Sweet Potato with Chilli and Thyme

I have decided to throw in a couple of ideas every now and again that don't really amount to a recipe but it just might inspire you in some small way.  Here is a nice idea of what to do with sweet potato.  There really is a never ending list of dishes this could accompany, however on this occasion we had it with Caramel Chicken as seen here.


Sweet Potato with Chilli and Thyme

When I say we had it with the Caramel Chicken, that is not strictly true.  The reason why the photo is of one lonely potato is because on the 1st attempt the potatoes were a bit tough so I returned them to the oven and had as a snack a little later!!  With that in mind, if you wish to have everything ready at the same time (which isn't a bad idea when preparing a meal) then I would bake the potato for about an hour and a half wrapped in foil or slightly less if not :
Sweet Potato
Big knob of butter at room temperature
A couple of chillis finely chopped
One crushed garlic clove
A few sprigs of thyme finely chopped

All you need to do is mix the ingredients with the butter and spread over the potatoes when cooked.  Serve with whatever dish you fancy.  It was delicious!

Chicken and Sweet Potato Curry

A few weeks ago I made a really nice beef and sweet potato curry from a recipe I found on the internet.  For some reason I thought we'd had chicken which was the reason I couldn't find the recipe this time.  No problem as I could remember the basics so decided to have a bash myself but use chicken instead of beef.  Now in this I do use Pataks Rogan Josh paste but I think of it as an ingredient in its own right so do not see it as cheating.  Also, it seems that it is gluten-free which is a bonus.

Chicken and Sweet Potato Curry

I think I may have changed the cooking method slightly and used tomatoes too which weren't in the original recipe.  Anyway, I cooked it last night and it was delicious so thought I would share it with you.

You will need:

1 Tablespoon of Oil

6 Chicken Thigh Fillets

300g Sweet Potatoes (chopped into 1 inch cubes)

500g Tomatoes (Chopped)

2 Medium Onions (Chopped)

5cm Chunk of Ginger (Peeled)

4 Cloves of Garlic

1 Chilli (leave seeds for a bit of heat)

3 Tablespoons Rogan Josh Curry Paste

1 can of Coconut Milk

25g Chopped Corriander

Juice of 1 Lime

Method:

Heat the oil and cook the onions till softened

Blitz the ginger, garlic and chilli in a mini chopper with a bit of oil and add to the onion

Cook for 5 mins more

Add the curry paste and cook for 5 mins

Add the chicken and cook until browned and coated in paste and flavours

Add the tomatoes and stir through 

Add the coconut milk, cover and simmer for 1 hour stirring occasionally

 

Add the sweet potato and half the corriander and cook for a further 15 minutes

Add lime juice and serve garnished with the rest of the corriander

 

The proportions would serve 4 hungry people or 6 with a side dish perhaps.  Fran tells me it was yummy and I happen to agree with her.  We tasted it midway and would say that the lime juice is the killer ingredient as we felt the dish was missing something before it was added.