When steaming sweet potatoes, it is wrong to steam them directly in the pot, teach you 4 tricks, all of them are soft and glutinous and sweet, and there is no water vapor

Steaming sweet potatoes seems to be a very simple production process, if you want sweet potatoes to be steamed out delicious, soft and glutinous and sweet, and without water, there are still some skills. So why can't sweet potatoes be steamed directly in the pot? What are the 4 tips for steaming sweet potatoes?

1. Why can't sweet potatoes be steamed directly in the pot?

When steaming sweet potatoes, be sure to wait until the pot is boiling and then add the sweet potatoes before steaming. The purpose of this is to keep the moisture from the skin of the sweet potato so that the steam does not lose sugar due to the slow heating. If the pot is steamed in cold water, the water temperature will rise, and the sweet potato will absorb a lot of water vapor, so it will become soft and rotten, and the sweetness will also decrease.

2. Four tips for steaming sweet potatoes

1. Prepare the ingredients

Sweet potatoes, salt

2. Production process

1) Choose sweet potatoes of the same size, clean them, cut off both ends of the sweet potatoes, and do not peel them.

When we steam sweet potatoes, it is best to choose sweet potatoes of basically the same size, so that they are heated the same during the steaming process, and the ripening time will be the same. When steaming sweet potatoes, remember not to peel them, because the steamed sweet potatoes will be particularly soft and rotten, and the sweetness will be reduced.

2) Put the cleaned sweet potatoes into a large basin, pour in the water that has not covered the sweet potatoes, then add a small spoon of salt, and soak the sweet potatoes for 10 minutes.

On the one hand, salt has a bactericidal effect, and on the other hand, it can speed up the ripening of sweet potatoes during the steaming process. Since sweet potatoes contain an oxidase, they are easy to cook when soaked in brine and then steamed.

3) If the sweet potato has been soaked for a long time, the moisture should be controlled to dry, or the moisture on the surface of the sweet potato should be wiped dry, and then steamed in the pot.

When steaming, the surface of the sweet potato is dry, and the sweet potato will not be soft and rotten after steaming, which will affect the taste.

4) After the water boils, put the sweet potatoes into the cage drawer, cover the pot and cover the pot, steam on high heat for 10 minutes, then turn to medium heat and continue to steam for about 15-20 minutes, and simmer for 5-10 minutes after the time.

Sweet potatoes are steamed on high heat to lock in the moisture on the surface of the sweet potato, and steaming over medium heat and simmering after turning off the heat are all to allow the heat to slowly penetrate the sweet potato and make the sweet potato ripe, and the fire will only waste energy. The length of steaming time is increased or subtracted according to the size of the sweet potato, and if you are afraid that it is not ripe, you can turn off the heat and simmer for a while. Remember not to open the lid halfway, as the sweet potatoes will be difficult to ripen due to the influence of the air. The picture below is a steamed sweet potato that has just been opened and the lid is opened, and there is no moisture on the surface.

The above is the reason why sweet potatoes can't be steamed in a pot with cold water when steaming, and use 4 tips to steam sweet potatoes, all of which are soft and glutinous and sweet, without water