In the sweet potato family, you'll find many varieties of shapes, sizes and colors. With their distinctive reddish color and mouthwatering taste, red sweet potatoes can be prepared by boiling, sauteing, roasting, grilling and mashing.
Okinowa Sweet Potatoes
Although these types of sweet potatoes are not initially much to look at, once you cut them open, you will be treated to a rich color of red, pink or purple inside. They can be roasted, boiled or mashed and are high in antioxidants.
Georgia Jet
The Georgia Jet sweet potato has a dark red skin and a deep orange color inside. It is moist inside and is well known for its distinctive taste. Try one boiled or sauteed.
The Garnett Sweet Potato
The Garnett sweet potato is often known as the purple yam and has a large, obscure shape with a purple/dark red color and deep orange flesh. The Garnett is soft, moist and great with white truffles.
Beauregard Sweet Potato
Probably the most common of sweet potatoes, the Beauregard is noted for its red-toned skin and bright orange inner flesh. It is delicious when it is baked, boiled, mashed or fried.
Jewell Sweet Potato
Like the Beauregard potato, the Jewell sweet potato is considered more orange than red, but it is worth mentioning for its silky, soft texture and rich flavor.
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