Murasaki sweet potato recipe how to#
Murasaki sweet potato recipe skin#

My ingredient list calls for mirin, but if you don’t have it you can substitute water. But do not worry! This sugar syrup is easy and (if you follow directions) foolproof. Normally, the words “caramelized sugar” strike fear into the hearts of home cooks.

While your sweet potatoes are air frying, you’ll want to whip up your caramelized sugar syrup. Plus, because you cover it in a sweet syrup, you still get loads of flavor. The sweet potato is cut into small cubes, so it cooks really fast and gets super crispy. And while some deep fried recipes don’t translate easily to oil-less methods, this Japanese candied sweet potato is PERFECT for air frying. While nothing can beat the taste of deep frying a sweet potato, at home I just don’t want to deal, especially when it’s for a snack or side. It’s amazing! So much crispiness! So little oil! And so fast! Here’s a shameless plug for the kind of air fryer I have in an affiliate link. So anyhow, if you’ve been following my blog for the past few months, you know that I’ve become obsessed with my air fryer. Check out my mid-autumn festival post for more info on that. To be honest, being born and raised in America, I don’t think I fully grasp the concept of why potato digging is a thing, but it seems to be something about potatoes signifying the fall harvest.Īnd if you didn’t know, fall harvest is a BIG DEAL in many Asian countries. And every year, my kids’ Japanese daycare does a big potato digging harvest event. There are whole children’s songs dedicated to roasted potatoes. *drool*Īnyway, sweet potatoes are kind of a big deal in Japan. I went to college in San Diego, so I guess my version of daigaku imo is carne asada fries. The name literally translates to “college potato,” I guess as it originated as cheap snack for college students. Daigaku imo is a Japanese snack made from deep fried sweet potato and covered in a caramelized sugar syrup. What is Daigaku Imo?įorget chestnuts roasting on an open fire – as soon as temperatures drop, I’m all about sweet potatoes fried and covered in sticky sweet goodness. So bust out your air fryers and give this Japanese candied sweet potato a try.

You still get that super crispy exterior to the sweet potato with minimal mess AND cook time.

But THIS recipe is the hack of all sweet potato hacks, using the beloved air fryer. There are also some daigaku imo recipes that allow for a hack to get out of deep frying, by steaming and frying over the stovetop. Normally, daigaku imo is deep fried, which, of course, is heavenly. In Japanese, this dish is called daigaku imo. Nate and I really love them, but they are kind of hard to find.This air fryer candied sweet potato is a perfect snack for a chilly day. Seriously, if you ever see these at your market, grab a few and give them a try. The process for roasting them is super simple, but I will share the “recipe” below so you can replicate how we cooked them (and so I can remember what I did myself!). As long as I remember to defrost them when we need them, I think we should be good to go! Which is why I’m super excited to have a whole bunch already cooked and ready to go in the freezer. I don’t know about you, but one of my major barriers to eating sweet potatoes is remembering to start cooking them early enough to actually have them done by dinnertime. To preserve them I roasted all of the sweet potatoes at once, placed in freezer bags after they cooled and then stored them in the freezer. Once I discovered how delicious Japanese sweet potatoes are, I ordered a whole bunch from my CSA. What do you do with Japanese Sweet Potatoes? ( Click here to read more about the history and origin of Japanese sweet potatoes, it’s pretty interesting!) We like to roast Japanese sweet potatoes, cut them in half and top with butter, salt and pepper. We found Japanese sweet potatoes to have a buttery, almost squash-like flavor that is divine and their texture is a little bit different than other sweet potatoes.

Murasaki sweet potato recipe skin#

They are a sweet potato with brown or red skin and whitish flesh that turns yellow upon cooking. I just think they are a super healthy, crazy delicious tuber that you should definitely buy if you ever see them at the store or as an option in your CSA. So what are Japanese sweet potatoes anyway? Apparently Olivia Munn thinks they are the fountain of youth.

Murasaki sweet potato recipe how to#

I mentioned them quickly in a weekly menu post previously, but I would like to talk about them a bit more and share how to make roasted Japanese sweet potatoes, which are pretty much heaven on a plate. Have you ever had Japanese sweet potatoes? I didn’t know what they were until they showed up in my CSA bag one week.