Soy-Glazed Sweet Potatoes with Sesame Seeds

Ingredients

• 4 medium or 3 large orange-fleshed sweet potatoes
• 1 tsp. black sesame seeds
• 1 T sesame oil
• 2 T Golden Monkfruit Sweetener, or sweetener of your choice
• 2 T Verjuice or rice vinegar
• 1 T garlic puree
• 3 T soy sauce
• 1 T water

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 400F/205C. In a measuring cup, stir together the sesame oil, your chosen sweetener, sugar, Verjuice or rice vinegar, garlic puree, soy sauce, and water.
2. Coat a baking dish with non-stick spray or olive oil. If you have a baking dish with a lid, use it here.
3. Trim off the tapered ends of the sweet potatoes, then remove the skins with a sharp vegetable peeler.
4. Slice the sweet potatoes lengthwise in half, then cut each half diagonally into pieces about 1 inch thick. If any pieces are noticeably larger, cut them again so everything is fairly even.
5. Transfer the sweet potatoes to a bowl or plastic bag. Add the glaze and toss, or turn the bag, until the pieces are thoroughly coated.
6. Tip the sweet potatoes and all the glaze into the prepared baking dish. Cover the dish and bake for 20 minutes.
7. Uncover the dish and stir, making sure the potatoes get coated again with the glaze.
8. Set a timer for 10 minutes, then keep baking, stirring, and setting the timer again every 10 minutes.
9. The total baking time should be about 50 minutes. The sweet potatoes are done when they feel tender when pierced with a fork, have taken on a little browning, and the glaze has been absorbed.
10. Finish with black and white sesame seeds or green onions, and serve hot.