Fastest Way To Cook Sweet Potatoes! (Microwave, Then Oven)

The fastest way to cook a sweet potato is to microwave it. Microwaving a sweet potato will not only save you a lot of time, but a shorter cook time will also help the sweet potato retain more nutrients that are often lost in the long baking process.

So, if you are big on sweet potatoes but short on time, here is the fastest way to cook a sweet potato.

Video Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:42 Fastest way to cook a sweet potato
1:54 How to get the oven-baked look?
2:14 Final result

How To Microwave Sweet Potatoes

Baked sweet potatoes are warming, cozy, and healthy. Sweet potatoes are also easy to make; all you need to do is put them in the oven and wait. However, if you don't have time or patience but still want baked sweet potato, this video is for you.

1. Start by washing your potato under running water, as you normally would. 2. Dry them off with the paper towel and pierce the sweet potato skin 2 to 3 times with a fork. Potatoes can explode when steam builds up within them while cooking. This is why piercing them with a fork is incredibly important before cooking.
3. Place the sweet potatoes on a microwave-safe plate and microwave for 5 minutes.
4. After five minutes, test them with a fork or wooden stick; if the sweet potato feels a bit firm in the middle, then continue to microwave in one to two-minute increments. After two minutes, test them again with a wooden stick; if the stick goes through easily, then the potatoes are done.

5. Now, if you want your sweet potatoes to have that crispy oven-baked look, placet them in the preheated oven at 200°C or 390°F and bake for about 5 minutes.

6. Once the skin of the sweet potato looks nice and crispy, remove them from the oven.

These microwave-baked sweet potatoes are deliciously tender on the inside with a crispy peel on the outside. Cut them in the middle and add some salted butter. A little bit of salt really helps bring out the potato's natural sweetness and gives you a lovely balanced taste.

There are many other cooking methods you can use, some of which are faster than others. I have left the links above to my full article about some of the best sweet potato cooking methods and the list of some of the sweetest sweet potatoes you can try.

Check It Out Now!

Jen Evansy

[beckeralan]

You have well explained the quick and easy way to cook Sweet Potatoes. This channel is one of the channels that share the most practical solutions on Youtube, isn't it? :)

[arthurosecop]

I love sweet potatoes, i used to boil them and bring them to cook, but his method is faster and looked tastier, so i can use our regular plate for this?

[ayushanand]

I am searching for how to microwave sweet potatoes from many days, Now I finally find your video that really helped me alot, Thanks for your support. We need you please continue to make videos on your channel, Have a good day.

[atiqrahman]

Big on sweet potato--- short on time. Microwave for 5 minutes. Check if cooked----if not yet---microwave 2 minutes. Then put in oven 200 degrees---cook for 5 minutes or so.

[jessiscott]

excellent recipe I loved how you did the preparation, delicious, I'll try it.

[Raul_Godan]

Great video about how to microwave sweet potatoes. Easy and fast. Thanks!

[panedole]

Thanks for the details, very interesting presentation and well explained🙌

[Tatjanak]

It’s important to note that a microwave functions differently to an oven, in that: the more potatoes you add, the longer it will take -this is not true in the oven. Also: for even doneness, you want to flip the potatoes over halfway through.

[sonalisengupta]

It is really interesting to know about how to microwave sweet potatoes. I will surely try this method. It was awesome. Can i use regular potatoes?

[arelysmora]

This video was very interesting, it was incredible, without a doubt you are the best

[CharGC]

My grandson refuses to "kill" his potatoes before cooking... he likes to cook them as is so he can hear them "scream"! I wasn't sure what he meant so he showed me. Not all potatoes do it, but this batch definitely bounced around and let out a very scary, high pitched scream! I was ready to duck and cover, but thankfully no explosions!

[davidmartinezvillegas]

Thank you so much for taking your time to explain everything into details, It is really interesting to know about how to microwave sweet potatoes. I have been your subscriber for a long time and I have always liked your videos

[cindylau]

I tried it … my sweet potato was soft at first when I took it out of the microwave. After 5 mins, it became clumpy & super hard like rock. Not edible at all. Any of you encountered this?

[earthlingx]

my microwave (American Home) has 4 levels of heat settings (low, med, med-high and High) but it doesnt say how hot is each setting. Would it be safe to use the 2nd highest setting or should I just go all out at High to lessen cook time?

[thlp]

Thank you for this video. It looks like you microwaved your potatoes on the actual plate of the microwave, correct? Even better as I know it will be safe 💜

[rahulks]

Great video.I will surely try this method. It was awesome. Thanks.

[richardgrier]

Here's another time saving tip: Once the sweet potatoes are complete soft, remove them from the microwave and, using a fork, transfer the soft interior to your mouth, one bite at a time. Salt and butter optional.

[RyanMonoxide]

“Place them on a microwave safe plate” proceeds to just chuck them in the microwave not on a plate… hmmm.

[rofixbob]

100% successful method on how to cook sweet potatoes in the microwave Thank you very much for sharing this channel

[Zombie-fbzf]

Would be helpful if you said at what strength to set microwave to microwave??