Sweet potato is a variety of sweet potato. It is sweet and delicious and is loved by everyone. It can be steamed, grilled, boiled, eaten as a staple food, or cooked into dishes. It can be said to be versatile and delicious. The origin of sweet potato is coastal areas such as Fujian. Because it grows in the sandy land by the sea, it absorbs the natural salt contained in the sea water, which creates a particularly sweet and waxy taste, making it the sweetest among many sweet potato varieties. The variety is also called sweet potato.

How to eat sweet potatoes?

There are many ways to eat sweet potatoes. In addition to the common steamed sweet potatoes and baked sweet potatoes, here I will introduce to you how to make shredded sweet potatoes. This way of eating maximizes the sweet potato’s soft, glutinous, sweet but not greasy properties. It is a favorite among women and children! The ingredients needed to make shredded sweet potatoes include sweet potatoes, starch, sugar, sesame seeds, and oil.

The production steps are very simple:

Step 1: Wash and peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into small pieces. Rinse with water and sprinkle with dry starch, allowing the starch to coat each piece of sweet potato evenly

Step 2: Put cooking oil in the pot, the amount of oil can be more. Heat the oil to 70%, then pour in the sweet potatoes, fry over high heat until the surface is golden and then take them out;

Step 3: Add half a spoonful of water and a spoonful of sugar to the pot, turn on low heat and simmer slowly , remember to use a spoon to boil while stirring continuously, until the sugar turns dark red;

Step 4: Put the previously fried sweet potato pieces into the boiled sugar, stir evenly and sprinkle Add cooked sesame seeds and serve. Because the outer layer of fried carrots may contain more oil, you can put a layer of oil-absorbing paper on the plate for easier cleaning.

In this way, a plate of shredded sweet potatoes made with delicious sweet potatoes is complete! You can also make caramel sweet potatoes in a similar way, and interested friends can also research it.

How long does it take to steam sweet potatoes?

Of course, the simplest and most natural way to make sweet potatoes is to steam them. So how long does it take to steam sweet potatoes? Sweet potatoes are generally slender in shape and not too big individually, so they are easy to steam thoroughly. Because the heat of the steamer and the individual shapes of the sweet potatoes are different, it is difficult to generalize the time. Generally, the sweet potatoes are placed on a steamer and steamed over water. It will be steamed in about 10-20 minutes.

If you are not sure whether it is steamed or not, the editor is here to tell you a little trick, that is, when the steaming is almost done, use a chopstick to insert the thickest part of the whole sweet potato from top to bottom. Can you pass through it smoothly? If the inside is still hard, it means it has not been steamed thoroughly. If it goes through in one go, you can take out the sweet potato and enjoy it!

Sweet potato is a nutritious food, and even though it is so sweet, you will not gain weight if you eat too much! Have you memorized the several ways to eat sweet potatoes that I introduced to you today?