60 Sweet Potato Recipes That Spotlight The Super Spud
- Sweet Potato Gratin
- Chili Cheese Sweet Potato Casserole
- Autumn Kielbasa Sheet Pan Bake With Creamy Curry Dijon Sauce
- Sweet Potato Gnocchi
- Sweet Potato Pudding
- Mashed Sweet Potatoes
- Barbecue Chicken Sweet Potatoes
- Baked Sweet Potato
- Ruth’s Chris Sweet Potato Casserole
- Sweet Potato Casserole
- 54 Sweet Potato Recipes That Spotlight This Super Spud
- Sweet Potato Pancakes
- Honey Mustard Chicken
- Sweet Potato Salad
- Sweet Potato Cobbler
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- Sweet Potato Lasagna
- Sweet Potato Bread
- Coconut Ranch Kale Salad
- Apple Cider Glazed Chicken
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- Sweet Potato Casserole With Marshmallows
- Harvest Chicken Casserole
- Maple Sriracha Chicken
- Salt ‘n Pepper Sweet Potato Fries
- Sweet Potato Pie Cupcakes
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- Vegan Chili
- Microwave Sweet Potato
- Vegan Sweet Potato Curry
- Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet Potato Cookies
- Sweet Potato Bites
- Cajun Sweet Potato Tots
- Candied Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet Potato Cake
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- Sweet Potato Soufflé
- Sweet Potato Cheesecake
- Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries
- Sweet Potato Hash
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- Loaded Sweet Potato Soup
- Sweet Potato Chips
- Sloppy Joe Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet Potato Marshmallow Bars
- Sweet Potato “Bacon”
- Cinnamon Sugar Sweet Potato Chips
- Vegan Sweet Potato Pie
- Taco Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- Candied Yams
- Bacon-Wrapped Sweet Potato Fries
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Buddha Bowls
- Sweet Potato Crescent Bites
- Sweet Potato Grilled Cheese
- Crock-Pot Sweet Potato Casserole
- Braised Short Rib and Sweet Potato Chili
- Grilled Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet Potato Pie Cocktail
If you too often choose regular potatoes over anything else, we’re here to point you toward a versatile and delicious alternative: the superfood sweet potato. From savory and sweet breakfasts to the heartiest of sides and fall dinners, these recipes show that this spud deserves the spotlight all year-round. Don’t even get us started on dessert—sweet potato treats rank up there with pumpkin pie, apple tart, and pecan pie as some of the best things about fall, but we’ll be serving these dishes up no matter the time of year.
Let’s start with some background. What’s the deal with yams vs. sweet potatoes? Though in the United States, the terms are often used interchangeably, yams and sweet potatoes are not actually the same thing. Even though rough, brown-skinned yams are becoming more popular, it’s likely what you are encountering in the grocery store is a sweet potato, no matter what it’s been labeled. Are sweet potatoes healthy? Sweet potatoes are a nutrient-rich option and are high in antioxidants and vitamins, A, C, and B6. They’re also full of fiber (keep those skins on!).
Now we’ve got that sorted, let’s get to eating! Sweet potatoes really are great for any meal of the day. Craving a hearty breakfast? Try our sweet potato pancakes, air fryer sweet potato hash, or sweet potato bread. Need an easy lunch? Try our coconut ranch kale salad or our hearty twice-baked sweet potatoes. For weeknight dinners, sweet potatoes are great paired with chicken, like in our honey mustard chicken or our maple sriracha chicken, but also as stand-alone sides for any meal. They also are a major part of some of our top plant-based recipes, like our vegan chili or our vegan sweet potato curry. Don’t worry—we didn’t forget about desserts! Our sweet potato cobbler, our sweet potato pie cupcakes, and our sweet potato cheesecake are stars—they’re not as associated with Thanksgiving, so you can enjoy them all year long.
Sweet Potato Gratin
Your sweet potatoes are tired of being baked. Give them the chance to become something much more exciting and turn them into sweet potato gratin. Just like the OG potatoes au gratin, these sweet potatoes are layered with plenty of cheese and herby cream sauce and baked until golden brown and bubbly. 😍
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Chili Cheese Sweet Potato Casserole
If you think every bowl of chili should be hidden under mounds of melty cheese and a big dollop of sour cream, this is the casserole for you. With roasted sweet potatoes and black bean chili layered together under a gooey blanket of cheese, this vegetarian weeknight dinner is both incredibly comforting and surprisingly hearty.
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Autumn Kielbasa Sheet Pan Bake With Creamy Curry Dijon Sauce
One of our easiest sheet pan dinners, this kielbasa with creamy Dijon sauce recipe just involves tossing the ingredients on a sheet pan and letting the oven do the work.
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Sweet Potato Gnocchi
Serve this gnocchi boiled or seared, either in a caramelized sauce of bacon fat, butter, maple syrup, and bourbon (😋), or in a simple cacio e pepe-inspired finish like in our potato gnocchi recipe.
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Sweet Potato Pudding
This silky smooth sweet potato pudding is a lighter, simplified cousin of sweet potato casserole without the topping or crust. It’s essentially the filling of sweet potato pie with an optional whipped cream or marshmallow fluff topping. No crust or crimping fuss required!
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Mashed Sweet Potatoes
We all love classic sweet potato casserole, but sometimes it feels like the marshmallows steal the spotlight. So this year, why not mix it up—literally—and try mashing them instead? Steamed ’til beautifully tender and then blended with plenty of butter and half-and-half, these easy mashed sweet potatoes are creamy and just sweet enough. You won’t even miss the marshmallows.
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Barbecue Chicken Sweet Potatoes
These twice-baked potatoes are loaded with the makings of a full BBQ chicken dinner (and using leftover rotisserie chicken means they come together fast). If you love these, you’re going to love these Mexican-inspired twice-baked sweet potatoes too.
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Baked Sweet Potato
Adding sweet potatoes to your diet is an easy and delicious habit to pick up when you’re trying to eat healthy—the vegetable is a total superfood, packed with vitamin C and fiber. They’re also totally versatile, but baking them whole in the oven is arguably the simplest way to prepare them, and they will be the perfect base for all types of toppings.
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Ruth’s Chris Sweet Potato Casserole
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse prepares their killer casserole with layers of mashed, soufflé-like sweet potato gets topped with a crunchy, sweet brown sugar and pecan crust and baked into a winning combination of textures. Pssst: You can also turn this into dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
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Sweet Potato Casserole
This recipe is for everyone who hates marshmallows atop their sweet potato casserole—in their place is a buttery, brown sugar pecan topping that is still perfectly sweet and dessert-worthy.
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54 Sweet Potato Recipes That Spotlight This Super Spud
This stew is made by thickening a flavorful, tomato-y soup base with ground peanuts and root vegetables. The traditional choice for chicken and peanut stew is bone-in, skinless dark meat, but we made it a step easier with boneless skinless chicken thighs instead. The result is a creamy, nutty, spicy, earthy meal that will warm you from the inside out.
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Sweet Potato Pancakes
Roast sweet potatoes to make your own puree or use canned; either way, you’ll still have fluffy, homemade pancakes that are way better than any box mix could produce. Are they breakfast? Dessert? We say, eat’em for both.
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Honey Mustard Chicken
Chicken thighs are certainly the juiciest and most flavorful part of the chicken, but they also take the longest to cook. Here we’re trimming them and searing the skin before roasting to help speed up the cooking, meaning you can have this one-skillet meal on the dinner table in no time.
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Sweet Potato Salad
This sweet potato salad is the perfect way to lighten up any autumnal dinner or even your Thanksgiving spread. Feta, dried cranberries, and red onions pair really nicely with the earthy sweetness of the orange superfood. Did we mention it’s great warm or cold?
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Sweet Potato Cobbler
Sweet potatoes want to be more than just a marshmallow-topped casserole, and we don’t blame them. Boiling them in a mixture of water, sugar, vanilla, and spices infuses them with a ton of flavor, making them just as good as their summer desserts counterparts like peach or blackberry cobbler.
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Sweet potatoes are one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen: They’re amazing boiled, baked, sautéed, and fried (we love you, sweet potato fries). One of the easiest and most useful ways to cook sweet potatoes is to roast them. For perfect roasted sweet potatoes every time, abide by our simple rules.
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Sweet Potato Lasagna
Lasagnas can do no wrong. They’re the most soul-satisfying food around, and this one is no exception. It also proves that pasta isn’t necessary. With no noodles to boil, it’s almost easier to make than a classic lasagna.
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Sweet Potato Bread
This quick bread is drizzled with a thick icing and spiced to perfection with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves (though you can substitute 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice as a shortcut). There’s just 1 cup of sugar to keep the taste sweet enough without getting into super-decadent dessert territory. We’ll be eating it for breakfast all fall long.
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Coconut Ranch Kale Salad
This plant-based coconut ranch is absolutely irresistible (seriously, you’ll want to dip everything in it). But the crunchy chickpeas may just be our favorite part. Who needs croutons?
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Apple Cider Glazed Chicken
Don’t let chicken breasts have all the fun! Chicken thighs are super-flavorful, easy to cook, and SO delicious with sweet potatoes and apples. Try it for dinner any night this fall or winter.
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When it comes to biscuits and other bread products, sweet potatoes are magical. Adding them to dough yields softer and fluffier results. This recipe benefits from minimal handling and is just as easy as preparing traditional buttermilk biscuits.
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Sweet Potato Casserole With Marshmallows
Most sweet potato casseroles have only marshmallows or pecans. Don’t even think about making this mistake. Topping with a pecan streusel and then marshmallows helps this casserole stand out above ALL the rest.
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Harvest Chicken Casserole
This satisfying casserole has ALL of your fall favorites—Brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, cranberries. Make it for a big crowd, or pack it up and eat the leftovers for lunch. It’s a meal prep DREAM.
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Maple Sriracha Chicken
Most marinades have at least three main components: fat (olive oil), umami (soy sauce), and acid (lime juice). To take it to the next level, you need a spicy and sweet element. That’s where the sriracha and maple syrup come in. You wouldn’t expect the two flavors to get along, but in this easy one-skillet chicken dinner, they’re BFFs.
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Salt ‘n Pepper Sweet Potato Fries
Sweet potato fries beat French fries any day, and this recipe has a few tricks up its sleeves to get extra-crispy in the oven with no frying in sight! (Hint: A little cornstarch goes a long way.)
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Sweet Potato Pie Cupcakes
Sweet potato pie is a given at Thanksgiving, and it can feel a little weird baking it the rest of the year. Not so when you turn it into cupcakes! This easy recipe uses boxed cake mix to make some of the tastiest cupcakes we’ve ever had, and we’re enjoying them all year long.
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Smoked paprika and dill make these supercharged potatoes a savory breakfast-lover’s dream. Change up the spices depending on what’s in the pantry (chili powder would be nice!). This is a pretty powerful breakfast as is, but for extra oomph, add a dollop of Greek yogurt or a poached egg on top.
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Vegan Chili
Sweet potato, black beans, pinto beans, and a whole bottle of beer (like Modelo) come together to make a super hearty meatless chili. This soup is a wintertime staple but is so delicious, we make it year-round.
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Microwave Sweet Potato
Microwaving a sweet potato is by far the FASTEST way to cook one. All you need is five minutes. When you’re in a pinch, this is definitely the option for you—follow our tips for best results.
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Vegan Sweet Potato Curry
We went for ease with this vegan curry, so it can be whipped up in under an hour for a fuss-free weeknight dinner. It’s by no means a “traditional curry,” so feel free to swap in and out your favorite veggies, and to use whatever curry paste you can find/prefer (check out our note for tips on choosing!).
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Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
We love a good twice-baked potato when we’re craving something creamy, carb-y, and comforting. These twice-baked sweet potatoes exhibit all the same qualities, in addition to being a little healthier—the perfect vegetarian dinner!
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Sweet Potato Cookies
Forget sweet potato casserole. Forget pumpkin spice lattes. These sweet potato cookies are our new fall staple. Once you taste their maple glaze, you’ll understand why.
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Sweet Potato Bites
Sweet potato casserole is always a favorite at our Thanksgiving celebrations, so we thought we’d turn it into an appetizer too. These bites will go fast, so make extra!
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Cajun Sweet Potato Tots
Turns out, homemade tater tots are surprisingly easy, and these crispy bites are a fun twist on the classic. Relying on Parmesan and cornstarch to hold them together (rather than flour), they also happen to be gluten-free. They are crispy on the outside while soft (and almost creamy) on the inside.
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Candied Sweet Potatoes
These easy candied sweet potatoes make the perfect Thanksgiving side to go alongside your Thanksgiving turkey and creamy green bean casserole. But they’re also too good to only have once a year. Trust us, with a brown sugar, apple cider and bourbon glaze, these are the best candied sweet potatoes you’ll EVER make, and they really can go with everything.
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Sweet Potato Cake
What makes this sweet potato cake so completely irresistible? We think it’s the frosting. It’s got a super fun secret ingredient—marshmallow fluff! Sweet potato casserole lovers will FLIP.
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Loaded with Italian sausage, sweet potatoes, and vegetables, this is a chili that will definitely warm you up without weighing you down. It might just become your new winter favorite.
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Sweet Potato Soufflé
No time for baking sweet potatoes for this recipe? Check out our easy recipe for microwaved sweet potatoes! It’ll save you time, and more importantly, oven space. 🙌
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Sweet Potato Cheesecake
Sweet potato adds a nuttiness and earthy sweetness that takes a normal cheesecake to another, more festive level. Add that to a gingersnap cookie crust, and you’ve got a spice-filled autumnal twist on a classic we bet you’ll make again and again this fall.
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Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries
We love a good, crispy sweet potato fry. Though the oven-baked variety is great, these air fryer fries get even crispier and take way less time! Paired with our favorite 3-ingredient secret sauce, we can’t think of a better snack.
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Sweet Potato Hash
This easy bacon and sweet potato hash can upgrade any breakfast and comes together in one. single. pan. Yes, even the bacon! Make this for any occasion; casual weeknight dinner, Thanksgiving side, potluck…you get the idea.
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Forget sweet potato casserole or sweet potato pie! This reduced-sugar side is going to be your new go-to sweet potato dish. It is crazy-simple to make—just a sprinkle of low calorie brown sugar and chopped pecans transform roasted sweet potatoes into a sweetly decadent side dish.
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Loaded Sweet Potato Soup
Everyone has a favorite soup—the one that makes us feel warm and cozy inside and out. Fair warning, this soup may knock that one out of first position. The silkiness of the sweet potatoes combined with the creaminess of the Velveeta make for an irresistible duo. Load yours up with as many (or few) toppings as you like!
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Sweet Potato Chips
Sure, no one can resist a bowl of potato chips, but they can be a little boring. Switch things up by making these delicious and absolutely gorgeous sweet potato chips. The natural, earthy sweetness of the potatoes add an another dimension of flavor that is lacking from a regular potato chip.
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Sloppy Joe Sweet Potatoes
Forget the buns and use sweet potatoes for your Sloppy Joes instead. They add a sweetness that pairs perfectly with the smoky, tangy meat, and are low-carb to boot!
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Sweet Potato Marshmallow Bars
Let’s face it, sweet potato casserole is basically dessert anyways. These bars with a marshmallow topping take that even further, and turn it into an easily shareable dessert worthy of any fall celebration.
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Sweet Potato “Bacon”
The secret to really good vegetarian bacon? Sweet potato skins! Brushed with a little maple syrup, the crispy strips are seriously delicious. Not sure what to do with the sweet potato flesh? Make mashed sweet potatoes or, better yet, sweet potato cupcakes.
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Cinnamon Sugar Sweet Potato Chips
You’ve got sweet potato chips, and then you’ve got these cinnamon sugar sweet potato chips. Both are great, but only the latter will satisfy your craving for that shatteringly crispy-crunchy bite of caramelized sugar, much like the coveted top layer of crème brûlée. 😍
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Vegan Sweet Potato Pie
This sweet potato pie is extremely good, thanks to an oat pecan crust and a creamy, spiced filling. Look for vegan marshmallows to top it, or keep it simple with your own vegan whipped topping using coconut cream.
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Taco Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
You can stuff sweet potatoes with pretty much anything. We took these into Tex-Mex territory with a combo of ground turkey, carrots, tomatoes, and taco seasoning.
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Candied Yams
Though candied yams might be super sweet on their own, they’re the perfect complement to a plateful of savory dishes (like mashed potatoes and green bean casserole). Our version gets an added kick from bourbon—we think once you try them you might never want yams without it.
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Bacon-Wrapped Sweet Potato Fries
Looking for an easy sweet potato fry recipe? This one might just ruin you for all others forever with the addition of (you guessed it!), bacon. 😍
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Sweet Potato Pie
This recipe is an amazing way top off a Thanksgiving dinner or a nice treat after a long week in October. We included a recipe for the pie crust but to make it even easier, feel free to use store-bought!
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Buddha Bowls
The beauty about these bowls is that they’re infinitely adaptable—you can roast just about any veggie, use any number of toppings, and it’ll taste amazing in this recipe. The only thing we might insist you must keep on the bowl is the incredible peanut dressing. It’s insanely delicious.
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Sweet Potato Crescent Bites
A guarantee: You will NOT be able to stop eating these little bites. They’re the perfect amount of sweet and savory, so you can serve them before or after your fall meals.
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Sweet Potato Grilled Cheese
Forget the bread this time around and jazz up your grilled cheese with some buttered, creamy, golden sweet potato slices. If you want extra credit, give your sweet spud a good scrub and keep that skin on for a little more fiber.
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Crock-Pot Sweet Potato Casserole
We take any chance we can get to free up oven space. Like Crockpot stuffing and Crockpot mashed potatoes, this Crockpot sweet potato casserole is every bit as delicious as the one you make in the oven.
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Braised Short Rib and Sweet Potato Chili
Braising only sounds fancy: This easy chili slow-cooks short ribs until they’re fall-apart tender. Sweet potatoes and jalapeños round it out for the perfect, easy fall dinner.
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Grilled Sweet Potatoes
If you love sweet potato fries, these grilled sweet potatoes will become your new favorite summer side. The smoky char is everything. You could serve them with ketchup, but trust us, you’re going to want to make the pesto mayo—it’s incredible.
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Sweet Potato Pie Cocktail
This fall cocktail is as simple as pureeing canned sweet potatoes and then mixing in Rumchata and your favorite rum. Top it off with toasted marshmallows to get the full effect!
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