Smoked Sweet Potatoes

Smoked sweet potatoes are a wonderful side dish that’s super easy to make and ready in about an hour. Top off these soft sweet potatoes with maple butter, pecans, brown sugar, bacon bits, or any favorite toppings.

Prep Time5

Cook Time1

Preheat the grill:15

Total Time1 20

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: sweet potato

Servings:

Calories: 463kcal

Ingredients

4 sweet potatoes
1-2 tbsp olive oil
coarse kosher or sea salt
1/2 cup butter
2 tbsp maple syrup
2 tsp brown sugar
pinch salt

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Instructions

Prepare the smoker:

Prepare your smoker first because it only takes a couple of minutes to prepare the potatoes.
Preheat the smoker to 375°, make sure the grill grate is clean, and place a drip pan underneath the grate to catch the drippings.

Prepare the sweet potatoes:

Wash sweet potatoes and pat them dry.
Use a fork or a butter knife to poke a few holes all around each potato. Rub them with some olive oil and sprinkle coarse salt all around.

Cook sweet potatoes:

You can place sweet potatoes right on the grill grate or use a mesh vegetable grill basket to hold them.
Place sweet potatoes on the preheated smoker and cook them for about an hour.
To test of they are done, stick a fork in each one, into the thickest part of the potato, to make sure they are completely tender.

Maple Butter:

Make sure to let the butter sit out on the counter for 30-45 minutes to soften first.
Then, beat softened butter, maple syrup, brown sugar, and a pinch of salt with a hand mixer until soft and fluffy.

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