Talk about handmade sweet potatoes

Sweet potato, a kind of coarse grains I like very much, always makes people fondle it. Every winter, I can't help but stop when I see stalls selling roasted sweet potatoes in the streets and alleys. Whether I buy it or not, just smelling that sweet smell makes people feel that it is a great cure.

There are many ways to eat sweet potatoes. Sometimes I buy more sweet potatoes at a time, and I will use them to dry sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are more resistant to release after drying, and can also be eaten as snacks, which is very convenient. However, when drying dried sweet potatoes, I believe many friends will encounter problems similar to mine, such as dark color and hard taste of dried sweet potatoes.

In this regard, I specially consulted my neighbor's grandmother, who dries sweet potatoes every winter and has a special understanding of this piece. After some research, I suddenly realized. I summed up my experience into "five skills", and I will talk to you one by one below.

There are many kinds of sweet potatoes sold in the vegetable market, but not every kind of sweet potato is suitable for drying dried sweet potatoes. When selecting dried sweet potatoes, we should pay attention to two points: one is to choose suitable sweet potato varieties, and the other is to choose fresh and complete sweet potatoes.

From the variety of sweet potato, we must choose sweet potato with high sweetness, so that it will taste sweeter after being dried into sweet potato. Generally speaking, sweet potato with red heart has the highest sweetness, followed by sweet potato with yellow heart, and sweet potato with white heart has lower sweetness, so it is best to choose sweet potato with red heart. Tobacco potato, watermelon dried sweet potato, etc. Among sweet potato varieties, it is very suitable for drying dried sweet potatoes.

From the freshness of sweet potatoes, we should choose sweet potatoes with complete appearance, less surface wear and no signs of mildew and long buds. This sweet potato has a high freshness and a better natural taste.

Don't be impatient with the fresh sweet potato you just bought home. Use it to make dried sweet potatoes at once. This is because fresh sweet potatoes usually contain a lot of water and low sugar concentration, so the taste is not so sweet. The correct way is to spread the sweet potato on the floor and put it in the sun for about 5-7 days.

During the drying process, the water in the sweet potato will slowly evaporate, and the sugar concentration inside will gradually become higher. At this time, the sweetness of sweet potatoes will be higher, and dried sweet potatoes will taste sweeter. So, be sure to remember to dry the whole sweet potato first and then dry it.

After cleaning the dried sweet potatoes, remember to soak them in salt water for about 1 hour, and then take them out to control the moisture. Soaking sweet potato in salt water can weaken the role of oxidase in sweet potato, promote the internal maturity of sweet potato, and thus improve the sweetness of sweet potato.

In addition, salt also has bactericidal effect, which can prolong the storage time of sweet potato and form a protective film on the surface of sweet potato. In the process of drying, dried sweet potatoes are not easy to turn black due to oxidation. The color of dried sweet potatoes will look better. This technique is also suitable for cooking roasted sweet potatoes.

In the drying process of dried sweet potatoes, there are two very important links, steaming and drying. When steaming, everyone must remember "steaming for three times", that is, steaming for three times, and the method and purpose of each steaming are different. After three steamed sweet potatoes are dried in the sun, they will taste very different from those once steamed.

The first steaming is for steaming. Wash the sweet potatoes and steam for about 20 minutes. You can insert it thoroughly with chopsticks. Never steam it too badly. You'd rather be raw. If the sweet potato is big, it can be cut into small pieces and steamed.

The second steaming is steaming sweet. Peel the steamed sweet potato once and cut it into vertical strips or thick slices. Remember not to be too thin, otherwise it will affect the taste. After "drying", put it in a steamer and steam it for about 20 minutes.

The third steaming is steaming and softening. Put the dried sweet potatoes after "second steaming" and "second baking" into the steamer again, and steam for about 10 minute this time.

When drying dried sweet potatoes, the "three steaming and three drying" is the legendary ancient method of steaming sweet potatoes backwards. The process of "three drying" is interspersed with the process of "three steaming". Although the process is tedious and time-consuming, dried sweet potatoes will taste good.

The first drying is to expose the steamed sweet potato slices to the sun for 2 days after the "one steaming" is completed, until the surface of the sweet potato is dry and looks obviously wrinkled.

The second drying is to put the dried sweet potatoes steamed for the second time in the sun and continue drying for 2 days after the second steaming is completed. At this time, the color of dried sweet potatoes will be more beautiful;

The third drying is the last drying after the completion of "three steaming". Put the dried sweet potato in the sun for another 2 days, and you're done.

When drying sweet potatoes, everyone should remember to be optimistic about the weather forecast in advance, and it is best to choose sunny weather for several days in a row. The sun is not enough, and dried sweet potatoes tend to turn black in the sun.

Learn from laziness.

If you want to get a dried sweet potato with golden color and no blackening, and soft and hard taste, you must pay attention to the details. The "five skills" shared with you above are the main points when drying sweet potatoes:

Choose the right sweet potato, dry it before cooking, and remember to soak it in salt water to ensure three steaming and three drying.

This way, the next time you dry sweet potatoes, everyone can apply what they have learned.