Brown Butter Mashed Sweet Potatoes | Kenji's Cooking Show 

Me: "I wonder why he salted the sweet potatoes before roasting... I'm sure he has his reasons" Kenji: "you may be asking why I salted the sweet potatoes before roasting. Me: "you're right, I'm excited to learn this" Kenji: "it's a habit and I probably didn't need to" Me: "baller, my friend. Baller."

"Chef bros" 😄 Love how Jamon showed up very early and patiently waited for his bite.

Not only am I enamored by your cooking. Your fridge blew my mind. I didn't even know they did shelving like that.

Sweet potato skin fried in butter is a thing of beauty

I never feel like I’m wasting time when I’m watching a cooking with Kenji video!

every time I see something kenji related I learn new stuff. I never knew that thing about butter splattering. Thank you kenji, you’re awesome

It's funny how more often than not these simple recipes teaches me crucial cooking techniques that makes me a better cook..thank you Kenji! Just about every video you post is a gold mine

I am blown away by the fridge moment (around 1:40-1:44). Can we get a fridge tour video?

Hey Kenji, will you ever do a video on making a good ramen broth?

Kenji, do you know about the trick to making an even browner butter? (this isn't a poop pun). You add milk powder. It's apparently that simple. The milk solids in the powder toast up and give you an even greater/deeper browned butter flavor.

You season before roasting so when you eat the tasty skins later, they're even more delicious!

Hey, Kenji! Love seeing a food from my childhood on your channel. A trick that we do that makes it easier to peel and creates more caramelization when cooking is to individually wrap your sweet potatoes in foil after poking some holes with a fork or tine. For flavoring, I've found fresh squeezed orange juice and zest can add some beautiful brightness.

If you start sweet potatoes in a cold oven, they come out sweeter. Something about them being at certain temp longer does chemical tricks in the flesh. I think Iearned that from Cook's Illustrated if anyone needs a source to search.

Add a 1/4 tsp of cayenne.

Made this today, used honey instead of maple syrup and forgot I was supposed to add milk, turned out good anyways. Super easy recipe.

This recipe would also work really well with plantains instead of the potatoes. Here in Brazil we eat grilled fish with it, especially in the northeast. "Purê de banana com peixe assado". Its a perfect match.

bet the dog would love the skin from the potato.

The doggo waited so patiently, such a good boy :) and sweet potatoes!!!

All these herbs falling out of the fridge. Kenji's got too much time on his hands.

you said "oops no thyme" however I think tyme is fantastic in mashed sweet potatoes, or most any sweet root veg dish for that matter.

"one can't come away without the other" he says as he pulls away a piece of skin stuck to a clump of potato flesh XD

I think I have to go full Chef John with a couple shakes of cayenne.

What's the point of adding salt and pepper to the outside before roasting if the skin isn't going into the dish?

What in the? His fridge door is a fridge?

Sweet potatoes are one of my favorites... whether roasted on their own, mashed, sliced and roasted, fried, or grilled.

Which fridge do you have? I like it

Oven pro tip i learned recently: If you just turn on your broiler (aka grill) to high, it will preheat much much faster. I usually do this and in like three minutes im able to put my food in a rippin hot oven

The way I check your account every day praying for a new video and it's the highlight of my day when there is 💖

One of my favourite things about Kenji's videos is people in the comments sharing their own versions of the recipe and such. Always great for some extra inspiration

Kenji really hates people who use those black nitrile gloves lol

Sweet potato is one of my favorite snack! Here in Bandung, Indonesia we have local variety called Ubi Cilembu or Honey Sweet Potato. U should try it!

I love mashed sweet potatoes. I usually add a whole bunch of fresh black pepper to mine

Alton Brown also likes the black nitrile gloves... because they make him look like a Bond Villain. >w>

How about adding a tiny bit of milk powder to browning butter to enhance the flavor?

Why haven't I seen GoPro cooking videos before? Genius idea!

Lovey, I've really taken to sweet potatoes in the last few years. Either baked or mashed they're excellent. I like adding miso & butter to mine. The saltiness seasons the flesh & adds a good dollop of umami to the dish. Finish off with a few twists of fresh ground nutmeg & white pepper. 😋

Exactly what I was looking for to do with my yams. Thank you

Does seasoning the skin with salt and pepper actually do anything, given that they are discarded? I assume Kenji has done a side by side test and has concluded that it does, but I'd really like to know, as it seems like one of those things that chefs just do for the sake of doing cheffy things. Maybe I'll just buy his book.

The whole vid I was wondering what new secret chef would impart on the wonders of pre seasoning sweet potato skin. Like it soaks in on a molecular lvl similar to meat or something. And then he dashed my hopes and said it was just habit! 😉🖤✌️

I ate yams no less than an hour ago, and I wish I waited until tomorrow to have them because I could have just done this instead! I'll keep this in mind for the future 👀

What toaster oven do you have/ do you recommend it?

Try it with maple sugar and 5 spice powder. Really good. I do a quick sweet potato dish by peeling and cubing the sweet potatoes then cooking in the microwave until tender. Then a shot of salt and pepper, butter and maple sugar with 5 spice powder. When you forget to bake the sweet potatoes, that takes about 10 min total. Though I think now I will take the time to brown the butter. Yummy.

I browned a whole pound of butter and put it into a mason jar... So amazing, with everything

Wow Kenji, you nailed and elevated one of my favorite dishes. Watching you make this was amazing, thank you!

Do a wife a favor? Next video, keep recording while you're cleaning up after yourself. Thanks!

Jamón is just eyeing those mashed sweet potatoes the entire video and I don't blame him

My parents had sweet potato mash with their dinner while we were out at a tavern just last night, and weren't particularly impressed. I wonder if doing them this way will change their minds. Gonna have to try it!

Ah yes, the skin comes away from the flesh and the flesh comes away from the skin- Newton’s laws

Hey Kenji! Big long time fan, and love the videos! Actually have an odd question though, what model of toaster oven do you have? It looks like exactly what I am looking for, and I trust your judgement on these matters! Thanks, and look forward to more videos! :D

Brown butter…hmmmm. Are you sure you aren’t Polish?☺️

That's what my Husband Calls Me. Sweet Potato.🤣😂🤣

Kenji's kitchen with big "hectic parenting day' energy

This is my favourite way to make sweet potatoes, but I put them through a razor and then add the brown butter.

yea dont bother putting info like temps or times in the descriptions of your vids I have all day to skip around to find that while im cooking

I didn’t even see the video yet but I am already excited to try this

Does seasoning the outer sweet potatoes actually permeate inside?

would never in a million years put the s. potatoes into a clean bowl before the pan lolol

Like your info but getting a little dizzy with the filming.

What oil do you use? Have always been fascinated by the wine bottle looking oil

kenji is team diet pepsi. my man

Deep fried butter would probably be worse.

keeping me on my toes with these random koans in here

This looks so good! My wife and I love sweet potatoes. Do they need to be cooked for 90 minutes at 325? Or could I cook them at 400 for a shorter amount of time? I ask because we normally cook our sweet potatoes at 400 for 60-10 minutes.

Add powdered milk to anything browned butter. What you brown in browned butter is milk solids. So add more milk solids.

Man, you have been on a roll lately!

In regard to the brown butter thesis, my only argument would be eggs, specifically fried/over easy. Of course it is all up to preference, but to me, I enjoy the more savory side and "egginess" of fried eggs. I feel the brown butter adds a bit too much nuttiness and a bit too much sweetness for my liking. Aside from eggs, I completely agree with the brown butter movement. Thoughts?

Anything made with butter can be improved by using browned butter. Challenge: make a brown butter emulsification to poach lobster in the French Laundry method. Then let us know if it is better!

brown butter and bacon are equal. Bacon makes everything better, brown butter makes everything better.

I love brown butter. It is magic on any fish. I just made brown butter chocolate chip cookies too...damn

LMAO Me in my head: "Why the hell did he salt the outside then proceeded to take the skins off?" Kenji: "Well, I probably didn't need to"

Kenji, Would you recommend par-cooking the sweet potatoes prior to roasting in order to convert more of the starch to maltose? I know this is indicated for roasted sweet potatoes but I was curious if this would enhance the dish or would the extra step of par-cooking the potatoes be unnecessary in this dish due to the addition of maple syrup/other added sugars. Thanks for your time!

totally missed out on a little extra sweetness or a topper. Sugars from the potatoes caramelized on the pan and can be added back or crumbled on top of the mash, give it a try. AND if you don't want the sweetness in your mash, set aside for some tasty side bites.

Unrelated to the recipe. But I had to do a double take. We use the same bibs, and dry them on the faucet in the same way. Total trip. The stars are just like you and I my friends.

I feel like HEAR you considering a pun when that thyme fell out of the fridge. :)

I got excited when I saw the bowl of brussels sprouts and mushrooms. Cliffhanger!

If I sauté a bit of onions, maybe some celery, carrots, add some stock, maybe some heavy cream or creme fraiche and just mix it real well - I got myself a really nice sweet potato cream soup.

Love to watch! May I suggest nutmeg? Perhaps a little sherry in lieu of the milk?

Is there a reason you cooked those sweet potatoes (which aren't yams - yams are African, and potatoes are American (and while I'm at it sweet potatoes are only vaguely related to potatoes)) on a tray that wasn't covered in tin foil or whatever? Because that looks like a hellish thing to clean.

In this video Kenji says he hasn't found a case yet where regular butter is better than browned butter, but I just watched his potato leek soup video and he said not to brown the butter because that dish has a subtle flavor that doesn't go with browned butter. So I guess he found a case where it isn't better.

Where's Shabu? I haven't seen him on your videos for a while... 😢

This is out of context but, you should try to do papaya bok-bok. My mother in law makes it for me and her for almost every meal.

I was thinking the same thing about the sweet potato skin. But I've learned to watch the full video before commenting!

Our family tradition is to add a shot of dark rum to this dish as well as the tiniest pinch of nutmeg and some heavy cream. Delicious.

At first I thought your dog's name was Hamon as in the outline of the hardened part of a katana or similar Japanese blade. Jamón is a much better name for a chef's dog, of course

What is happening when you refrigerate cooked sweet potatoes and they go green. I have tried precooking them for recipes like this and have had this issue on multiple occasions.

Cute treble cleff trash can

Damn... there was 400 + peeps raring and waiting to comment about the salt and pepper on the outside of sweet potato. 😂

He put maple syrup and then milk and then sault. Doesnt seem like good food mixture

Kenji I think a sprinkling of nutmeg would enhance the flavour even more!!

I can't imagine what a brown butter Alfredo would taste like. Hmm

6:05 that fridge tricked my mind out for a moment I was like what the hell is this guy's fridge Narnia

What's the best way to get the baked on sweet potato juice from the aluminum baking tray?

I’ve been told sweet potato skin is great for dogs I’m sure Jamon would enjoy

Hey @kenji - what camera do you use for this? A go pro or ?? Thanks!

Years ago I started making pancakes and grilled cheese with brown butter and I would absolutely say it makes them better

2:36 reminds me of the sub-reddit /r/dontputyourdickinthat

To accentuate flavour, I place parchment under the sweet tater, then try not to burn the sugars that come off them. Instant umami that works for all things vegan/vegetarian.

HIS FRIDGE HAS A DOOR IN THE DOOR

Also curious about oiling the outside, i've never done that and been baking sweet potatoes for years. Its not like the skin has ever needed more browning.

Really missed a golden opportunity for a thyme pun...