This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission.
Sweet, spicy, savory sweet potatoes are slow-roasted creating a mouth-watering caramel flavor. Serve them with chicken, steak, or as a meal by themselves.
Why You Should Try This Recipe
This past year, we have been obsessed with sweet potatoes. I love slow-roasting them and using them as a vessel for all types of seasonings and toppings. But nothing is better than roasting them with sweet honey, spicy chili seasoning, and a splash of fresh lime.
Ingredients
Let’s Make Chili Honey-Lime Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Wash and slice sweet potatoes length-wise.
- Lay them face down on a cookie sheet, rub the skin with olive oil, and liberally sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Flip the sweet potatoes so the flesh side is facing up.
- Rub the flesh with olive oil, drizzle with honey and lime, and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of chili seasoning, salt, and pepper.
- Place the potato halves flesh side down on the cookie sheet and roast for 25-35 minutes depending on the size of the sweet potato.
- Remove the potatoes from the oven, flip them over, and make a crisis cross design in the flesh, drizzle with honey, and squirt with lime juice.
- Sprinkle with additional chili seasoning and salt.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve with lime wedges.
Roasting Any Sweet Potato
This is my basic recipe for roasting any sweet potato. The potatoes will turn out with a soft center that is caramelized on top. I swear once you make them this way, you will never roast a whole sweet potato again.
- Preheat the oven to 425°.
- Clean the sweet potato with water and a brush or a cloth.
- Slice it in half length-wise.
- Rub the skin with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Flip the sweet potato so the flesh is facing up.
- Rub the flesh with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Place the flesh-side down on a cookie sheet and roast for 25-35 minutes.
- Remove the potatoes from the oven, flip them over, and drizzle them with the remaining honey, chili powder, a squirt of lime juice, and salt.
Krazy Kitchen Mom Tips:
- For perfectly caramelized sweet potatoes do not use parchment paper or a baking mate. Place the potatoes directly on the cookie sheet.
- SALT! I can’t say it enough, sweet potatoes need SALT! So don’t be shy, make sure you season these liberally.
- Make a tiny slice on the backside of each potato before roasting so that they sit nicely on the plate when served. There’s nothing fun about chasing a rounded sweet potato around your plate.
More Easy and Delicious KKM Recipes
- Tex Mex Stuffed Sweet Potatoes – Roasted sweet potatoes stuffed with Tex Mex meat, beans, and corn.
- Tortellini Spinach Pasta Salad – Frozen cheese tortellini served with spinach and pesto sauce.
- Grilled Peach Chicken Salad – grilled peaches and chicken served over crispy lettuce.
- Shrimp and Chorizo Pasta – Pasta topped with grilled shrimp and chorizo sausage.
Chili Honey-Lime Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Sweet, spicy, savory sweet potatoes are slow-roasted creating a mouth-watering caramelized flavor. Serve them with chicken, steak, or as a meal by themselves.
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potato
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 teaspoons chili Seasoning
- juice from 1/2 lime
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 1/2 lime for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°
- Wash and slice sweet potato length-wise.
- Rub the skin with olive oil and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper.
- Flip the sweet potato so the flesh is facing up.
- Rub the flesh with olive oil, drizzle with honey-lime, and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of chili seasoning salt and pepper.
- Place the potato halves flesh side down on the cookie sheet and roast for 25-35 minutes depending on the size of the sweet potato.
- Remove the potatoes from the oven, flip them over, and make a crisis cross design in the flesh, drizzle with honey, and squirt with lime juice.
- Garnish with cilantro and lime slices.
Notes
Krazy Kitchen Mom Tips
- For perfectly caramelized sweet potatoes do not use parchment paper or a baking mate. Place the potatoes directly on the cookie sheet.
- SALT! I can’t say it enough, sweet potatoes need SALT! So don’t be shy, make sure you season these liberally.
- Make a tiny slice on the backside of each potato before roasting so that they sit nicely on the plate when served. There’s nothing fun about chasing a rounded sweet potato around your plate.
If you make this recipe, show me a pic! You can upload your photo to your Instagram account and tag me @krazykitchenmom
I haven’t made this recipe yet, but I have a question. The recipe calls for 2 tsp. of chili seasoning, but the instructions only say to sprinkle 1 tsp. of the seasoning on the potatoes. What do you do with the other teaspoon of seasoning?
You add it after they are baked. I made the update. Hope you enjoy!
Making this now, it looks amazing! I mixed the two TBS oil in with the lime and honey, which seems incorrect (recipe unclear to me). Also unsure when to cut the criss crosses. Excited to try regardless!
For step #5, Rub the flesh with olive oil, drizzle with honey-lime, and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of chili seasoning salt and pepper, do them separately. For step #7, make the criss cross design after then are cooked. Hope this helps.