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Honestly, I love sweet potatoes so much that I don't really use them in recipes, per se. I almost always just eat them as-is, completely on their own! There wa

by grardb 8y ago

Honestly, I love sweet potatoes so much that I don't really use them in recipes, per se. I almost always just eat them as-is, completely on their own! There was one time I made mini sweet potato pies with the Okinawa variety inside a muffin tin, and another time when I made a cheesecake (vegan) that incorporated them. Obviously not healthy, but it was the holidays, hah. I think in general, tasting them on their own and figuring out what pairs well is your best bet. I think like "typical" (orange) sweet potatoes, they have that sweet-flavor-but-works-really-well-with-savory-foods property. As for the Asian/Japanese variety: those are my absolute favorite, and I only ever eat them completely plain, on their own. I just cut them up, steam, and eat. So delicious, although I suspect they're not quite as nutritious as the orange variety, but it's usually hard to find information on less well-known cultivars. Also! I should've mentioned this, but if anyone is searching for the Okinawa variety and can't find them, there's another purple sweet potato called the Stokes Purple sweet potato[1]. I have never seen them in person and have no idea how they taste, but I would bet they're not too different. [1] https://www.friedas.com/stokes-purple-sweet-potato/ https://www.friedas.com/stokes-purple-sweet-potato/

ianai 8y ago
Do you have a quick low mess way to steam them somehow? I lucked out and my local grocery had Japanese sweet potatoes today.
- grardb 8y ago
  No way in particular. I just have a steam basket for my big pot, which kinda looks like this: https://image.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/2/231755_ts.jpg https://image.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/2/231755_ts.jpg I just throw in the pieces (about 1-2 bites each in terms of size). Sometimes I pile them up all the way to the top! They're pretty strong, so they don't get squished or anything. Cleanup is super easy. Alternatively, boiling works just as well. I personally just find steaming to be faster (both in cooking and the retrieval of the food), it uses less water, and it eliminates the possibility of waterlogging them.
tmm84 8y ago
I eat loads of sweet potatoes but my favorite recipe is to put them in my curry. Sweet, salty, spicy.... It blows regular potatoes in curry away. I cook the purple ones hot rock style and eat hot or cold if it is summer.

by grardb 8y ago

ianai 8y ago

Do you have a quick low mess way to steam them somehow? I lucked out and my local grocery had Japanese sweet potatoes today.

grardb 8y ago
No way in particular. I just have a steam basket for my big pot, which kinda looks like this: https://image.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/2/231755_ts.jpg https://image.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/2/231755_ts.jpg I just throw in the pieces (about 1-2 bites each in terms of size). Sometimes I pile them up all the way to the top! They're pretty strong, so they don't get squished or anything. Cleanup is super easy. Alternatively, boiling works just as well. I personally just find steaming to be faster (both in cooking and the retrieval of the food), it uses less water, and it eliminates the possibility of waterlogging them.

tmm84 8y ago

I eat loads of sweet potatoes but my favorite recipe is to put them in my curry. Sweet, salty, spicy.... It blows regular potatoes in curry away. I cook the purple ones hot rock style and eat hot or cold if it is summer.