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Sweet potato

Tomatoes and peppers add a ray of sunshine to this cosy chicken pie.
EASY

Chicken, sweet potato and manchego pie

This big-flavoured chicken pie has a sneaky layer of cheese under the crunchy pastry topping and best of all, it comes together in less than 60 minutes.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Helen Goh’s bisteeya-inspired vegetarian pies.
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Sweet potato, spinach and chickpea party pies

These bite-sized vegetarian canapes can be made vegan, too.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Serve this coconutty curry with rice and naan.
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Slow-cooked beef and sweet potato coconut curry

This is the kind of “yes, I have those ingredients” curry that has an engrossing, soothing power.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's steak makeover.
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Steak and sweet potato salad

A great steak can be the perfect centrepiece to a delicious and healthy meal, but serving a choice cut of meat with rich sauces and greasy chips can easily push you into dangerous territory. If you just can't have steak without potatoes, skip the oily fries and butter-laden jacket potatoes and try this warm sweet potato salad instead.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Potato and pumpkin vegetable tian.
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Potato and pumpkin tian

This golden tian – layers of baked vegetables – is perfect for the cooler months when tomatoes and eggplants aren't in season, but pumpkin and potatoes are in abundance.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Vanessa Gordon
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Shake up your steak: Garlic and herb steak with salt and vinegar Hassleback sweet potatoes.
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Garlic and herb steak with salt and vinegar Hassleback sweet potatoes

Elevate steak and chips to a new level with this juicy T-bone with jazzy Hasselback sweet potato alternative.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Sweet, sticky sesame rice balls.

Helen Goh's jian dui (crispy sesame balls)

Offered all year round on yum cha trolleys as a dessert, these gorgeously crisp and chewy sesame balls really come into their own during Chinese New Year, when their golden spheres represent luck and unity. The way the dough slowly expands in the hot oil as it cooks is considered a metaphor for growth and prosperity. A word of caution on that last point: the balls need to enlarge gradually on an evenly low heat otherwise there's a danger they might burst. Gong Xi Fa Cai!

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Sweet potato chaat with coconut, mint and lime sambal.

Sweet potato chaat with coconut, mint and lime sambal

If you can't find tamarind chutney for this recipe, use about 2 teaspoons of tamarind extract and double the amount of brown sugar to achieve a balance of tart and sweet.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Jamie Oliver's sweet potato burger.
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Jamie Oliver's sweet potato burger

Jamie creates a stunning burger using sweet potato in two ways – griddling slices for inside the burger, then grating it raw for a fresh, crunchy slaw on the side.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jamie Oliver
Sweet potato fries loaded with green tahini, harissa and zaatar salt.

Loaded sweet potato fries with green tahini, harissa and zaatar salt

I am a lazy prep cook so if there is an opportunity to skip out on peeling, trimming etc, I am in. These sweet spuds are the perfect example. Give them a quick scrub and roast, skin-on. My impatience aside, the skin adds texture and background earthy goodness. It also helps the chips to hold their shape and prevents them from turning soggy.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink

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