Homemade dried sweet potato is so simple, the color is not black, sweet and chewy, and it can be stored for a long time
The sweet potatoes planted by my father in the countryside are already ready to be harvested. Sweet potatoes are also called sweet potatoes. After the sweet potatoes are mature, they can harvest a lot. In addition to using some of them to make sweet potato starch and sweet potato noodles, they will also keep some of them at home. They can be cooked and eaten at ordinary times. , grilled to eat, then there is another way to eat - dried sweet potato, dried sweet potato is liked by all the family members, sweet and chewy, every household needs to dry a lot when I was a child, and now I live in In the city, there is no place for drying sweet potatoes in front of the house, so I can only make a little less each time, but because I do less, it will not be wasted every time, and I will want to eat it again after I finish it. It has also changed from the previous repeated steaming and drying to one-time cooking and drying, and the method is simpler;
In the past, when making dried sweet potatoes, the sweet potatoes were first cleaned, and then "steamed, peeled, cut into pieces, dried, re-steamed, dried again, steamed three times, and finally dried." The first steaming is to facilitate peeling and avoid oxidation. The second steaming can speed up the evaporation of water and make the sweet potatoes sweeter. The third steaming can set the shape, and the taste of the sweet potatoes will not be too hard, which is too difficult and too difficult to operate. Wasting time;
Today, I will share with you how to make one-time dried sweet potato at home. It is more suitable for small amount of production at home. The dried sweet potato you want to make is delicious and the color is not black. It is a skill. The dried sweet potato cannot be cooked directly. The boiled dried sweet potatoes are easy to turn black. After they are recovered from the ground, they will be put for a period of time. After removing the water and starch precipitation, they will be sweeter. If they are bought from the market, they can also be bought at home and stored for a few days, and then soaked in salt water. Avoid dried sweet potatoes from turning black. The concentration of salt water is about the same as that of sea water, and then steamed and dried. You can make healthy and delicious dried sweet potatoes in about two days. Friends who like it can try it! ;
[Raw materials] 2 pots of sweet potato and salt water;
【Production Method】
Prepare some sweet potatoes at home, buy some if you don’t have them, peel the prepared sweet potatoes, and peel them as cleanly as possible. Clean one after peeling one, clean the surface, and then soak it in salt water directly, so that It can avoid surface oxidation and black color;
After the sweet potatoes are peeled, take them out, take them one by one, cut one by one, cut the sweet potatoes into strips, about the thickness of a finger, and put the cut sweet potatoes in another salt water basin immediately. Soak , This can remove the excess starch on the surface, prevent the surface of the sweet potato from oxidizing, keep it from discoloring, and lock the sugar in the sweet potato. After all of them are cut, soak them in salt water for 20 minutes;
Put the soaked dried sweet potatoes on the steamer. It is recommended to use steamed ones. This can preserve the nutrition of the sweet potatoes to the greatest extent, and the taste will be better. Put the sweet potatoes on the steamer. I did not stack them together for steaming. In this way, it can be steamed faster, and it will be more convenient to take it out. Steam it in a pot with cold water, and steam it for about 10 minutes after the water is boiled. Or you can use chopsticks to insert the sweet potato fries. If you can easily penetrate it, it means it is cooked. ;
Let the steamed sweet potato fries cool down slightly, then take them out and put them on the dumpling mat or bamboo strips. This kind of upper and lower sides can be breathable, and it can be dried faster and better. The sweet potatoes are slightly compact at the beginning. relationship, it will deflate after drying, and the gap will become larger;
After drying for a period of time, turn it over in time, so that each side can be exposed to the sun. Generally, it can be dried in 2-3 days. After drying, it can be placed in a fresh-keeping box or a fresh-keeping bag and placed in a cool and dry place. Local storage, can be stored for about 3 months;
The degree of hardness and softness of the sun can be adjusted according to your own preferences. If it is hard, it has less water and can be stored for a longer time.
【Oven version of dried sweet potato】
If you happen to encounter the weather without the sun, you can bake it in the oven, bake it at 120 degrees up and down for half an hour, then turn it to 100 degrees and bake for another half an hour. The specific temperature can be based on your own oven temperature and the thickness of the dried sweet potatoes. Adjustment, if the dried sweet potato is still a little soft, you can put it outside to dry for a while;
Summary of the practice of dried sweet potatoes:
It is recommended to choose sweet potatoes for dried sweet potatoes. The taste and appearance of sweet potatoes are not as good as those of sweet potatoes;
Sweet potatoes can still be eaten after sprouting, do not need to be thrown away;
If you feel that the operation is not good and you don’t like the blackness of the sweet potatoes, you can also steam them and then cut them, but it takes more time;