gingered sweet potatoes with orange juice

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes
• cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 3 tablespoons butter

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• pierce skin of sweet potatoes in several spots with a fork.
• cook sweet potatoes in microwave oven until just tender, 12 to 15 minutes. refrigerate sweet potatoes until cooled completely, at least 20 minutes.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). prepare a shallow 1 1/2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
• peel sweet potatoes and cut into cubes; spread into prepared baking dish.
• mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and ginger together in a glass measuring cup; pour orange juice into the cup while stirring with a whisk.
• heat orange juice mixture in microwave oven for 1 minute, stir, and continue to heat until thickened and smooth, 30 to 60 seconds more; add butter and stir until melted. pour the liquid over the sweet potatoes.
• bake in preheated oven until sweet potatoes are heated through, 15 to 20 minutes.