Constantly Varied Kitchen: Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Nick Massie

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Nick Massie, a chef who runs PaleoNick.com, shows you how to prepare twice-baked sweet potatoes with green chili and bacon. It's a twist on the ubiquitous holiday staple that's "kind of sweet, kind of savory."
"I usually bake a couple extra-make sure I have enough stuffing," he explains.
After the potatoes are cooked, Massie scoops out the insides and combines the flesh with several ingredients including coconut milk and brown sugar (optional). The mixture then goes into a pastry bag that allows him to create an artistic tuber that will brown nicely as it cooks. He finishes the potatoes with some add-ons.
"I know garnishing went out in the '80s, but I wish it wouldn't have. As long as your garnish is pertinent to the dish; bacon is because we have bacon inside," he says. "The purpose of the cilantro is to make it look pretty, so that's relevant, right? 'Cause the first bite is with the eye."
To download the recipe for twice-baked sweet potatoes with green chili and bacon, click here: library.crossfi...
Video by Marston Sawyers.

[@sooeugene]

More please...Paleo Nick rocks...

[@963anders]

Every week we need one of these

[@BrownB34r21]

OMG something new that doesn't suck. Way to go HQ!!

[@tommysports2001]

You can use ziploc freezer bags with a small bit of one corner cut off instead of a pastry bag. Works just as well and much cheaper!

[@JohnKonye]

Cause the first bite is with the eyes HAHAHA this is awesome.

[@colgabusa]

Wow... That looks good!!!

[@tintin3716]

the bacon spoon, the only way to eat!! haha

[@loik117]

more that should be at least a weekly show

[@ThiVids]

WEEKLY SHOW!

[@DreNizzo]

This guy is as cool as maverick. I wanna see more.

[@andrewndy]

More! Where others seem to be missing the 'brown sugar isn't paleo', nowhere is it stated that the recipe is paleo, just the guy cooking it which I know contradicts itself.

[@delvesdg]

I love sweet potaotes.

[@thatmountain]

the first bite is with the eyes, RIGHT LADIES?

[@thatmountain]

that's a sexy chef joke.

[@keefee79]

You can never have too much bacon. lol

[@N3wt199]

I didn't think sugar was allowed in a paleo diet!!

[@silverfalcon068]

its one of those things thats a little controversial, but the way i see it when they say no sugar then mean no processed artificial sweeteners. As long as you use real sugar in small doses every now and then then youll be ok :)

[@N3wt199]

Cool..... That helps :)

[@paleonick6046]

Sugar is not a part of the Paleo diet, but at the Holidays, I find it best to treat yourself to some brown sugar. If you are a Paleo Despot, then leave the sugar out, as I've explained in the recipe. We have a whole series of "holiday" foods, including sugary desserts, that are by no means Paleo or Zone. They are simply delicious. Once the new year starts, you'll see some Paleo foods in Zone portions... Hope this helps!

[@N3wt199]

Yes it does thank-you :)

[@Fer-ge3lv]

Me too, lol

[@mr_nukem]

MORE

[@scottycarlisle2211]

That's not a Sweet Potato.... that's a Yam. Big Difference.

[@paleonick6046]

It's actually the Covington variety of sweet potato, as we show on the Sweet Potato Buyer's Guide in the video. More info on Covington's here: research.ncsu.edu/ott/new-companies-products/new-product/covington-sweet-potatoes/

[@LVnaaa]

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