
How To Make Cheesy Mashed Sweet Potato Cakes
Cheese and potato are a match made in heaven! This mashed sweet potato is great for snacks and even breakfast. Watch out for that cheese pull!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4 cupssweet potatoesmashed , we used 5 medium-sized sweet potatoes
- 2cupsmozzarella cheesegrated
- ¼ cup parmesan cheesefresh grated
- ½ cupgreen onions scallions or green shallots, chopped
- ¾ cup bread crumbsdivided
- 2large cloves of garlic finely chopped , or 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2tbspparsleyfreshly chopped
- 1egg
- ¼ salt to taste
- ¼ black pepperfresh cracked , to taste
Instructions
To make mashed sweet potatoes:
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Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper. Wash, peel and cut sweet potatoes into quarters.
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Arrange onto baking sheet; drizzle with a small amount of oil and season with salt and pepper. Cover baking sheet with foil and bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until easily pierced with a fork.
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Transfer cooked sweet potatoes to a mixing bowl and mash well with a potato masher.
To make sweet potato cakes:
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To the mashed sweet potatoes in the bowl, add the mozzarella, parmesan, green onions, bread crumbs, garlic, parsley, and egg.
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Season with salt and pepper, and mash all ingredients together well with a potato masher to combine.
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Place the remaining breadcrumbs onto a plate. Scoop 1 tablespoon of mixture into the palm of your hands and form into round patties about ½ -inch thick.
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Dredge patties in the bread crumbs, evenly covering both sides, and set aside until ready to cook
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Heat about 1 tablespoon of oil in a medium-sized nonstick pan over low-medium heat. Add the patties in batches of 4 or 5, and cook for about 6 minutes on each side.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 1203.00kcal
- Fat:Â 47.75g
- Saturated Fat:Â 27.83g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 13.27g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 3.30g
- Carbohydrates:Â 118.02g
- Fiber:Â 11.84g
- Sugar:Â 15.92g
- Protein:Â 74.62g
- Cholesterol:Â 116.68mg
- Sodium:Â 3020.14mg
- Calcium:Â 2152.95mg
- Potassium:Â 1106.09mg
- Iron:Â 8.93mg
- Vitamin A: 1329.32µg
- Vitamin C:Â 22.32mg
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