Grilled sweet potatoes! Slices of sweet potatoes grilled and slathered with a cilantro-lime dressing. Best way to eat sweet potatoes on a hot summer day! On Simply Recipes.com
INGREDIENTS
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes
- 3-4 Tbsp olive oil
- Kosher salt
Dressing
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro (including tender stems)
- 1 teaspoon of lime zest or lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons of fresh lime or lemon juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- Pinch of salt
METHOD
- Prepare the grill, prep the sweet potatoes: Prepare your grill for hot, direct heat. While the grill is heating up, peel the sweet potatoes and slice lengthwise, or on a diagonal, into 1/4 inch-thick pieces. Coat the sweet potato slices with olive oil and lightly sprinkle with Kosher salt.
- Make cilantro lime dressing: Combine all of the dressing ingredients into a small bowl.
- Grill the sweet potatoes: Once the grill is hot, lay the sweet potato pieces down onto the grill grates. Cover the grill and cook until each side gets some grill marks, between 3-6 minutes for each side, depending on how hot your grill is.