Chipotle Smashed Sweet Potatoes

Although sweet potatoes can be baked or boiled, steaming is faster, easier, and won’t wash away any flavor. In this case, the sweetness is balanced by the smoky heat of the chiles.

Recipe from "Good Eats 2: The Middle Years" by Alton Brown/Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2010.

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2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed		1 chipotle chile pepper in adobo sauce, chopped
2 tablespoons unsalted butter		1 teaspoon adobo sauce, from the pepper can
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

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Put the sweet potatoes in a steamer basket and put the steamer in a large pot of simmering water that is 1 inch from the bottom of the basket. Cover and steam over medium-high heat for 20 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are fork tender.
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Remove the steamer basket, pour the water out of the pot, and dump the sweet potatoes into the pot. Add the butter and salt and mash with a potato masher. Add the chile and sauce and continue mashing to combine. Serve immediately.

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