Caramelized Chile Yams
Caramelized Chile Yams
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A sweet-hot flavorful dish, memorable, and very popular at Thanksgiving.
Author: Anita Edge
Recipe type: vegetable
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 2 lbs yams (about 7 cups diced)
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp grated orange peel
- 1 cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp butter
- ⅔ cup hot diced green chiles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pare the yams, then dice into about ½ inch cubes. Arrange in ungreased 1½ quart casserole or 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
- In small saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, salt, and orange peel. Slowly stir orange juice into sugar mixture. Add butter. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute.
- Stir in green chiles, then pour mixture over yams in casserole. Cover; bake 1 hour, basting occasionally.
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