Can “sweet” and “savory” be used in the same sentence when it comes to food? Contrasting flavors that may not seem like obvious combinations sometimes just “work” and complement each other beautifully. That’s the case with this delectable spud recipe. Savory brown butter baked sweet potatoes are made up of the perfect blend of flavors that makes my taste buds sing!
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The timelessness of a baked potato
Baked potatoes can be a bountiful side or dolled up as an entire meal. There’s something classic about a loaded baked potato, but I love to add fun twists with caramelized onions, jalapenos, or even shredded chicken!
I used to mainly pan-fry potatoes to accompany breakfast, or boil potatoes for mashed potatoes. But recently I’ve discovered how exciting baking potatoes can be.
There are endless combinations of delicious toppings to make your baked potato unique and utterly delicious
Let’s uncover the perfect combo of sweet and savory with these brown butter baked sweet potatoes!
how to: make baked sweet potatoes
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Following proper baked potato procedure, repeatedly pierce each potato with a fork. Pour a small amount of olive oil on the potatoes and rub to coat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Place potatoes on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour, or until they give slightly when squeezed.
Set aside.
How to: Caramelize onions
While the potatoes are baking, we can start on the caramelized onions.
Check out my recent post on caramelizing onions and the best pan to use for best results!
Heat a carbon steel or cast iron pan over medium heat.
Thinly slice an onion. Melt butter in the pan and then add the onions to the pan
To speed up the process, add a few teaspoons of brown sugar. If the pan starts to get dry, add a splash of water or beef broth and stir.
Allow the onions to cook low and slow until caramelized, about 30 minutes.
How to: brown butter and toast walnuts
Melt butter in a light-colored saucepan over medium heat. A dark pan is fine, but it is a little more challenging to tell when the butter turns brown.
Cook until a rich brown color develops, whisking often. Remove from heat quickly.
Once cooled slightly, transfer all but 1 tbsp to a bowl.
Add the walnuts to the remaining brown butter and heat over medium-low. Toast the walnuts for 3-4 minutes and set aside.
how to: assemble brown butter baked sweet potatoes
Once the potatoes have cooled, cut in half and scoop out the filling into a large bowl.
Add caramelized onions, brown butter, and walnuts to the bowl and mix until combined.
Fill each potato skin with the potato mixture until full. Top with cheese.
Broil for 5 minutes or until the cheese browns. Top with fresh parsley and serve!
Ingredients Needed
Materials Needed
Savory Brown Butter Baked Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper as needed
- 5 tbsp butter separated
- 1 onion sliced thin
- 1 tbsp brown sugar optional
- water, or broth as needed
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
- 1/4 cup havarti cheese shredded
- parsley to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400° F. Repeatedly pierce each potato with a fork. Pour a small amount of olive oil on the potatoes and rub to coat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place potatoes on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour, or until they give slightly when squeezed.
- While the potatoes bake, heat a medium pan over medium heat. Melt 1 tbsp butter in the pan and then add in the onions. To speed up the process, add brown sugar. If the pan starts to get dry, add a splash of water or beef broth and stir.Allow the onions to cook low and slow until caramelized, about 30 minutes.
- In a separate pan, melt 4tbsp butter over medium heat. Cook until a rich brown color develops, whisking often. Remove from heat quickly. Once cooled slightly, transfer all but 1 tbsp to a bowl.
- Add walnuts to the remaining brown butter and heat over medium-low. Toast the walnuts for 3-4 minutes and set aside.
- Cut each potato in half and scoop out the filling into a large bowl. Mix in caramelized onions, brown butter, and walnuts until combined. Fill each potato skin with the potato mixture until full. Top with cheese.
- Broil for 5 minutes or until the cheese starts to brown. Top with fresh parsley and serve!
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Holy heck these look amazing! I’ve made stuffed sweet potatos before and my Mum and i really love them. I tend to do them with cheese, bacon, herbs and veggies. But always looking for different ingredients to throw in. You know what, this has encouraged me to grab some sweet potatos with the shop this week to make them!
Oh yummy-licious!!!!!!! These potatoes will many a good meal for light dinner. Thank you for sharing.
These literally sound amazing. I’m not sure why I’ve never thought of stuffing a sweet potato before.
Wow love the idea, I would jut skip onions as I don’t
like them but everything else sounds awesome..
These look absolutely delicious! I love baked potatoes but if you can pump them up with a new filling, it’s a whole new game! I never thought about adding walnuts and caramelised onions! An absolute must-try! Thanks for sharing x
This looks great! And I wouldn’t have thought of it myself. Thanks for sharing and adding the tips and tricks how to achieve each step with the best result 🙂
Wow! These look great! I can’t wait to try them. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I love that you used brown butter, most people dont know about it! I wanted to try it hopefully i can achieve same results! 🙂
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I love that you used brown butter, most people dont know about it! I wanted to try it hopefully i can achieve same results! 🙂
I love sweet potatoes, but I’ve never tried stuffed sweet potatoes & now I want to! I’ll bookmark your post for later!
Sounds so good. I love savory things on my sweet potatoes! Nice call on the havarti…it’s so good on everything.
Wow these look totally amazing.
Sweet potatoes are one of those foods where I like it but don’t love it but I’ve always been kind of stumped as to what to do with them beyond sweet potato fries. This version looks delicious, I don’t think I have ever cooked with walnuts before, so it will be fun to give this a try.
These look so mouthwatering! I love that they are savory, but I would experiment and try them sweet, with melted brie and pecans. 🙂
This looks super yummy! I was actually craving sweet potatoes earlier this week. I’ll pin this for later! Thanks so much for sharing x
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These looks scrumptious! I love any food recipes when it come to sweet potatoes. Definitely bookmarked this post for later in mood of baking🤩
I’m obsessed with sweet potatoes and this recipe looks delicious! xx
I saw this yesterday and ordered up sweet potatoes in my Whole Foods order today LOL
This looks delish! I still have sweet potatoes left from my CSA I’ll have to try this
This looks delicious! I love sweet potatoes even though I rarely get to have them!
Love this! Looks so yummy – the photos are beautiful 🤩
These look delicious, I can;t wait to try! Thank you!
Yummy will be trying this.
Yummy will be trying this.
These sound absolutely delicious 😋 love a good baked sweet potato
This recipe looks absolutely incredible and right up my street! I haven’t had sweet potatoes in so long so I will definitely be cooking this soon! Thank you so much for the recipe and inspiration!x
I need to try! I love using sweet potatoes in baking, but haven’t ventured into the savory realm. These look amazing!
Sweet potatoes are delicious sweet or savory! I’m always excited to try out a new recipe featuring them.
I think my family would love these! Sweet and savoury all in one. SO YUM!!
You had me at sweet potato…but the simple additions make this a must try. Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing,
I love sweet potatoes! These look amazing!
This looks truly delicious!
Havarti, walnuts and sweet potatoes?! These sound amazing! What a great combination of flavors!
These look amazing!
It’s going to snow pretty heavily tomorrow so these sweet potatoes sound perfect for that kind of stay-at-home weather. Thanks!
Oh goodness these look simply delightful!!
These baked sweet potatoes are absolutely mouth watering! They’re perfect for a family dinner, but also I can easily picture serving them for a holiday or other special occasion. Brava!
I love sweet potatoes and usually have them at dinner, thanks for this recipe 🙂 good way to try another recipe
Wow, these look amazing and now I am asking myself why I never buy sweet potatoes??? They are officially on my list and this recipe is happening as soon as I get them!
This is so mouth-watering! I had a feeling a recipe would come out – I bought sweet potatoes on my last shopping trip hoping to make something special of them:))
Wow! I want to eat this right now! Looks and sounds so yummy <3
These look absolutely yummy, and I am a girl who isn’t that much in sweet potatoes. I would still want to try out the recipe and see if the sweet potato works for me in here.
These look delicious! Definitely going to give them a go!
Yummyyy!! My family is huge on sweet potatoes so I must try this! Thanks for sharing!
I am definitely going to try this.
Sounds amazing !!!
Sweet potatoes are one of my favourite but I have never made them like this before. I will definitely be trying this!
OMG, yum!! I can’t wait to try these.
These look absolutely amazing! I love sweet potatoes, but I actually haven’t had a baked sweet potato. I have only had them in a casserole or as fries. This will be added to my list of recipes to try! Thank you!
These sound absolutely incredible! I am the only one in my house that really likes sweet potatoes so I might just make these all for me!
I adore sweet potato but I have never thought to make them like this before.
These really do look absolutely delicious! I am definitely going to give these a go, Thank you x
That looks absolutely delicious! I’m going to try it this weekend.
These look amazing! I love sweet potatoes but have never tried them baked. Thanks for the recipe.
This really is such an excellent combination of sweet and savory. I’m allergic to white potatoes so I love getting to enjoy sweet potatoes in any kind of savory way. I’d have to go without the onion (another terrible allergy) but this sounds totally delicious! I’m definitely interested in trying it soon.
These look amazing and definitely something I’d love to try. I’m definitely going to have a go at making these.
Well this look delicious! Thanks for the new recipe suggestion!
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These brown butter sweet potatoes are amazing! Super easy to make and super flavorful!