Simple Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 large sweet potatoes
• 2 avocados, peeled and pitted
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/3 cup diced red onion
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 55 mins


• preheat oven to 450 degrees f (230 degrees c).
• make a long, narrow cut lengthwise down the center of each sweet potato. wrap each potato in aluminum foil.
• bake potatoes directly on the rack of the preheated oven until tender, about 1 hour.
• mash avocado flesh, salt, and pepper together in a bowl with a fork until mostly smooth. fold onion into avocado mixture. cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, about 45 minutes.
• remove potatoes from foil and slice open, pushing the two ends of each together to open the potato. divide 1/2 of the butter between the potato openings. spoon avocado mixture into each potato and top each with remaining butter.