As you’re cleaning out your pantry, you’ll probably find a variety of foods. Hopefully none too far expired though! That’s always my biggest fear. I hate the thought of wasting money by not eating what I’ve purchased. However, I will admit I’m not a ‘best if used by’ ninja. I still pop it open and if it looks good, smells good, and tastes good, we usually will still eat it. But as I’ve cleaned out my pantry in the past, I do discover some odd items that I struggle to find a use for. One of those things is Canned Yams, which my mother-in-law passed on to us. So today, I’ve compiled a variety of ways to share with you on how best to use them.
Top 10 Things To Make Canned Yams
- Whip up a batch of Sweet Potato Muffins. Which also freeze well if you can’t eat fast enough.
- Sweet Potato Pie is always a good choice! (Country songs don’t lie right?)
- Warm them up and top with a little butter, cinnamon and sugar.
- Add to a homemade soup.
- Bake them with onion and garlic.
- Mix with hash browns and eggs and fry like a pancake.
- Mash and add to a cupcake batter for flavor and to create a more moist cupcake.
- Add to your ice cream maker for your next batch of ice cream.
- Sweet potato bars. There are lots of variations online if you google for a recipe.
- Black Eyed Sweet Potato Sliders
- patty:
- 3 cups cooked black eyes peas (2-15oz cans)
- 1½ cups sweet potato, mashed
- 1-2 Tbsp tahini
- spices/seasonings:
- 1 tsp salt (add ¼ tsp at a time to taste)
- ¾+ tsp spices (your choice! I used Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning, but Slap Yo Mama seasoning is good, too)
- a few dashes fine black pepper
- 2+ Tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1-2 tsp oil (if baking, fold the oil into the patty mixture, if sautéing add the oil to the pan
- Bake, peel and mash your sweet potato. (Or drain and rinse the canned ones.)
- Add to large mixing bowl.
- Rinse and drain the black eyed peas. Add to large bowl along with the remaining patty ingredients.
- Using a large fork or potato masher - mash the contents of the bowl.
- If baking, heat oven to 350 degrees. If using stove top - heat 1 tsp oil in large saute or grill pan.
- Form slider patties - about golf ball sized scoops of mixture.
- Baking: 350 degrees for 15 minutes for sliders. Larger burgers take about 22 minutes.
- For sauté: cook about 3 minutes on each side - you want the outside to be toasty brown while the inside stays moist yet heated through.
So tell me, what’s your favorite way to make canned yams?
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This post currently has 18 responses.
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Peggy Nunn
I love sweet potatoes and eat them often but I just eat them baked. I will have to try the other suggestions. thank you .
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Deborah D
All these recipes look and sound great.
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Dana Rodriguez
Never have been a fan. I think because my mom always made me eat them when I was a little girl. However the soup and the sliders sounds good! Thanks!
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Ashley Chassereau Parks
Great ideas!! I love sweet potatoes! We have some fresh one’s I’m going to cube and bake with olive oil, tarragon, and salt tonight! I love the sweet potato pie and bars ideas. I’ve never made those… I’ll have to give it a try soon.
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monique s
That sweet potato pie looks great and I would love a slice right now
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gala
this is a true Southern soul food, we love it in a pie
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gloria patterson
As old as I I have never been creative with sweet potatoes these sound like a lot of great ways to enjoy sweet potatoes. I was watching video on face book with Michael Symons and he made sweet potatoes & black bean stew. I made it and loved it. So I am on a hunt for new ways to enjoy
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I want to try the Black Eyed Sweet Potato Sliders. This would be really good for me. I like to substitute things for meat.
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Donna
That soup looks yummy! I like your ideas for using canned yams. I would love to try making sweet potato ice cream!
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I love that you can make a soup like this and it is great for leftovers and very handy for the kids to grab a bowl if hungry.
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ellen beck
Sweet Potatoes are good for you! We enjoy them mashed with butter and a bit of honey. Sweet potatoes make for a great side dish I think super good with pork or chicken/turkey. Love the pies but I do not make thm often.
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Sarah L
I like it simple: Warm them up and top with a little butter, cinnamon and sugar.
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Jeanine Carlson
Now I don’t think it’s fair that you list recipes titles but you don’t share the recipes. Dirty pool! 😉
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Michelle S
I typically buy fresh yams. I didn’t think about using canned for some of the recipes.
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For some reason I have some can in my cabinet don’t remember buying them. Maybe for a holiday but never used. This gives me ideals on what to do with them I think the sweet potato slider would be good…………….. will try this weekend
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Helga
I live in an area where they grow a lot of sweet potatoes and yams. These are some great recipe ideas.
This sounds really yummy. A great comfort food recipe.