True Food Kitchen is undoubtedlyone of the hottest lunch spots inAustin right now. Thanksto the light and airy space and the menu full of delicious items that you can’t believe arethat healthy for you (they are), it seems that every other lunch meeting I schedule inevitablyends up there. Dr. Weil is the man behind the menu, and a couple weeks ago he stopped by with the recipe for his drool-worthySweet Potato Poblano Soupfrom True Food’s cookbook — and today he’s back and sharing the recipes for two of the veggie dishes in the book that I’m currently obsessed with. About these grilled sweet potatoes, he says:
Yakitori meas “grilled fowl” in Japanese, but the term has come to refer to any food cooked on a skewer. My kids love these; they make a good side dish for grilled chicken or turkey burgers. If using bamboo skewers, soak them in water for 20 minutes to keep them from burning.
Keep reading for the recipe, andhead right over here for these Stir Fried Brussels Sprouts with Umami Sauce!
True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure courtesy Little, Brown and Company
Copyright © 2014 by Andrew Weil, MD
Yakitori-Style Grilled Sweet Potatoes
Serves 4-6
2 Incredible Veggie Recipes From True Food Kitchen
By Camille Styles
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Ingredients
- 5 sweet potatoes, sliced into ¾-inch-thick rounds
- ¼ cup sake
- ¼ cup mirin
- ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon evaporated cane sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons grated fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Preheat the grill to high. Using apaper towel, rub the grill withexpeller-pressed canola oil.
- Insert a steamer basket into a potfilled with 1 to 2 inches water. Linethe basket with the sliced sweetpotatoes, cover, turn on the heat,and steam until tender but still abit firm, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool.While the sweet potatoes arecooking, combine the sake, mirin,soy sauce, honey, sugar, and gingerin a small saucepan. Bring to a boil,and then reduce the heat to a lowsimmer. Simmer for 10 minutes,and then remove the glaze fromthe heat.
- Thread the sweet potatoes ontoskewers. Brush the skewered sweetpotatoes with the sesame oil andplace on the hot grill. Baste thesweet potatoes on both sides withthe glaze. Baste repeatedly withthe glaze and cook on both sidesuntil the sweet potatoes are lightlycharred. Transfer the skewers to aserving platter, garnish with thesesame seeds and serve.
Comments (12)
Caylie says:
May 31, 2016 at 1:35 pm
Looks absolutely delicious! Adding it to my must-try list.
Xoxo
CayliePandaonavespa says:
June 1, 2016 at 4:56 am
Just wrote them down! They look so easy to prepare and so delicious ate the same time!
Aria
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Charisma Shah says:
June 1, 2016 at 12:09 pm
love that you featured True Foods kitchen! My husband and I love that place. We find ourselves ALWAYS dining there whenever we eat out, which makes it hard to try a new place. But honestly we always leave so contently satisfied. Our favorite dish there is the quinoa burger. We love it so much that I recreated the dish at home with added protein from edamame. Check it out here:
http://www.charismashah.com/cache1/2016/4/15/meatless-monday-herbed-chickpea-edamame-burger-gf
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Jane Murray says:
June 4, 2016 at 8:57 pm
Girl, I’m obsessed!! Can you use your magical blog powers to get us the recipe for True Food Kitchen’s Ancient Grains bowl? I’m dying to figure out the marinade/dressing… So yummy.
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Lynn says:
December 6, 2016 at 4:59 pm
I’d love the recipe for the Ancient grains bowl too, it’s my favorite!!
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Camille Styles says:
December 7, 2016 at 6:32 am
ooh I love that one too, Lynn! we’ll do our best to get the recipe for ya. 🙂
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Anne says:
January 11, 2017 at 11:01 pm
Were you ever able to obtain the ancient grain bowl recipient from true foods kitchen? Please share. We love that bowl and have tried to recreate but not successfully yet.
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Clair Kelly says:
February 25, 2017 at 9:58 pm
Was just in Atlanta for a long weekend and ate the ancient grains bowl with tofu twice!!! So far from my SC home, wish we could get the recipe so we can get the fix!
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Jane Murray says:
February 26, 2017 at 6:58 am
Almost a year later and I’m still dying to recreate this bowl at home! ?
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carrie kleyn says:
May 1, 2017 at 6:27 pm
I too just ate the ancient grains bowl and would love to recreate…so delicious!
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Camille Styles says:
May 1, 2017 at 9:01 pm
oh AGREED! It is so good… Ill try to get the recipe! xo
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Kim P says:
June 23, 2020 at 11:12 pm
Here is the Ancient Grains Bowl recipe!!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sun-sentinel.com/features/food/recipe-requests/fl-fea-grains-bowl-recipe-20181207-story.html%3foutputType=ampReply
