I’ve always been a huge fan of putting a fun spin on traditional holiday dishes. Last year, we made a bacon wrapped turkey for Thanksgiving (and YES, it was just as delicious as it sounds), and I’ve also been known to make cranberry pear sauce, garlic mashed cauliflower, and pumpkin pie parfaits.
I love taking the standard dishes and adding unique touches on them, making them more fun and tastier than ever. Sweet potatoes are fantastic to experiment with, because their flavor is great whether the dish is sweet or savory.
One great benefit of this dish is how wonderful it reheats. Some holiday dishes just don’t save well, but these roasted bacon sweet potatoes are just as delicious two or three days later as they are on day one!
My husband is partial to savory foods, which is why he loves this recipe so much. These roasted bacon sweet potatoes are the perfect blend of sweet and salty, smooth and crispy, and are always a hit when I make them.
I have made them for Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as holiday parties, and guests always rave about these potatoes. I always use paleo bacon for them, so we can avoid excess sweeteners, and it turns out amazing.
I love sweet potatoes because they are so good for you, and they’re a great starch to fill you up without being a nightshade like the white potatoes. (Many people with autoimmune disease find themselves avoiding nightshades.)
Nightshades can be problematic for those who struggle with autoimmune issues, especially if they have joint pain and general inflammation problems. It can be a pain to eliminate nightshades since there’s so many good foods in that category (tomatoes and peppers, for one), but sweet potatoes really work hard to make up for missing out on those.
Roasted Bacon Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Bacon Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 pounds sweet potatoes scrubbed
- 8 ounces paleo bacon cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 cup pecans coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup maple flavored monkfruit syrup
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut sweet potatoes into 1-inch cubes.
- Toss them with the bacon, pecans, maple syrup, chili powder, salt, cinnamon, and cayenne in a bowl.
- Spread in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
- Roast for 20 minutes.
- Stir and continue roasting for 15 minutes, or until tender.
- Turn the oven to broil and brown the potatoes for an additional 5 minutes.
- Watch the nuts closely and pull the baking sheets out early if they begin to burn.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition
This recipe is the perfect addition to your holiday table with it’s delicious and funky spin on the traditional sweet potato dishes.
What are your favorite alternative side dishes for holiday meals?
Great recipe, my husband is type 1 and loves sweet potatoes. They are a routine dish for us during the Holidays. My husband will love this recipe! Thanks for posting!
Hope you guys love it! My husband has been begging me to make it again already 😉
This looks more complicated (your beautiful photos) then it is. That’s a winning recipe in my book!
This looks so good. My husband wont eat sweet potatoes but he might try this.
My husband LOVED it! It was a wonderful flavor!
I love sweet potatoes! Definitely a must-try!
This post has left me in turmoil!!! I love the smoky bacon part, but I have always had an aversion to sweetness (in meals at least). But I know for a fact that Hubby would gobble up my serving along with his so it’s going on the to-cook list anyway!
It’s a really good combination of flavors and it’s not really sweet or spicy, but together it’s perfect.
Your posts always make me hungry, lol! At our house we love all things bacon. This looks like a must-try.
Those look mouthwatering!
They were amazing! Just the right combo of sweet and spicy 😉
Bacon, pecans and sweet potatoes? Yes, please! I think I’ll make this for Christmas.
Hope y’all like them! I’m making them again for Christmas too 🙂
This looks delicious Steph, can’t wait to make this.
Oooh this sounds so good. Seriously I could do a holiday recipe roundup of just YOUR posts. And I might need to…
These sound so good, and so easy to make! Perfect combination for busy mamas!
They are amazing! Hope you get to try them!
These sound delicious! I never liked sweet potatoes as a kid, but now I can’t get enough of them. Definitely going to try this recipe.
I can’t get enough of sweet potatoes now either! Hope you like the recipe 🙂
These look yummy! I will have to try these for christmas dinner!
Hope you like them!
This looks delicious! I love seeing your delicious recipes and know that I can make them for my family.
I’m so glad! That is why I do this… so families like ours can have more choices 🙂
I’ve already decided that I was going to make this. Other recipes of yours have turned out great. I like the fiber in sweet potatoes and how filling they are.
Hope you guys like it, Candy! XO
Okay girl. Yum……Now, I don’t hate sweet potatoes but I am not obsessed with them either. BUT, I really need to try this recipe, maybe for Christmas, because my husband loves sweet potatoes!
It’s definitely a recipe to try, it doesn’t have the traditional sweet potato flavor. 😉
BACOOOOON! Lol this looks so, so yummy!
Haha I love bacon anything 🙂