Microwave oven-roasted sweet potatoes over medium heat for about 8 minutes. The specific method is: first wash the sweet potatoes so that there will be moisture on the surface of the sweet potatoes, then pack the sweet potatoes with a layer of kitchen paper or a fresh-keeping bag, and wrap the sweet potatoes tightly. Place the wrapped sweet potatoes in the microwave and cook over high heat for 5 minutes. Then take it out and press it with your hands. If it is not soft, turn it for another 2-3 minutes. If it is soft, remove it from the plastic bag and turn it over medium heat for about 3 minutes.

Can tin foil be used to bake sweet potatoes in the microwave?

Yes. When roasting sweet potatoes in the microwave, wrap the sweet potatoes tightly with tin foil. Not only will it not prolong the baking time, but it will prevent the sweet potatoes from overflowing and dirtying the microwave during the roasting process. In addition, sweet potatoes wrapped in tin foil taste more fragrant and moist when baked.

What to do if sweet potatoes are dry when baked in a microwave oven?

Dry sweet potatoes when baked in a microwave oven are caused by excessive water loss in the sweet potatoes. The heating principle of a microwave oven is to use concentrated microwaves to penetrate food, causing polar molecules in the food (such as water, fat, protein, sugar, etc.) to rapidly oscillate and rub to heat the food. The more moisture in the food, the easier it is to be heated. . If you put a clean raw sweet potato directly into the microwave oven, the water in the sweet potato will be slowly heated and evaporated during the heating process, and then the sweet potato will taste very dry and relatively raw.

It is recommended to wet the sweet potatoes and wrap them tightly with kitchen paper, fresh-keeping bags, etc., and then heat them in the microwave to avoid the loss of water in the sweet potatoes, so that the baked sweet potatoes will be more delicious. Sweet and soft.