Spicy Sweet Potato Wedges

These peppery-sweet potatoes are delicious with roasted meats. Cooking them at a high heat makes their interior tender just as the sugar-and-spice coating begins to caramelize and brown the outside.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 3 wedges)

Ingredients

• 6  medium sweet potatoes (about 2 1/4 pounds)
• Cooking spray
• 2  teaspoons  sugar
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground red pepper
• 1/8  teaspoon  black pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 500°.

Peel potatoes; cut each lengthwise into quarters. Place potatoes in a large bowl; coat with cooking spray. Combine sugar, salt, and peppers, and sprinkle over potatoes, tossing well to coat. Arrange potatoes, cut sides down, in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake at 500° for 10 minutes; turn wedges over. Bake an additional 10 minutes or until tender and beginning to brown.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

153 (2% from fat)

Fat:

0.4g (sat 0.1g,mono 0.0g,poly 0.2g)

Protein:

2.4g

Carbohydrate:

35.5g

Fiber:

2.3g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

0.9mg

Sodium:

166mg

Calcium:

31mg