Our cookbook, Love Real Food, is here! These INCREDIBLE best way to mash potatoes sweet potatoes are mixed with herbs and sour cream, not marshmallows and brown sugar!
This savory mashed sweet potatoes recipe will be a big hit at your holiday dinner. Delicious savory mashed sweet potatoes recipe—no marshmallows here! This recipe will be a big hit at your holiday dinner. I’m on a mission to stock this food blog with all the holiday recipes you might need, and it’s about time I shared a mashed sweet potato recipe. The problem with most mashed sweet potatoes is that they’re made even sweeter with brown sugar and marshmallows. Sweet potatoes are already plenty sweet on their own!
So, I added savory ingredients to my mashed sweet potatoes to balance out that inherent sweetness. Finely chopped fresh parsley and green onion combined with some sour cream and butter are all you need for incredible savory mashed sweet potatoes. I don’t know why these basic ingredients create such a stellar flavor combination, but they do. Watch how to make the best mashed sweet potatoes in this short recipe video! These mashed sweet potatoes are mixed with fresh herbs, butter and sour cream! For more meatless holiday recipes, look no further. Please let me know how these mashed sweet potatoes turn out for you in the comments!
Your feedback means so much to me. These incredible mashed sweet potatoes are mixed with herbs and sour cream, not marshmallows and brown sugar! These incredible mashed sweet potatoes are mixed with herbs, butter and sour cream. No marshmallows or brown sugar in this mashed sweet potatoes recipe! Recipe yields 6 to 8 side servings. Add 1 teaspoon of the salt and bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-high heat. Drain well, then return the potatoes to the pot.
Mash the sweet potatoes to your desired consistency. Promptly add almost all of the green onion and parsley, reserving a small amount of each for garnish. Add the garlic, and stir to combine. Transfer the mashed potatoes to a serving bowl and swirl the reserved sour cream onto the top with a spoon.
