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Garlic and Herb Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potatoes by Zola Nene

30 Minutes
2 Servings
10 Ingredients

Description

Are you looking for a great way to make whole sweet potatoes in an air fryer? Try this easy Garlic and Herb Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potatoes recipe by Zola Nene, South Africa’s celebrity chef. This dish is vegan and only takes minutes to make. It’s a perfect lunch or dinner on busy days, and great for a side to your roasts.

Zola’s secret ingredient is our exclusive O-So-Orange Premium Sweet Potatoes. They are high in Vitamin C and specially cured to enhance their natural sugars, making them even sweeter. Balance the sweetness of the potatoes with loads of garlic and herbs and add our thick and creamy Simple Truth Vegan Tangy Mayonnaise.

If you’re looking for the best sweet potato air fryer recipe, start here. This one is quick and easy to make, plus you can get all its ingredients at your nearest Checkers store or have them delivered in 60 minutes with Sixty60.

Directions

    1. Drizzle the sweet potatoes and garlic with oil and season with salt and pepper.
    2. Wrap the garlic head in foil, then place into the air fryer with the sweet potatoes at 180 °C for 30 minutes until tender.
    3. Remove sweet potatoes and garlic from the air fryer.
    4. Cut the sweet potatoes in half and scoop out the flesh, leaving the skin intact.
    5. Squeeze the soft garlic out of its skin, then add to the sweet potato flesh along with the vegan mayonnaise, pesto, parsley and chives, season with salt and pepper to taste and mix well.
    6. Scoop mixture back into the sweet potato flesh, then sprinkle with breadcrumbs. 
    7. Return to the air fryer for another 5 minutes to heat through and brown the top slightly.

Ingredients

  • 2 O-So-Orange Premium Sweet Potatoes
  • 1 head garlic; top cut off
  • 1 tbsp. Forage and Feast Cold Extracted Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • ½ cup Simple Truth Vegan Tangy Mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp. basil pesto
  • 2 tbsp. chives; chopped
  • 2 tbsp. Living Herbs Fresh Parsley; chopped
  • ¼ cup breadcrumbs
  • Salt and pepper