1 How long does it take to cook steamed yam

Generally steamed for 10-20 minutes is cooked.

Iron stick yam hard texture, rich in starch, if steamed to eat, its steaming time and sweet potatoes, potatoes and other rhizome food time is almost the same, usually with an ordinary steamer steam a plate cut head size uniform iron stick yam, about 10-20 minutes after the water steamed appropriate, if the iron stick yam small, the amount of small, steaming 10 minutes can be cooked, and the opposite of coarse, the amount of the case is to extend the steaming time! If you want to quickly steam the yam, you can take the pressure cooker steaming, usually steam steam 5-10 minutes can be cooked.

2 microwave steaming yam steam a few minutes

5-8 minutes can be cooked.

The home has a microwave oven, if used to steam the time of iron stick yam is one of the most convenient and fast method, its practice is also very simple, you can refer to the following steps:

1, will be washed yam, washed without drying so that you can retain the moisture of the skin, so as not to evaporate when heated, the yam is too dry and hard texture.

2, and then in the top of the yam more than a few holes, can help the yam internal heat, accelerate the maturity and cooked evenly.

3, and then use tinfoil or kitchen paper towels in the microwave oven.

4, usually high heat heating three minutes after the need to turn a side, conducive to evenly cooked.

5, and then continue to heat on high for 2-5 minutes, usually a small amount of 2 minutes, a large amount of words, discretionary 1 minute, 1 minute increase is appropriate.

3 Why does the iron stick yam steam not rotten

May have chosen the wrong species.

At present, there are two kinds of commonly eaten yam, one is vegetable yam, also known as Huaishan, taste crisp and sweet, more for fried, cold food, the other is the iron stick yam, the taste is similar to sweet potatoes is soft powder bias surface, more for steaming, soup food, if you buy the yam surface is smooth, cut with more moisture, crisp, is the vegetable yam, this kind of yam, no matter how to heat it is a crunchy taste, it will not be soft. Will not be soft, to choose the surface of the hairy beard exuberant iron stick yam in order to steam out soft and delicious.

4 Iron stick yam how to count steamed

soft texture is cooked.

The raw texture of the yam is relatively hard, and after high-temperature steaming, the texture will become softer, you can take it out and taste it, the texture is soft is cooked, and on the contrary, it is still hard is not cooked, we should continue to steam until it is cooked, if it is not convenient to taste, you can use a chopstick, inserted into the yam, can be inserted into the smooth and easy to take out that represents the internal soft and cooked, you can end out of the food.