Showing posts with label Sweet Potatoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweet Potatoes. Show all posts

Friday, June 20, 2014

Oven Fried Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes, who doesn't love them. Sweet potatoes looks really ugly but they are easy to cook and they taste great. Chinese love to have them as desserts but if you are not into desserts, you may try baking them with an oven. Here is how I bake my sweet potatoes. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

  • 4 medium sweet potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 -3 cloves garlic, minced

Cooking Method:

  1. Cut the potatoes into thin wedges. Then pile them in a bowl and cover them with cold water.
  2. Let it rest for 15 minutes. At the same time, preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  3. Coat a baking sheet with vegetable spray and set aside.
  4. Drain the potatoes and dry them with paper towels.Press the potatoes with paper towels to remove all water.
  5. Transfer the potatoes to a large bowl. Sprinkle the potatoes with oil, tossing the potatoes to disburse it.
  6. Then sprinkle with pepper, salt, paprika and cayenne pepper. Bake the potatoes at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes.
  7. Turn over the potatoes. Sprinkle potatoes with garlic and continue cooking for another 15-20 minutes or until crisp and brown. Serve immediately.

Friday, April 18, 2014

Baked Sweet Potato Recipe

Sweet potatoes, who doesn't love them. Sweet potatoes looks really ugly but they are easy to cook and they taste great. Chinese love to have them as desserts but if you are not into desserts, you may try baking them with an oven. Here is how I bake my sweet potatoes. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

  • 4 medium sweet potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 -3 cloves garlic, minced

Cooking Method:

  1. Cut the potatoes into thin wedges. Then pile them in a bowl and cover them with cold water.
  2. Let it rest for 15 minutes. At the same time, preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  3. Coat a baking sheet with vegetable spray and set aside.
  4. Drain the potatoes and dry them with paper towels.Press the potatoes with paper towels to remove all water.
  5. Transfer the potatoes to a large bowl. Sprinkle the potatoes with oil, tossing the potatoes to disburse it.
  6. Then sprinkle with pepper, salt, paprika and cayenne pepper. Bake the potatoes at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes.
  7. Turn over the potatoes. Sprinkle potatoes with garlic and continue cooking for another 15-20 minutes or until crisp and brown. Serve immediately.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Oven Fried Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes, who doesn't love them. Sweet potatoes looks really ugly but they are easy to cook and they taste great. Chinese love to have them as desserts but if you are not into desserts, you may try baking them with an oven. Here is how I bake my sweet potatoes. Enjoy.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Sweet Potato Water

Sweet potato water is a Chinese dessert. It is very popular to be served with yam. I do not really fancy yam in my dessert, so I am just going to show you how to prepare sweet potato water. Follow the directions below and I hope you will enjoy this dessert. For another alternative recipe on sweet potatoes, check out the hot and spicy sweet potatoes here.

  • sweet potatoes cutted into cubes
  • sugar
  • water
Steps:
  1. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into cubes.
  2. Boil water and pour in the sweet potatoes. When the sweet potatoes are cooked, pour in the sugar, according to your own preference.
  3. Serve hot.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Hot and Spicy Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes are rich in Vitamin A and C. It is also a very good alternative to potatoes. Just as the name implies, sweet potatoes are sweet and it is much sweeter than our normal potatoes. The Chinese loves to use this ingredient as a dessert which also known as the sweet potato water. There are many other alternatives to cooking sweet potatoes and one of the recipe is the one I am about to share here. This is a hot and spicy sweet potatoes dish. It is easy and quick to cook up. The only tricky part is to peel the sweet potatoes, as sweet potatoes comes in odd shape. Be extra careful when you are peeling them and have fun cooking!

  • sweet potatoes- peeled and cut into cubes
  • oil
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2-1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons seasoning salt
  • black pepper
  • 1/8-1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper - according to your own preference
Directions:
  1. Marinate the cubed sweet potatoes with or oil and add the rest of the ingredients.
  2. Place the sweet potatoes to a greased baking dish
  3. Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for about 22-25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender but not too soft (tossing with a wooden spoon or spatula about every 15-20 minutes, baking time will vary depending on the size you cut the potatoes)
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