along side

1/2 of one chipotle chile in adobo sauce, mince it into a paste.

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 lime cut into quarters

  

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 425°.

Rub potatoes with oil and place spaced apart on the oven rack.

 

Bake until skewer or fork slips easily into the potatoes, approximately

50 minutes.

 

Set on wire wrack to cool, leave oven on.

 

When potatoes are cool enough to touch, slice off the top 1/4-1/3 of

each potato lenghtwise to expose the interior flesh. This forms a " boat "

to hold the sweet potato mixture.

 

Peel off the skin from the tops that were removed and put the flesh in a

medium sized bowl.

 

Use a small spoon to scoop out the rest of the flesh from each potato.

Leave approximately 1/4 inch of potato around the inside edge of the

skins. This helps the potato to retain its shape while cooking.

 

Beat the potato flesh, sour cream, chile paste, butter and salt with and

electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Taste the mixture at this

point, you may add more chipotle paste if you want it spicier.

 

Mound the mixture into thepotato skins and set them on a baking pan.

 

Bake stuffed potatoes in the 425° oven 20-25 mintues.

 

Serve with lime wedges and sour cream.

 

Sprinkle with cilantro before serving, optional.