Grilled Sweet Potato

I’m tired of the same old side dishes when we grill for dinner. We usually have corn and baked potatoes. Tonight I decided to try something new at least for myself. Part of the reason that I’m doing this project is that I get bored of cooking the same things over and over. I had a sweet potato and I knew I wanted to grill it so I did a quick search on the interweb and was inspired by this recipe at Bitchin Camero.

Grilled Sweet Potato with Honey-Lime Ginger Dressing

1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch slices
juice from half a lime
1 tsp grated fresh ginger
1 tsp honey
ground chipotle chili pepper
fresh ground pepper
kosher salt
chopped cilantro for garnish

Whisk together the lime juice, ginger, honey and fresh ground pepper for the dressing and set aside.

Partially cook the sweet potato slices until tender to a fork. I microwaved them in water for 5 minutes.

Drain the sweet potato slices and sprinkle with ground chipotle chili pepper and kosher salt.

Place on a hot grill and cook about 5 minutes each side.

Spoon dressing over the grilled sweet potato and garnish with chopped fresh cilantro. I think this might be my new favorite side dish on the grill. It was so easy to throw together.