Peel the sweet potato, steam it in a pan, take it out, cut it into thick strips or sheets, and dry it in the sun until it is as dry as you like.

Home-made dried sweet potatoes are so simple, but there are still some details and skills to master if you want to sun-dry high-quality pure natural dried sweet potatoes.

Details and skills of home-made dried sweet potatoes

1, almost all kinds of sweet potatoes can be used to sun-dried sweet potatoes, but the sweet potato with red skin and red heart is the best taste, and the dried sweet potatoes dried by this sweet potato are sweet enough. Of course, you can also choose other varieties of sweet potato, such as sweet potato with yellow skin and yellow heart or purple potato, and you can try any sweet potato you think is sweet enough.

2. The sweet potato just dug out of the ground is not suitable for drying dried sweet potatoes, because the starch in this sweet potato has not been fully saccharified, and the dried sweet potatoes are not sweet enough. Put them in a ventilated place indoors to dry for a period of time, so that when the surface is slightly soft, it is very sweet to use them to make dried sweet potatoes. It is better if it can be stored in the cellar for two to three months.

3. Wash the prepared sweet potato, then peel it off, cut it into thick slices and steam it on the pot. If you plan to cut into strips for drying, cut the thick slices into about 1cm, and steam them before changing them into thick strips. If you plan to cut it into thin slices for drying, cut it a little thinner, and don't change the knife after steaming.

4. Pay attention to the scale when steaming the sweet potato. If the steamed sweet potato is rotten into mud, it will definitely not be done. It must be cooked and not rotten, and it can withstand knife cutting and holding.

5. Put the cut sweet potato slices or sweet potato strips on the bamboo plaque, and put them in a sunny and well-ventilated place to start drying. Remember to turn them every two or three hours until they are soft and hard, so you can eat them.

6. Usually it can be put away after two to three days of drying. If it is rainy in the middle, it will be taken back and dried in a microwave oven or oven. Before drying, you can also use the microwave oven or oven to dry it a little, which can greatly shorten the drying time.

7. If the dried sweet potato can be eaten in a few days, you can just dry it as much as you like, as long as it is dry. However, if the dried sweet potatoes are going to be preserved for a long time, they need to be dried relatively, and they should be dried at a ratio of about 23 grams per100g of fresh sweet potatoes, that is, they should be dried to about 80%, and it is most suitable to be soft and chewy.

8. After drying, the dried sweet potatoes are sealed with fresh-keeping bags or boxes and stored in the refrigerator. If it can be vacuum-stored, the effect will be better.