Steamed sweet potatoes are a nutritious dish that often appears in diet menus. But do you really know how to steam sweet potatoes to retain all their nutrients? Today, let’s join the Cooking Tips section of Điện Máy XANH cooking to immediately pocket this delicious, sweet, and nutritious way to steam sweet potatoes!
1. Do not peel the sweet potatoes
To boil sweet potatoes well, first, you need to put them in a bowl and scrub the dirt and sand around them with your hands, then rinse again with clean water to ensure the outer skin of the sweet potatoes is really clean.
This way, when steaming, the dirt on the skin will not seep into the flesh of the tuber and helps protect the flesh better, preventing nutrient loss.
2. Cut off both ends of the sweet potato
Next, after washing the sweet potato skin, use a knife to cut off the head and tail of the sweet potato by about 1/2 to 1 finger length. This method will help the sweet potatoes heat up quickly, cook evenly, and taste better.
3. Steam the sweet potato when the water is boiling
To make the sweet potato sweet, creamy, and attractive, you should let the water in the steamer boil well before adding the sweet potato! Because hot water will help lock in the nutrients and the characteristic sweetness of the sweet potato, making it taste sweeter when enjoyed.
4. Time the steaming
Besides the above factors, mastering the steaming time is also very important as it is the final step to determine the quality of the steamed sweet potato.
Therefore, when steaming, you should turn the heat up high for the first 5 minutes, then switch to medium heat and continue steaming for the remaining 20 minutes before turning off the stove! This tip will help the starch in the sweet potato convert to sugar at the best temperature in the first 5 minutes and make the sweet potato softer and sweeter.
However, depending on the size of the sweet potato you choose, the steaming time may vary, so in the last 20 minutes, you can use chopsticks to test. If the chopsticks easily pierce through, it means the sweet potato is cooked, and you can turn off the stove and enjoy.
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Hopefully, through the guiding steps on how to steam sweet potatoes deliciously, you can steam delicious, sweet sweet potatoes that are fully nutritious. Wishing you success in your implementation!
