20 Vegan Sweet Potato Recipes (2024)

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Unleash the versatility of sweet potatoes with our amazing vegan recipes! From savory bowls to sweet treats, discover delicious dishes packed with flavor, nutrients, and visual appeal.

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The sweet potato, with its vibrant orange flesh and earthy sweetness, is one of our favorite ingredients because it’s just so versatile. It’s more than just a side dish: you can transform it into hearty plant-based meals! Here are our top vegan sweet potato recipes, exploring creative and delicious ways to incorporate this nutritional powerhouse into your plant-based diet. From hearty curries and stews to creamy soups and even decadent desserts, there’s a recipe for every occasion. Ready to get started?

And now…our top vegan sweet potato recipes!

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Sweet Potato Curry

A favorite vegan sweet potato recipe is thisSweet Potato Curry! Tender sweet potatoes and bell peppers swim in a luscious broth of coconut milk and Thai curry paste, topped with fresh cilantro and crunchy peanuts. There’s so much flavor going on, you’ll want to take another bite before you’re finished savoring the first. Welcome to: your easy weeknight dinner soulmate!

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Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Need a healthy vegan dinner idea? Look no further than this trusty trick:Stuffed Sweet Potatoes! Bake the spuds whole until they’re moist and tender, then top with savory fillings to make a hearty dinner recipe. The way the savory black beans contrast with the sweet orange flesh makes magic.

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Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Meet a favorite vegan sweet potato recipe: the Baked Sweet Potato Fries! They're crispy, perfectly seasoned, and you won't be able to stop sneaking bites. The best crispy baked sweet potato fries you can make at home!

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes

All hail the sweet potato! This healthy orange vegetable is super versatile: bake it intocrispy fries,stuff itwith black beans and salsa, or boil it in ahearty stew. But one of our topways to cook them? Make the best sweet potato recipe:oven roasted sweet potatoes! Dice them up, season with care, and roast until they’re browned and caramelized on the outsides.

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Sweet Potato Soup

Oh hello, luscious and velvetySweet Potato Soup! This root vegetable is makes the best sweet and creamy puree. Accentuate it with a healthy dose of smoked paprika and the flavor is earthy, subtly smoky and absolutely irresistible. This healthy soup will please just about anyone: even avowed sweet potato haters!Use the coconut milk variation for a vegan soup.

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Sheet Pan Sweet Potato Tacos

Here’s a tasty vegan recipe: theseSweet Potato Black Bean Tacos! Throw almost any seasonal veggies onto a sheet pan, season them up, and they work as a delicious taco filling! The best part: you can add the black beans right on the roasting pan. It comes out zingy and delicious: top with pico de gallo and a dollop of cashew cream.

Imagine a perfectlybaked sweet potato, topped with a fresh, crunchy Thai-style pepper and cabbage slaw and a creamy peanut sauce. We’ve heard from many readers that this one is a family favorite!

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Moroccan Chickpea Stew

Here’s a vegan recipe that’s so hearty and satisfying, it will please everyone around the table:Moroccan Chickpea Stew! It’s ultra flavorful, with a blend of cozy spices that accentuate nutrient rich vegetables: sweet potatoes,chickpeas, tomatoes and spinach. Serve it with quinoa for a tasty plant based dinner that’s vegan and gluten free.

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Best Sweet Potato Chili

Here's a delicious vegan sweet potato recipe that makes them into a meal: sweet potato chili! It’s healthy and veggie loaded, with all those nutrients from this healthy orange potato. And it's seriously hearty and satisfying, with complexity from a few flavor tricks. Top with cashew cream.

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Vegan Mediterranean Bowl

Try thisMediterranean Bowl, bursting with colorful veggies! It’s a simple “meal in a bowl” that stars spiced roasted sweet potatoes and peppers, seasoned with an irresistible mix of cumin, coriander, garlic and a hint of cinnamon. Add to that quinoa or couscous, fresh cucumber and tomato, and top it all off with a creamylemon tahini sauce.

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Healthy Baked Sweet Potato with Moroccan Lentils

Here's a delicious, nutritious vegan dinner recipe! The sweet potatoes are baked until moist and tender, then layered with lentils that are seasoned with Moroccan flavors: cumin seeds, cinnamon paprika and harissa, and veggies. To top it all off: a creamy lemontahini saucebrings it all together.

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Easy Sweet Potato Wedges

Here’s thevegan sweet potato recipeyou didn’t know you needed: how to make the absolute best roastedSweet Potato Wedges! Every time we make these, we can’t help but sneak bites off the pan…until they almost disappear before we sit down to a meal. Here’s how to make sweet potato wedges in the oven that are browned, tender and seasoned to perfection! (Omit the feta topping.)

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Sweet Potato Hash Browns

Here's a fun vegan sweet potato recipe that works for breakfast: grate them into hash browns! These sweet potato hash browns couldn't be easier: great, throw them on a sheet pan, and bake until crispy. Breakfast just got tastier.

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Grilled Sweet Potatoes

Are you a sweet potato fan? Then you absolutely must try thesegrilled sweet potatoes! Crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, they’ve got a little smoky char to the flavor and are absolutely delicious!Roasted sweet potatoesare tender and moist, but these grilled potatoes are something altogether different. Cut into wedges, they’re the perfect side dish for a grilled dinner on the patio.

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Vegan Mexican Sweet Potatoes

These vegan Mexican sweet potatoes are the perfect blend of sweet and savory. The spicyblack bean salsa is the perfect complement to the light sweetness of the potato, and topped withcreamy cilantro sauce, it’s a little bit of heaven.

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Boiled Sweet Potatoes

Thinking about boiling sweet potatoes?Roasting sweet potatoesmight be the most popular way to cook these root vegetables. But here’s the thing: boiling is the fastest! This technique is much faster than roasting, and it’s great for when you’re including them in a filling or topping in another recipe.

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Vegan Sweet Potato Brownies

Try theseSweet Potato Brownies! These brownies could not be more thrilled by their sweet potato interior. It makes the best chewy texture and loads them with nutrients. In fact, these are super plant-powered vegan sweet potato brownies! But most importantly: they’reirresistibly delicious, with a rich nuance in flavor that makes them taste loads better than a standard brownie.

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Baked Sweet Potato

When it comes to dinnertime, there’s noroot vegetablewe love more than the sweet potato. It’s easy, deliciously tender, and easy to load with savory toppings to make into a meal. Of course, if you prefer sweet toppings that works too…or just a pat of butter! Thisbaked sweet potatorecipe makes spuds that are perfectly tender with delicious moist orange flesh, ideal as a side dish orstuffed with black beansas a healthy meal!

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Perfect Microwave Sweet Potato

Want to cook a sweet potato…fast? Try thisMicrowave Sweet Potatorecipe! Here’s the thing: it’s actually easy to screw this up. Microwave the potato too long and it comes out dried up and shriveled. So we’ve tested every variable to hone this microwave sweet potato method!

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Sweet Potato Salad

Looking for a delicious vegan salad featuring everyone’s favoriteroot vegetable? Try thisSweet Potato Salad! You won’t be able to stop shoveling in bites of this healthy side dish (we couldn’t, at least). The contrast of garlic roasted sweet potato cubes, feathery baby arugula, cranberries and creamy goat cheese hit it out of the park.(Omit the feta cheese for vegan!)

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20 Vegan Sweet Potato Recipes

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  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minute
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
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Unleash the versatility of sweet potatoes with our amazing vegan recipes! From savory bowls to sweet treats, discover delicious dishes packed with flavor, nutrients, and visual appeal.

Ingredients

Scale

  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 2 medium sweet potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds), unpeeled or peeled and diced into 1/2-inch chunks
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 red bell pepper, sliced into thin strips
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 15-ounce can full fat coconut milk
  • 3 tablespoons Thai red curry paste (we like Thai Kitchen brand)*
  • 1 tablespoon peanut butter
  • 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
  • 4 cups baby spinach or chopped spinach
  • ½ tablespoon lime juice, to finish (optional)
  • Crushed peanuts and torn fresh cilantro, to garnish
  • To serve: jasmine rice or basmati rice

Instructions

  1. If serving with rice, start thejasmine rice or basmati rice.
  2. Chop the onion, sweet potato, garlic, and bell pepper as noted above.
  3. In a large skillet, pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and sweet potato and sauté for 5 minutes, until onions are translucent. Add the garlic and red pepper and sauté for 1 minute.
  4. Add the chickpeas (drained and rinsed), coconut milk, curry paste, peanut butter, 1 cup water and the kosher salt and bring to a simmer. Simmer until sweet potatoes are tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
  5. Add the spinach and lime juice and cook until the spinach wilts, about 1 minute.
  6. Garnish with crushed peanuts and torn cilantro. Serve immediately with rice. Leftovers store up to 3 days refrigerated, or 2 months frozen.

Notes

*The heat level for red curry pastes varies based on the brand. The brand we like, Thai Kitchen, is very mild. Taste your curry paste beforehand and add a little less if you’re worried about the heat level.

  • Category: Main dish
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: Curry
  • Diet: Vegan

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FAQs

How many sweet potatoes for 20 servings? ›

Use 1 medium sweet potato per person.

How many sweet potatoes do I need for 14 people? ›

“A general guideline to estimating how many sweet potatoes you need when hosting friends or family for a meal is one medium sweet potato per person,” Burgess says, as if she's done this many times before.

Why do you soak sweet potatoes before baking? ›

The cold water bath helps rinse the starch off the sweet potatoes so they're a bit more crispy. That said, if you do not have the time, you can still get crispy baked sweet potato fries by using high heat and a little drizzle of olive oil.

What pairs well with sweet potatoes? ›

If you're serving your oven baked sweet potatoes as a side dish, pair them with your favorite protein or vegetarian chili. For a topping, stick to butter, Greek yogurt, or sour cream, or try adding a dollop of cilantro lime dressing, tzatziki, chipotle sauce, pesto, guacamole, or a drizzle of tahini sauce.

How many pounds of sweet potatoes do I need for 20 people? ›

Potatoes or sweet potatoes: 5 to 6 ounces per person, which equals about 1 large Yukon Gold or white potato, or half of a large sweet potato.

How many potatoes to cook for 20 people? ›

Plan on 1/3 to 1/2 pound potatoes per person for your feast.

Can you prepare sweet potatoes in advance? ›

Cutting sweet potatoes in advance is a great way to meal-prep your way to an easier weeknight dinner, but raw sweet potatoes dry out pretty quickly after they're cut. When chopping sweet potatoes in advance, make sure to store them in cold water in the refrigerator.

How many people will 6 lbs of sweet potatoes feed? ›

Will feed 10-12 people.

Why is boiling a sweet potato better than baking? ›

Boiling sweet potatoes retains more beta-carotene and makes the nutrient more absorbable than other cooking methods such as baking or frying. Up to 92% of the nutrient can be retained by limiting the cook time, such as boiling in a pot with a tightly covered lid for 20 minutes.

Do sweet potatoes taste better baked or boiled? ›

Baking whole sweet potatoes in the oven or cutting them into cubes and roasting them caramelizes the potatoes' starchy flesh, making it sweeter and giving it a silky smooth texture. Even if you are making mashed sweet potatoes, they will taste better with oven-cooked potatoes.

Is it better to wrap sweet potatoes in foil when baking? ›

Wrapping sweet potatoes in foil helps in a few ways. It prevents the exterior of the tuber from drying out and overheating too quickly, which would minimize enzymatic activity; it also results in a more evenly cooked texture.

What brings out the flavor of sweet potatoes? ›

Browning butter packs in tons of flavor, without dulling the sweet potatoes. Slow-roasting the sweet potatoes activates endogenous enzymes that bring out their natural sweetness. A touch of maple syrup, butter, and a bit of chopped thyme are the only embellishments these naturally sweet sweet potatoes need.

What can I put on sweet potatoes besides butter? ›

A good yogurt sauce can make a sweet potato complete, but of course you can always pile on other toppings, too. Drizzle your potato with yogurt sauce, then top with crumbled cooked sausage, especially spicy merguez or chorizo. Or, if you have any leftover roasted or braised meat, shred or chop it and crisp in a pan.

Can I eat sweet potato with every meal? ›

If you enjoy sweet potatoes, you can absolutely enjoy them daily. However, eating multiple sweet potatoes every day could cause a harmless condition called carotenodermia, where your skin turns yellow-orange. You may also want to be cautious about your sweet potato intake if you have a history of kidney stones.

What is a portion of sweet potatoes per person? ›

One medium-sized sweet potato counts as a portion. Eat with the skin on for extra nutrients! However white potatoes, plantains and yams do not, as they are thought of as “carbs” not “veg” in dietary terms. Try sweet potatoes, parsnips or butternut squash for a veg equivalent to these.

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