How to make dried sweet potatoes

Dried sweet potatoes are a very good snack because they are low in sugar and eating too much of them will not cause a sore throat, so they have become a favorite snack for many people. If you have a lot of sweet potatoes at home, it is also possible to make dried sweet potatoes at home, because the method of making dried sweet potatoes is relatively simple. Today I will bring you a method for making dried sweet potatoes.

How to dry sweet potatoes at home

1. Material selection

When drying sweet potatoes, choose large ones with thin skin, large size and low starch content.

2. Wash and cook until soft (steamed)

Wash the sweet potatoes, cut them in half, and cook them in boiling water until soft, or steam them.

3. Drying/cutting

Remove from the heat and let cool. After peeling, cut into slices or strips of your choice and flatten. Flatten and dry in the sun, the dried sweet potatoes made in this way are very sweet and delicious!

3. Drying

Then dry it in the sun to remove moisture! Spread it flat on the cover curtain (cover curtain, also called cover pad, dumpling curtain, dumpling paddle, dumpling plate, grate curtain, cover. It is used to place various pasta and can also be used as a pot cover.) If the sunlight is good, it is generally dried for four to five days. Remember to turn it over and dry it continuously in the middle. Of course, how long it takes depends on the sunshine conditions.

After drying, this kind of food can be eaten directly. When drying, the yellow ones have not been steamed yet. The dried sweet potatoes that have not been completely dried are soft and sweet in the mouth.

Tips: If you have the patience, you can cover the clothes with gauze or net to block the dust when drying them. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. Of course, hanging is more conducive to air drying.

4. High temperature steaming and then exposure to the sun

The ones in the previous step are not completely dried! You can choose to put them in a wooden barrel steamer and steam them at high temperature to steam off the moisture of the sweet potatoes! Such sweet potatoes are softer to eat and can be stored for a long time! After steaming, put them in the sun to dry, and dry them hard! Finally, dry them into dried sweet potatoes! After drying, you can store them!

Tips: Cover and keep it steamed after steaming, and then dry it the next day. It will be sweeter, but the color will be a little darker.

A clever way to dry sweet potatoes without drying them in the sun

If you want to be lazy, you can make delicious dried sweet potatoes without drying them in the sun. Specific practices include:

1. Cut the prepared sweet potato into two halves, then put it into the steamer, add appropriate amount of water and stew it for about ten minutes. If you are not sure, you can also use chopsticks to check the maturity of the sweet potato. If you can penetrate the sweet potato directly, it means it is cooked.

2. Take out the cooked sweet potato, put it on the chopping board and wait until it cools down, then peel the sweet potato skin with your hands. Do not ignore this step, because the sweet potato skin tastes bad. Or before steaming the sweet potato, you can peel the sweet potato skin directly, which is more convenient and saves trouble. Then cut the sweet potato into strips for later use.

3. Then put the cut sweet potatoes on the baking tray. In order to prevent the sweet potatoes from sticking to the tray, it is best to put a layer of tin foil on the baking tray first. This will not only prevent the sweet potatoes from sticking to the tray, but also allow the sweet potatoes to be heated more evenly. Put them in the oven at 150 degrees and bake for about 30 minutes. The nutritious and delicious dried sweet potatoes are ready. If you like them a little drier, you can continue to bake for 30 minutes, but it still depends on your taste.

Can sweet potatoes be dried in winter?

Of course. Sweet potatoes become very sweet in winter, and the dried sweet potatoes that are dried out during the sun are not easy to become sour, and they are also clean because there is no contamination from flies.