This is alist of notable sweet potato dishes. Thesweet potato is astarchy, sweet-tastingtuberous roots used as aroot vegetable.^[1][2] The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten asgreens. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the commonpotato (Solanum tuberosum), both being in the orderSolanales. Although darker sweet potatoes are often referred to as "yams" in parts of North America, the species is not atrue yam, which aremonocots in the orderDioscoreales.^[3]

• Camote cue – a popular snack food in the Philippines made fromcamote (sweet potato)
• Camote halaya – a variant ofube halaya that uses mashed sweet potato, it is sometimes known as "camote delight" or "sweet potato jam"
• Dulce de batata – a traditional Argentine, Paraguayan, Uruguayan and Brazilian sweet jelly dessert prepared using sweet potatoes. It resembles a marmalade because of its hard texture. In Brazil it is known asmarrom glacê.
• Fried sweet potato – utilized in a variety of dishes and cuisines, a popular preparation is sweet potato fries
• Gane – a traditional regional dish fromKyushu, made primarily with fried sweet potatoes
• Hoshi-imo – generally consists of steamed, dried, sweet potatoes that are skinned and sliced, it is a snack food that is popular in Japan and similar to a number of other dried foods in Asia.
• Japchae – a savory and slightly sweet dish of stir-friedglass noodles and vegetables that is popular in Korean cuisine,^[4] it is typically prepared withdangmyeon (당면, 唐麵), a type ofcellophane noodles made from sweet potatostarch. The noodles are mixed with assorted vegetables, meat, mushrooms, and seasoned with soy sauce andsesame oil.^[5][6][7][8]
• Potato pancake – some variations of the potato pancake are made using sweet potatoes.^[9][10]
• Pudding and souse – a traditional dish inBarbadian cuisine consisting of pickled pork, pork blood pudding, grated and spiced sweet potatoes and pumpkin^[11]
• Purple sweet potato haupia pie – a Hawaiian dish that incorporates purple sweet potatoes andhaupia,^[12] It is similar to the sweet potato pie that originated in the Southern United States.^[12] and is often prepared using Okinawan sweet potatoes which are purple in color.^[12]
• Roasted sweet potato – a popular winter street food in East Asia^[13]
• Soetpatats – anAfrikaans dish and originates from South Africa, it is commonly served as aside dish atbraais (barbecues), often served alongsidesnoek (Thyrsites).^[14][15] It is often baked in adutch oven and typically prepared using sweet potatoes, butter, brown sugar and cinnamon.^[16]
• Sweet potato pie – a traditional dessert originating in the Southern United States among the African American community, it is often served during the American holiday season, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas in place of pumpkin pie.
• Sweet potato salad – anArab salad prepared using sweet potato, onion, mashed garlic, raisins, olive oil and a variety of spices.
• Sweet potato soup – a Chinese dessert found in Southern China and Hong Kong
• Taro ball – a traditional Taiwanese cuisine dessert made oftaro and sweet potato flour or potato flour

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  Dulce de batata with chocolate added
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  A side dish ofcrinkle cutfried sweet potatoes
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  Purple sweet potato haupia pie
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  Sweet potato soup

• Shōchū – a Japanesedistilled beverage typicallydistilled from rice (kome),barley (mugi), sweet potatoes (satsuma-imo),buckwheat (soba), orbrown sugar (kokutō), though it is sometimes produced from other ingredients such aschestnut,sesame seeds, potatoes, or even carrots.

• List of potato dishes
• List of sweet potato cultivars
• List of sweet potato diseases
• List of vegetable dishes

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