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February 5, 2014

Gochujang Baked Sweet Potatoes

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Baked Sweet Potato with Gochujang and Peanut Butter Sauce

Gochujang! If you’ve never heard of it before, it’s a Korean chili paste made from fermented soybeans, red chilis and glutinous rice. It’s been popping up more frequently in Food Network shows and sprinkled throughout issues of Bon Appétit lately, so I headed down to the Super 88 Market in Malden to pick up some for myself.

Baked Sweet Potato with Gochujang and Peanut Butter Sauce

When I got home and peeled back the cover, it revealed a thick and deeply crimson red paste. The first taste revealed a richly complex flavor with a dominant tone of umami, a nice heat level, a tiny bit of sweetness and a touch of saltiness.

Baked Sweet Potato with Gochujang and Peanut Butter Sauce

Although it’s traditionally used to make Korean Bibimbap and Bulgogi, I decided to use it in a sauce to spoon over piping hot baked sweet potatoes as a first try.

Baked Sweet Potato with Gochujang and Peanut Butter Sauce

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Baked Sweet Potato with Gochujang and Peanut Butter Sauce

BAKED SWEET POTATO WITH GOCHUJANG AND PEANUT BUTTER SAUCE


  • Author: olivesfordinner.com
  • Total Time: 1 hours
  • Yield: 2 servings
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Ingredients

for the potatoes

  • One large sweet potato
  • 2 TB peanut oil

for the sauce

  • 2 TB toasted sesame oil
  • 1 cup shallots, finely chopped
  • 3 TB mirin
  • 1–2 TB gochuchang
  • 1 TB soy sauce
  • 1 TB peanut butter

to garnish

  • crushed peanuts
  • black and white sesame seeds
  • sliced scallions

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 375.
  2. Drizzle 1 TB of the peanut oil onto the bottom of a 12-inch cast iron pan and tilt to coat.
  3. Peel then slice the potato on a mandoline slicer*. Arrange the slices in a spiral pattern, starting in the center of the pan, and then building it outwards towards the edges.
  4. Drizzle the remaining 1 TB of peanut oil over the top, then cover with tin foil and place into the oven to bake for about 35 minutes.
  5. While your potatoes are baking, make your sauce. Warm the toasted sesame oil in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add in the chopped shallots and saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, add in the rest of the sauce ingredients and stir until smooth. Set aside.
  6. Once your potatoes are done, remove the tin foil, then spoon about 3/4 of the mixture around the ring of the cast iron pan, then drizzle some of the liquid in the sauce over the center portion. Bake, uncovered, for 15 to 20 minutes more.
  7. Sprinkle the edges with the peanuts, scallions and sesame seeds, and serve with some of the extra sauce on the side. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes before serving.

* You can also boil or bake chunks of sweet potato and serve mashed with the sauce if you don’t have the time or feel like slicing and spiraling the potato.

  • Cook Time: 1 hours

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Baked Sweet Potato with Gochujang and Peanut Butter Sauce

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  1. Andy says

    February 6, 2014 at 3:22 am

    Haha wasn't expecting the Ratatouille/Thomas Keller inspiration on the layout, looks amazing! Gochuchang and Gochugaru flakes both big experiment-y ingredients for me lately as well.

    Reply
    • erinwyso says

      February 6, 2014 at 7:56 pm

      Thanks! Gochujang flakes sound intriguing!

      Reply
    • Andy says

      February 7, 2014 at 7:39 pm

      Check out the Kimchi Cookbook by Lauren Chun if you haven't already. The flakes are the ones used to make Kimchi, really dark red, not as spicy as most Asian chili flakes with a really deep flavor. The daikon kimchi recipe in particular in Lauren's book is amazing/vegan (or easily adapted) and I feel like you could probably do something amazing w it, it's super photogenic. Keep up the good work.

      Reply
    • erinwyso says

      February 7, 2014 at 7:58 pm

      Thank you so much, Andy — I will check that out!

      Reply
  2. my tailor is green says

    February 6, 2014 at 8:35 am

    Amazing colors! By looking at those pictures, I can start travelling… but this looks quite spicy though :-/

    Reply
    • erinwyso says

      February 6, 2014 at 7:58 pm

      It is a bit spicy, but gochujang is nice because they sell different kinds with varying levels of heat intensity.

      Reply
  3. Caitlin says

    February 6, 2014 at 3:32 pm

    this looks beautiful AND delicious! you are an artist, lady!

    Reply
    • erinwyso says

      February 6, 2014 at 7:59 pm

      haha, thanks Caitlin! xo

      Reply
  4. The Peace Patch says

    February 7, 2014 at 4:07 am

    I think that's the most painterly pan of potatoes I've ever seen! I'd love to try it…thanks for sharing the recipe. For some reason when I think red chili paste I think of pairing it with strawberries in a popsicle or with strawberries and chocolate. It definitely sounds fun to play with! 🙂

    Reply
  5. erinwyso says

    February 7, 2014 at 11:53 am

    Those sound good too!

    Reply
  6. wallflourgirl says

    February 7, 2014 at 10:11 pm

    I can't express how much I LOVE the idea of this–I rarely stumble across anything that looks so absolutely appealing, but this one did it for me, and I have a huge sweet potato along with my gochujan sitting in the fridge. Pinned, and most definitely lined up for dinner this week. Thank you for sharing this!

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  7. wallflourgirl says

    February 8, 2014 at 12:18 am

    Update–made and loved! The subtle taste of the peanut butter infuses so nicely into these slightly sweet, slightly tangy but wonderful soft sweet potatoes. I added extra black sesame seeds and they really did give it that great contrast of smokiness and texture. So glad I tried it, thank you!

    Reply
    • erinwyso says

      February 8, 2014 at 1:41 am

      I am so happy you made this and liked it — thanks so much for your kind feedback, Ala!

      Reply
  8. Johanna says

    February 8, 2014 at 10:03 am

    Did you puree the sauce? You didn't mention that in the recipe, so I didn't. I still loved it, but I would have loved it more not so chunky.

    Reply
    • erinwyso says

      February 8, 2014 at 4:02 pm

      Johanna, thanks for trying it out and letting me know! I did not puree the shallots/sauce, I kind of liked the contrast of the soft sweet potato with it, but pureeing of course would work too!

      Reply
  9. Johanna says

    February 8, 2014 at 10:04 am

    Oh, I made this along with the Sesame-Miso Maitakes last night for dinner.

    Reply
  10. Aspiring Steph says

    February 8, 2014 at 4:35 pm

    I'm a Korean and I think gochujang is the best stuff ever!! lol haha. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

    Reply
    • erinwyso says

      February 8, 2014 at 5:28 pm

      I can't believe that I've only just discovered gochujang — it's incredible!

      Reply
  11. Lisa Johnson, Yambassador, Yummy Yammy says

    February 9, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    Oh, I love how creative this dish looks! I really appreciate other sweet potato lovers and the creative things we do with them. Yum!

    Reply
  12. missmarc says

    February 12, 2014 at 2:20 am

    This looks amazing but apparently gluten free gochujang doesn't exist 🙁 any ideas for substitutes? Maybe a mix of miso and sriracha?

    Reply
  13. Daphne Medina says

    February 14, 2014 at 4:33 am

    I am a gochujang FREEEAK….in Korea, the ajimas would give me crazy looks b/c I would always ask for too many extra sides of it. 😛

    Going to make this–it looks fantastic!

    Reply
    • erinwyso says

      February 14, 2014 at 3:03 pm

      I hope you like, Daphne! I can't believe I've only just tried gochujang recently — I can't get enough of it now!

      Reply

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