Bourbon & Brown Sugar Sweet Potatoes on the Big Green Egg

Easy side dishes that everyone loves can be really hard to find... especially during the holidays. But today, we have a winner! These Brown Sugar Roasted Sweet Potatoes come together with only a few ingredients and are going to be a fan favorite in your house during Thanksgiving.

Ingredients

• 5 Sweet Potatoes
• 1 cup Water
• 2 cups Orange Juice
• 3 cups Light Brown Sugar
• 2 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
• 2 tsp Orange Zest
• 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 cup Bourbon
• 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Method

• Set up your EGG for direct cooking at 350°F.
• Once up to temp, place your enameled dutch oven into the EGG to preheat (about 10 minutes).
• Combine your water, orange juice, brown sugar, vanilla, orange zest, cinnamon, and salt in the dutch oven. Mix together well.
• Add your sweet potatoes and arrange evenly in the dutch oven.
• Place your lid on the dutch oven, close the EGG dome, and cook for approximately 20 minutes.
• Once your sweet potatoes are mostly tender, remove the lid and add your bourbon and butter to the mixture.
• With the lid removed, cook for another 15 minutes.
• Once finished, remove from the EGG and let cool for 10 minutes.

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