Harissa roasted sweet potatoes with tahini maple sauce - a simple, slightly spicy side dish to make weeknight meals easy and healthy!
If you're looking for an easy, comforting side dish that's elevated with a bit of spice, you've come to the right place my friend. Of course we love a simple salt-and-pepper oven roasted sweet potato, but sometimes we also need to change up our weeknight veggie roasting routine. Keeps things interesting, right??
With that, we welcome these harissa roasted sweet potatoes - a spicier sister to the classic roasted sweet potato - and SO delicious drizzled with a simple tahini maple sauce (dipping is an option, too!). Let's spice up our weeknights, learn about harissa (if you haven't tried it before!), and enjoy some delicious roasted sweet potatoes.
Ingredients
Here's what you'll need to make this simple veggie side dish:
- Sweet potatoes - I used an orange-fleshed variety, but any will do!
- Harissa paste - Harissa paste is a red chile paste (sometimes a sauce) originating from North Africa. It typically contains chiles, garlic, olive oil, citrus, and warming spices like cumin or caraway. I usually buy mine from Trader Joe's, but you can find it in most grocery stores.
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Maple syrup - Just a bit for the sweet potatoes, and the rest will go into the tahini maple sauce.
- Salt + pepper
- Tahini
How to Make These Harissa Sweet Potatoes
- Step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.
- Step 2: Place cubed sweet potatoes in a large bowl. In a separate small bowl, whisk together harissa paste, olive oil, maple syrup, salt, and pepper. Pour over sweet potato cubes and toss to evenly coat.
- Step 3: Spread sweet potatoes evenly across the prepared baking sheet and roast for 35 minutes, or until they're cooked through and just slightly browned on the outside.
- Step 4: While the sweet potatoes are roasting, whisk tahini and maple syrup together in a small bowl. When sweet potatoes are done, drizzle tahini maple mixture over the top, or leave on the side for dipping.
More Roasted Veggie Sides
Do you love roasted veggies as a side dish? Me too! Here are a few of my other favorites (air fryer recipes have oven roasting instructions too!):
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📖 Recipe
Harissa Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Tahini Maple Sauce
These harissa roasted sweet potatoes are an easy and healthy veggie side dish that can be paired with your favorite protein or used in salads or bowls! Slightly spicy, this fresh take on roasted sweet potatoes will add some fun into your veggie roasting routine.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 35
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Sides
- Method: Roast
Ingredients
- 1 pound sweet potatoes, cut into cubes
- 2 tablespoons harissa paste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ tablespoon maple syrup + 1 full tablespoon, divided
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ cup tahini
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat & prep. oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and place cubed sweet potatoes in a large bowl.
- Season sweet potatoes. In a separate small bowl, whisk together harissa paste, olive oil, the ½ tablespoon of maple syrup, salt, and pepper. Pour over sweet potato cubes and toss to evenly coat.
- Roast sweet potatoes. Spread sweet potatoes evenly across baking sheet and roast for 30-35 minutes, or until cooked through and just slightly browned on the outsides. Potatoes should should be easy to pierce with a fork but also have lightly crisped edges.
- Make tahini maple sauce. While sweet potatoes are roasting, whisk tahini and maple syrup together in a small bowl. Optional: whisk in 1-2 tablespoons of water to thin out the sauce, if desired. When sweet potatoes are done, drizzle tahini maple mixture over the top, or leave on the side for dipping.
Notes
Add a few shakes of cayenne if you want it extra spicy.
Billy says
This looks so delicious. I've been looking for more harissa inspired dishes to make. This looks so interesting with the maple syrup too! Cannot wait to try making this at home. Thank you so much for sharing!
Tera says
Thanks Billy! I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Kajigs says
Wow another winner by Ms. Gigot! Sweet potatoes a great side any time of the year. Thanks for educating me on the harissa paste, I was unfamiliar with how to use it. I will definitely try this on the grill.