Side Dishes

Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes

I’m not always a huge fan of mashed sweet potatoes. But throw some bourbon into the mix, and now you’re

  • Serves 6
  • Prep 15 minutes
  • Cook 1 hour
  • Total 1 hour

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Many mashed sweet potato recipes include the addition of brown sugar, but I think they’re already sweet enough without adding any sugar.

How To Serve Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes

These sweet potatoes are perfect for holiday meals or a fall dinner.

I love to serve mashed sweet potatoes with something spicy. They would go perfectly with this Spice Rubbed Slow Cooker Chicken. It also goes well with Root Beer Glazed Chicken.

Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes in a white bowl.

Recipe Tips

When choosing sweet potatoes, don’t buy potatoes that are too large. They tend to be fibrous. When I bake them, I always place them on a baking sheet because they tend to ooze and they’ll make a mess of the bottom of your oven if you’re not careful.

If you want to makes these sweet potatoes non-alcoholic, try using apple cider or orange juice instead of bourbon.

More Ways To Cook with Bourbon

If you have an affinity for cooking with bourbon, you may want to try Double Frosted Bourbon Brownies, Bourbon Apple Pork Chops, Bourbon Balls, orBourbon Beef Stew. They are all heavenly.

Recipe

Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes are creamy, sweet, and have a little spice from some cayenne pepper. They perfectly complement almost any meat dish, especially a holiday ham.

  • Serves 6
  • Prep 15 minutes
  • Cook 1 hour
  • Total 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes
  • 1/4 cup half and half
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons bourbon
  • pinch of cayenne
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake sweet potatoes until very soft and starting to ooze, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

  2. 2

    Let sweet potatoes cool a touch and then remove and discard skins and place pulp in the bowl of an electric mixer.

  3. 3

    Add half and half, butter, and bourbon and beat until smooth. Season to taste with cayenne, salt and black pepper.

Equipment

  • Hand-held electric mixer

Nutrition

  • Calories221 kcal
  • Carbohydrates38 g
  • Protein3 g
  • Fat5 g
  • Saturated Fat3 g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat0.2 g
  • Monounsaturated Fat1 g
  • Trans Fat0.2 g
  • Cholesterol14 mg
  • Sodium140 mg
  • Potassium651 mg
  • Fiber6 g
  • Sugar8 g
  • Vitamin A26965 IU
  • Vitamin C5 mg
  • Calcium69 mg
  • Iron1 mg