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Avocado Cream Hasselback Sweet Potatoes

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Author: Jean Choi

Ingredients

Hasselback sweet potatoes

  • 6 medium sweet potatoes
  • 3 tbsp ghee or coconut oil
  • Sea salt, to taste
  • 4 slices of thick-cut bacon
  • 1 cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped

Avocado cream

  • 2 ripe avocados
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper (omit for AIP)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
  • Slice the sweet potatoes carefully into thin slices about 3/4 of the way through, making sure you don't slice all the way through.
  • Place the potatoes on a baking dish.
  • Rub ghee all over the potatoes and carefully between the slices.
  • Sprinkle generously with sea salt, making sure to salt between the slices.
  • Bake for 50 minutes, or until the slices are cooked through and tender.
  • While the sweet potatoes are baking, heat a frying pan over medium heat.
  • Dice the bacon slices into small bits, and cook them in the heated pan until they are brown and crisp.

Avocado cream

  • Scoop out the flesh of the avocados into a food processor. Add the rest of the ingredients, then blend until smooth.
  • Taste and add more salt, if needed

To serve

  • Plate the sweet potatoes
  • Spoon and drizzle avocado cream over the potatoes.
  • Sprinkle with bacon bits, pomegranate seeds, and chopped chives.