Scale
arrow_back Recipe

Recipe Git v1

Daigakuimo (Japanese Candied Sweet Potato)

Cookbook | Recipes | Ingredients | Equipment | Techniques | Cookbook Disambiguation Pages | Recipes | Cuisine of Japan

Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 4 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Side, Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Japanese, Fried

Tags: deep fried, easy, japanese, naturally gluten-free, recipes using granulated sugar, recipes using sweet potato, recipes using vegetable oil, recipes with metric units, recipes without cooking time, side dish, vegetarian

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ADaigakuimo_%28Japanese_Candied_Sweet_Potato%29)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ADaigakuimo%20%28Japanese%20Candied%20Sweet%20Potato%29&oldid=4494175

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 1 pound (½ kg) Japanese sweet potatoes
  • ⅓ cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • vegetable oil for frying

Directions

  1. Cut sweet potatoes into bite-sized pieces.
  2. Heat the oil and fry the sweet potatoes at 350°F (175°C) until brown.
  3. Mix water, sugar, and soy sauce in a saucepan. Put the pan on low heat.
  4. When the liquid turns sticky, remove from the heat and add fried sweet potatoes. Quickly mix the potatoes with the sticky sugar.
  5. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the coated sweet potatoes.