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Baked Sweet Potatoes with Cream Cheese
Sweet potatoes are baked until tender and finished with a seasoned cream cheese topping.
Prep time
15 min
Cook time
55 min
Total time
2 hrs 5 min
Yield
4
Ingredients
9
Steps
11
Filed under: sweet potato, cheese, baked.
Source channel: Frische Rezepte
Key ingredients
sweet potatoes, olive oil, divided, salt, or, small onion, chopped, mushrooms, sliced.
Ingredients
- 4 sweet potatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- 1 tsp salt, or to taste
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 6–8 mushrooms, sliced
- Black pepper, to taste
- 5 tbsp cream cheese
- 1 cup grated cheese, for topping
- 2 tbsp chopped green onions, for serving
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).
- Wash the sweet potatoes and pierce them several times with a fork.
- Rub the sweet potatoes lightly with some of the olive oil and bake for 30–40 minutes, until tender.
- Meanwhile, heat the remaining olive oil in a frying pan.
- Add the chopped onion and cook for about 5 minutes, until softened.
- Add the sliced mushrooms, season with salt and black pepper, and cook until tender and their excess moisture has evaporated.
- Cut the baked sweet potatoes open without cutting all the way through.
- Fill each sweet potato with cream cheese and the cooked mushroom mixture.
- Sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Return to the oven for another 10–15 minutes, until the cheese is melted and golden.
- Finish with chopped green onions and serve hot.