This is a list of notable sweet potato dishes. The sweet potato is a starchy, sweet-tasting

tuberous root Tubers are a type of enlarged structure used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants. They are used for the plant's perennation (survival of the winter or dry months), to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growing s ...

s used as a root vegetable. The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten as greens. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the common

potato The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...

(''Solanum tuberosum''), both being in the order

Solanales The Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. Some older sources used the name Polemoniales for this order. Taxonomy Under the older Cronquist system, the latter three families were placed elsewh ...

. Although darker sweet potatoes are often referred to as "yams" in parts of North America, the species is not a true yam, which are

monocots Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, ( Lilianae '' sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. They constitute one of ...

in the order

Dioscoreales The Dioscoreales are an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants in modern classification systems, such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web. Within the monocots Dioscoreales are grouped in the lilioid monocots w ...

Sweet potato dishes

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Camote cue Camote cue or camotecue is a popular snack food in the Philippines made from ''camote'' (sweet potato). Slices of ''camote'' are coated with brown sugar and then fried to cook the potatoes and to caramelize the sugar. It is one of the most com ...

'' – a popular snack food in the Philippines made from ''camote'' (sweet potato) * '' Camote halaya'' – a variant of ''

Ube halaya ''Ube halaya'' or ''halayang ube'' (variant spellings ''halea'', ''haleya''; from the Spanish ''jalea'', "jam") is a Philippine dessert made from boiled and mashed purple yam (''Dioscorea alata'', locally known as ''ube''). Ube halaya is the m ...

'' that uses mashed sweet potato, it is sometimes known as "camote delight" or "sweet potato jam" * ''

Dulce de batata Dulce de batata (in es, sweet potato candy, or: sweet potato jam) or doce de batata doce (Portuguese expression with the same meaning) is a traditional Uruguayan, Argentine, Paraguayan and Brazilian dessert, which is made of sweet potatoes. ...

'' – a traditional Argentine, Paraguayan, Uruguayan and Brazilian sweet jelly dessert prepared using sweet potatoes. It resembles a marmalade because of its hard texture. In Brazil it is known as ''marrom glacê''. *

Fried sweet potato Fried sweet potato features in a variety of dishes and cuisines including the popular sweet potato fries, a variation of French fries using sweet potato instead of potato. Fried sweet potatoes are known as patates in Guinean cuisine, where they ...

– utilized in a variety of dishes and cuisines, a popular preparation is sweet potato fries * '' Hoshi-imo'' – generally consists of steamed, dried, sweet potatoes that are skinned and sliced, it is a snack food that is popular in Japan and similar to a number of other dried foods in Asia. * ''

Japchae ''Japchae'' () is a savory and slightly sweet dish of stir-fried glass noodles and vegetables that is popular in Korean cuisine. * ''Japchae'' is typically prepared with '' dangmyeon'' (당면, 唐麵), a type of cellophane noodles made from ...

'' – a savory and slightly sweet dish of stir-fried

glass noodles Cellophane noodles, or fensi (), sometimes called glass noodles, are a type of transparent noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, potato starch, sweet potato starch, tapioca, or canna starch) and water. A stabilizer such as chitosan ...

and vegetables that is popular in Korean cuisine, * it is typically prepared with ''

dangmyeon Cellophane noodles, or fensi (), sometimes called glass noodles, are a type of transparent noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, potato starch, sweet potato starch, tapioca, or canna starch) and water. A stabilizer such as chitos ...

'' (당면, 唐麵), a type of cellophane noodles made from sweet potato starch. The noodles are mixed with assorted vegetables, meat, mushrooms, and seasoned with soy sauce and

sesame oil Sesame oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from sesame seeds. The oil is one of the earliest-known crop-based oils. Worldwide mass modern production is limited due to the inefficient manual harvesting process required to extract the oil. ...

. * Potato pancake – some variations of the potato pancake are made using sweet potatoes. * Pudding and souse – a traditional dish in

Barbadian cuisine Barbadian cuisine, also called Bajan cuisine, is a mixture of African, Portuguese, Indian, Irish, Creole, Indigenous and British background. A typical meal consists of a main dish of meat or fish, normally marinated with a mixture of herbs and ...

consisting of pickled pork, pork blood pudding, grated and spiced sweet potatoes and pumpkin *

Purple sweet potato haupia pie Purple sweet potato haupia pie is a Hawaiian dish that incorporates purple sweet potatoes and haupia. It is similar to the sweet potato pie that originated in the Southern United States. This dish however, often uses Okinawan sweet potatoes whi ...

– a Hawaiian dish that incorporates purple sweet potatoes and

haupia Haupia is a traditional coconut milk-based Hawaiian dessert often found at luaus and other local gatherings in Hawaii. Since the 1940s, it has become popular as a topping for white cake, especially at weddings. Although technically considered ...

, It is similar to the sweet potato pie that originated in the Southern United States. and is often prepared using Okinawan sweet potatoes which are purple in color. * Roasted sweet potato – a popular winter street food in East Asia * '' Soetpatats'' – an

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...

dish and originates from South Africa, it is commonly served as a

side dish A side dish, sometimes referred to as a side order, side item, or simply a side, is a food item that accompanies the entrée or main course at a meal.braais (barbecues), often served alongside snoek (''Thyrsites)''. It is often baked in a dutch oven and typically prepared using sweet potatoes, butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. * Sweet potato pie – a traditional dessert originating in the Southern United States among the African American community, it is often served during the American holiday season, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas in place of pumpkin pie. * Sweet potato salad – an

Arab salad Arab salad or Arabic salad is any of a variety of salad dishes that form part of Arab cuisine. Combining many different fruits and spices, and often served as part of a mezze, Arab salads include those from Algeria and Tunisia such as the "Algeri ...

prepared using sweet potato, onion, mashed garlic, raisins, olive oil and a variety of spices. * Sweet potato soup – a Chinese dessert found in Southern China and Hong Kong *

Taro ball Taro ball () is a traditional Taiwanese cuisine dessert made of taro. It can be found in almost every part of Taiwan and other parts of the world selling Taiwanese desserts, among which Jiufen's taro ball is said to be the most famous. The taro ...

– a traditional Taiwanese cuisine dessert made of

taro Taro () (''Colocasia esculenta)'' is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in Afri ...

and sweet potato flour or potato flour File:Dulce de batata1.JPG,

with chocolate added File:Sweet potato fries (1).jpg, A side dish of crinkle cut

fried sweet potato Fried sweet potato features in a variety of dishes and cuisines including the popular sweet potato fries, a variation of French fries using sweet potato instead of potato. Fried sweet potatoes are known as patates in Guinean cuisine, where they ...

File:Ube Haupia Pie with Macadamia Shortbread Crust (933851403).jpg,

File:Ice gungoguma (roasted sweet potato).jpg, Roasted sweet potato served as a street food File:SweetpotatoTongsui.jpg, Sweet potato soup

Beverages

* Shōchū – a Japanese distilled beverage typically distilled from rice (''kome''),

barley Barley (''Hordeum vulgare''), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Globally 70% of barley p ...

(''mugi''), sweet potatoes (''satsuma-imo''),

buckwheat Buckwheat (''Fagopyrum esculentum''), or common buckwheat, is a flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. The name "buckwheat" is used for several other species, such as ''Fagopy ...

(''soba''), or

brown sugar Brown sugar is unrefined or partially refined soft sugar. Brown Sugar may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Brown Sugar'' (1922 film), a 1922 British silent film directed by Fred Paul * ''Brown Sugar'' (1931 film), a 1931 ...

(''kokutō''), though it is sometimes produced from other ingredients such as chestnut,

sesame seeds Sesame ( or ; ''Sesamum indicum'') is a flowering plant in the genus '' Sesamum'', also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cu ...

, potatoes, or even carrots.

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