The candied cooking technique originates from Shandong and has always been a very famous traditional dessert cooking method in our country. Many families prepare this kind of dessert during holidays or when entertaining guests. Candied sweet potato, candied apple, candied golden jujube, candied banana, etc., are all very famous dishes prepared using the candied cooking method. Today, we will teach you how to make one of these – the candied sweet potato.
Method One for Candied Sweet Potato
Candied Sweet Potato
Ingredients Needed
Sweet potato, white granulated sugar, vegetable oil.
Steps
1. Prepare all ingredients. Peel the sweet potato, wash it, and cut it into chunks.
2. Place a flat-bottomed pan, pour in vegetable oil, and turn on medium-low heat until there is no blue smoke rising from the oil surface.
3. Add the chopped sweet potato, adjust to low heat, and fry until the surface turns golden. Remove and set aside, ensuring all the oil is drained off.
4. Take a serving plate and coat it with a layer of vegetable oil. Pour the sugar into the remaining oil in the pan and cook until it turns golden and becomes sticky.
5. Add the fried sweet potato to the syrup pan, turn off the heat, stir evenly so that the sweet potato is coated with syrup, then transfer to the serving plate.
Method Two for Candied Sweet Potato
Candied Sweet Potato
Ingredients Needed
Sweet potato, granulated sugar, salad oil.
Steps
1. Peel the sweet potato, rinse, drain, and cut into evenly sized chunks.
2. Heat the pan with salad oil, add the sweet potato chunks and fry until they are about 60% cooked. Remove and drain the oil.
3. Add granulated sugar to the residual oil in the pan, maintain low heat, and cook until the syrup thickens, stirring continuously with a spoon.
4. Add the fried sweet potato to the syrup, ensuring the sauce evenly coats the sweet potato. Serve immediately.
Method Three for Candied Sweet Potato
Candied Sweet Potato
Ingredients Needed
Sweet potato, salad oil, granulated sugar, water.
Steps
1. Wash the sweet potato skin and cut it into chunks. Prepare half a bowl of granulated sugar and cold water.
2. Pour oil into the pot; as sweet potato is a root vegetable, the oil temperature should be around 50% hot.
3. Add the sweet potato chunks and fry over low heat until the surface turns golden and the inside is basically cooked. Remove and drain the oil.
4. Put some oil in the pot, heat over medium heat, add granulated sugar, and stir continuously with a spatula to ensure even heating.
5. Pour water into the pot, turn to low heat, and simmer until the syrup thickens. Quickly add the previously fried sweet potato chunks to the pot.
6. Stir quickly with a spatula to evenly coat the sweet potato with syrup, then serve.