Eat something hot in late autumn! The time of steaming sweet potatoes should be mastered, so that they can be sweet and delicate

Today I will share how to steam sweet potatoes best, let's take a look!

How to choose sweet potatoes?

Sweet potatoes, also known as sweet potatoes, are rich in nutritional value, have a very sweet taste, and have an excellent taste. So do you know how to choose sweet potatoes?

 

[No. 1: Look at the skin color] sweet potatoes are generally divided into yellow sweet potatoes and white sweet potatoes, yellow sweet potatoes are relatively long, its skin is pale pink, and there will be more sugar, and after cooking, its flesh is reddish yellow, and the taste is sweet and delicious. The white sweet potato will be fatter, its skin is dark red or purple-red, and it contains less starch.

[No. 2: Look at the appearance] When we choose sweet potatoes, we generally choose sweet potatoes with a relatively clean, smooth, good shape, hard and shiny appearance.

[No. 3: Look at the freshness] Let's take a closer look at the surface of the sweet potato to see if the sweet potato has been left fresh for too long. This is easy to see from the surface, the color of the sweet potato that has been left for a long time is very dark, it looks a little shriveled, there is no moisture, and the rough skin is also very bad.

How do you steam sweet potatoes to taste better?

First of all, we clean the sweet potato, but be careful not to remove the skin, because after the skin is removed, the sugar and nutrients in the sweet potato will be lost, and it will also affect the taste, so we want to steam the sweet potato with the skin. After the sweet potatoes are cleaned, we cut off the heads and tails of the sweet potatoes in part.

It is best to cut the large sweet potatoes in half and then steam, so that the small sweet potatoes are cooked but the large ones are not yet cooked, and the steaming time can be shortened and energy can be saved.

Now we can start steaming! First we add water to the pot, then put the steaming drawer, and then turn on the high heat to bring the water to a boil. It should be noted here that we must boil the water first and then put the sweet potatoes in the pot. After the water is boiled, add the sweet potatoes and steam them over high heat.

In this way, the skin of the sweet potato can be steamed into a half-cooked in a short time, so that the steamed sweet potato tastes sweet and delicious! After steaming on high heat for 5 minutes, then change to low heat and steam for about 20 minutes. You can adjust the cooking time according to the size of the sweet potato. Turning to low heat and steaming slowly can maximize the transformation of the starch in the sweet potato into sugar, so that the steamed sweet potato will be more sweet, soft and delicious!

It should also be noted here that the lid should not be opened frequently during the steaming process, so as not to affect the taste of the sweet potatoes when steamed. When the time is up, if we are not sure whether the sweet potato is steamed or not, we can use chopsticks to insert it into the sweet potato, and the chopsticks can easily penetrate the sweet potato, which means that it is cooked.

When they are cooked, we turn off the heat and let the sweet potatoes continue to simmer in the pot for a few minutes before taking them out.