Perfect Microwaved Sweet Potato
Cooking a sweet potato in the oven takes somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes depending on the size, and the result is always perfect! A hot sweet potato makes a great lunch or side dish.
- Prep Time: 2 mins
- Cook Time: 8 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 1 1x
- Category: Side Dish
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 sweet potato
- Butter, salt, black pepper, and/or cinnamon, to serve (all optional)
Instructions
- Scrub the skin of your sweet potato.
- Pierce a few holes in it using a fork or sharp knife.
- Pop it in the microwave, on a microwave-safe plate perhaps.
- Cook it for 5 minutes at the highest power.
- Flip it over and give it another few minutes, cooking it until it’s soft.
- You will be able to tell when it’s done by squeezing it.
- Slice and add butter, salt, black pepper, cinnamon, or anything else you want.
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