Roasted sesame sweet potatoes & asparagus
Serves 3
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
Flavoured with Thai fish sauce, soy, ginger and garlic, this Asian-inspired dish makes a great accompaniment to meat, fish and tofu recipes
Skip to ingredients
- 750g sweet potatopeeled and cut into 2cm pieces
- 3 garlic clovessliced
- thumb-sized piece gingerpeeled and sliced into matchsticks
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp Thai fish sauce
- 1 ½ tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce
- 1 bunch asparagusends trimmed, cut in half
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal267
- fat3glow
- saturates1g
- carbs55g
- sugars17g
- fibre11g
- protein7g
- salt1.4g
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the potatoes in a large roasting tin and toss with the garlic, ginger, sesame oil, fish sauce and 1 tbsp soy sauce. Roast for 20 mins or until golden brown and tender.
step 2
Add the asparagus, 3 tbsp water and the remaining soy, and roast for 10 mins more. Sprinkle with the sesame seeds, then serve.
