Is it OK cook to cook them at the same time? What is the best way to cook a 7lb. turkey breast and sweet potatoes at the same time?
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I would not cook them in the same pan together. They would pick up the taste off of each other. Also depending on the size, the potatoes would probably be done cooking before the turkey. And, you will need to baste the turkey and you don't want the basting on the potatoes. I have been doing my turkeys lately in the electric roaster.
The sweet potatoes can be cooked in the same pan, if you like the flavor of the turkey gravy. They also will be much softer and easy to mash than if you had roasted them separately. I like the Reynold's oven cooking bags or my oval crockpot to cook the turkey.
Actually, a lot of food tastes very good when cooked with sweet potatoes and they are one of the healthiest foods around (even for our animals). Even pot roast with sweet potatoes is usually a raved about dish at our house.
Turkey breast (7-9 pounds) (cut in half if large) can be rubbed with your favorite spices and cooked in a Dutch oven on stove top or oven or even in your crock pot.
definitely the time differential between when the turkey v/ the sweet potatoes would be done would be the biggest consideration here, for you do not want dried-out turkey or undercooked potatoes! I have at times made stews, though, where I let all the ingredients cook for a very long time, to the point the sweet potatoes would turn to mush and everything overall would thicken.
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