These sweet potato patties are mashed into crispy flavorful patties, that are perfect for a vegetarian meal or side dish.
Amazingly, recently I have decided I like sweet potatoes. They just need to be prepared the way I like. I don’t like them sweet, surprisingly enough, not even a tiny bit sweet.
Sweet potatoes are traditionally served as a side dish to your Thanksgiving meal, usually mashed and served as sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top. Maybe sweetened with brown sugar or molasses. You’re more than welcome to enjoy them this way, but I won’t be 😉
Instead, I like my sweet potatoes baked, served up as fries, or my new favorite way, sweet potato patties. You can choose to use leftover sweet potatoes if you have any extra from previously baking them, instead of cooking them up fresh as described in this recipe.
These sweet potato patties were inspired by this recipe.
How to make sweet potato patties?
So to make these sweet potato patties, you’ll first cook up your sweet potatoes. You can use leftover sweet potatoes that have been mashed (but not too seasoned), or leftover roasted sweet potatoes. Or I cook them a super easy way, peeled, cubed, and cooked up for a few minutes in the microwave. You’ll cook them till their soft and mashable, then set them aside.
You’ll then cook up some diced onions in some butter. Mix that in with the mashed sweet potatoes. Then add in an egg, flour, and some salt. Mix it all together.
Scoop up about 1/4 cup of the sweet potato mash and put it into the frying pan. Shape the patties as much as you can and flatten them to be about 1/2 inch thick. Cook them up for about 1-2 minutes on each side and then voila.
They taste amazing on their own or extra delicious topped with some sour cream, guacamole,or corn salsa.
These sweet potato patties are a delicious new way to serve sweet potatoes for the holidays, or any day. Instead of the traditional sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving dinner, or sweet potato fries you might be enjoying you’ll love giving these sweet potato patties a try instead.
They’re also a great way to use up leftover mashed sweet potatoes from Thanksgiving dinner, or Christmas. (If you have some that are unsweetened)
Looking for more Sweet Potato Recipes:
- Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecans
- Southwest Sweet Potatoes
- Black Bean Sweet Potato Tacos
- Sweet Potato Cinnamon Bread
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Sweet Potato Patties
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 3 TBS yellow onion (chopped fine)
- 1 Tbs butter
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Peel your potatoes, and dice them into about 1 inch size bits
- Place in a microwave safe container and microwave for about 5 minutes.
- Mash your sweet potatoes with a fork or potato masher.
- Melt butter in a medium frying pan
- Saute onions in the butter for about 5 minutes
- Add onions to mashed sweet potatoes and stir together.
- Add egg, flour, and salt to sweet potatoes and mix together.
- Preheat a frying pan to medium heat and add butter to the pan. Scoop up about 1/4 cup of the mashed mixture and place into a frying pan, heated to medium.
- Scoop up about 1/4 cup of the mashed mixture and place into the pan.
- Pat down to about 1/2 inch thickness, and 2 to 3 inches in diameter. (The patties may be a bit sticky and hard to shape, coat hands in nonstick spray as needed.
- Fry for about 60 seconds on each side.
Nutrition
Recipe first posted on November 27, 2013. Photos updated on November 20, 2019.
Talya Pacheco says
These are great I just wish I had the recipie for the corn salsa on top that looks so yum!
Aimee says
We do have a corn salsa recipe on our site (though it doesn’t have the black beans) or you could try our cowboy caviar which is super yummy!
https://lmld.org/corn-salsa/
https://lmld.org/cowboy-caviar/
Mary S. says
I love this recipe so much but i wish that you would list an actual measurement of cooked mashed sweet potatoes for the recipe. Potato sizes vary so much and I want to double and triple the recipe when I make it. Is this a change could make?
Aimee says
I’ll have to measure it out next time I make them, but the recipe is fairly flexible and you should be okay with different sizes too! Sorry about that. I’ll update it when I can.
KaSaundra Brownfield says
Can you freeze them ?
Aimee says
I haven’t tried freezing them, but I think it should work okay, just make sure to wrap them up well, maybe in plastic wrap them in a freezer safe bag.
Sandy Pittman says
I freeze sweet potatoes often. I wash them, stab them, oil them and cook in microwave. Then after they cool I put them in freezer bags and freeze them. Leave peel on and peel after defrosting. I can then make lots of things from them. Pie, muffins , casseroles, etc.
Ellen says
Good to know. I’m sure using them as mashed sweet potatoes and in recipes is different than freezing the patties. But I think the patties will freeze okay too.
frances haertling says
Great idea! I never thought of that but will be freezing them now. Thanks!
Viv says
Hi, I have some raw sweet potato, already cut into fries, left over and so i googled what to do with them. I came across your blog and the idea of patties is wonderful. I will certainly try these out tomorrow and I’m sure they will taste devine. Thank you.
Ellen says
Awesome, let us know what you thought. We also love sweet potato fries.
Anne O says
Great idea. Delicious. Thankyou
Ellen says
Did you like them? I so much more prefer my sweet potatoes savory! Thanks for this recipe update. Your pictures are gorgeous. I love the pictures of the process.