Duck Fat Grilled Sweet Potatoes

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I came up with this recipe for Duck Fat Grilled Sweet Potatoes at the very start of the grilling season. For those of us in Indiana, we can identify that is kind of sort of spring, but still a whole lot of winter. It was warm enough outside to grill, but I’m pretty sure we had snow two days later.

Duck Fat Grilled Sweet Potatoes are a beautiful blend of savory and sweet. The duck fat coats the sweet potatoes with a luscious coating. When you bit into the sweet potato, you get the delicious flavor from the grill and the tender fleshiness of a sweet potato. Plus, this is a really fun excuse to cook with duck fat.

You can make these year-round by extending the roasting time to 25 minutes instead of 10.

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Duck Fat Grilled Sweet Potatoes

Duck Fat Grilled Sweet Potatoes are a beautiful blend of savory and sweet. The duck fat coats the sweet potatoes with a luscious coating. When you bit into the sweet potato, you get the delicious flavor from the grill and the tender fleshiness of a sweet potato.

Ingredients

Duck Fat Grilled Sweet Potatoes

• 2 large sweet potatoes
• 1 tablespoon duck fat, melted
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
• 1 teaspoon creole seasoning like FoodLoveTog’s Young Bae
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon fresh flat-leaf parsley, minced

Instructions

1. Prepare the grill to approx 400 degrees and preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and roast for 10 minutes. Remove sweet potatoes from the oven and carefully cut in half. This helps them cool a little faster. Place the sweet potatoes in the fridge while you wait for the grill to come to temperature. You should chill them for at least 15 minutes before moving on to the next step.
2. Remove sweet potatoes from the fridge and cut them into wedges. Place the potatoes in a large bowl and drizzle with melted duck fat and seasoning. Toss lightly to coat them, then head to the grill!
3. Place the potatoes on the grill. Be sure to flip and rotate them every 2-3 minutes, just until they develop grill marks. The sweet potatoes should be tender but firm. Be careful not to overcook them, as it’s difficult to remove them from the grill if they are overcooked.
4. Remove sweet potatoes from the grill and drizzle with honey while still warm. Finish with parsley.

Notes:

You can totally make these with oil good for grilling like canola oil or vegetable oil instead. You can soften 1 tablespoon of butter, mix it with 1 teaspoon of brown sugar, and top it with dollops of the brown sugar butter right off the grill! (See this in my IG stories.)

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