Turn ordinary mashed sweet potatoes into crispy, golden buns with a waffle maker.
Burger buns are delicious and healthy? Yes please! 🍔
If you’re looking for a fun and creative way to swap hamburger buns for bread, these potato waffle buns are the bread you should try. By combining sweet potato, egg, and a little cheese, you get a naturally satisfying bun that’s higher in protein and lower in calories than most bakery-style buns.
These sweet potato waffle buns come in at just 140 calories per serving while providing more than 8 grams of protein, making them a satisfying, nutritious alternative to sandwich buns.
The natural sweetness of potatoes goes well with burger toppings! They’re easy to make, require just a few ingredients, and are a delicious gluten-free alternative to traditional bread, too.
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Sweet Potato Buns
Reveal: 3 WORSHIP
preparation time: 20 MINUTES
cooking time: 6 MINUTES
total time: 26 MINUTES
Sweet potato waffles are high in protein as a healthy and delicious alternative to buns.
1
Heat a small waffle maker.
2
Mix the mashed sweet potatoes with the eggs, parmesan, and fries.
3
Grease the waffle maker with butter. Add 1/4 cup of the mashed sweet potato mixture to the waffle maker and spread evenly. Let cook for 5-6 minutes until cooked and crisp.
4
Grill the burgers and use the waffles as buns to build your own burger with the ingredients you desire.
Yield: 6, Serving Size: 2 waffles
Price Per Operation:
140 calories | 6.9 Fuel | 11.2 Total Carbs | 1.8 Fiber | 3.6g Sugar | 8.2 Protein |
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More tips for making waffle sweet potato burger buns:
- These little waffle makers are perfect for this project. If you want to use a larger machine just use 1/4 cup activated “badder”.
- You can really give the taste but change the type of cheese and spices. Use what you have on hand.
- As a shortcut, you can buy mashed sweet potatoes in the prepared foods section of the grocery store, or frozen.
- As a quick burger sauce, I combine equal parts mayo, ketchup, some chopped pickles and a little pickle juice, and salt/pepper to taste.
Wow this sweet potato recipe tastes delicious!
I can eat sweet potatoes every day and this is a fun and unique way to prepare them! If you somehow find yourself with leftover mashed sweet potatoes this is a great way to repurpose them.
It is a little time consuming to make each individual “bun” in the waffle maker, but overall this is delicious.
About the author:
Lina holds a Bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University and 11 years of blogging and photography experience with work featured on Today.com, Martha Stewart, Country Living, Fox News, Buzzfeed, and HGTV.