Candied Sweet Potato Recipe
With a crispy skin, a sweet coating and a tender inside, these candied sweet potatoes are a perfect snack on a cool fall or wintery day. These go well with a cup of coffee or tea. This candied sweet potato recipe is easy to make and both kids and adults will love it as a snack.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 300 ml vegetable oil
Sweet Sauce Ingredients
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- sesame seeds (add as you like)
Instructions
- Slice the potatoes into bite-sized chunks. Keep the skin on.
- Add 300 ml of vegetable oil into a frying pan
- Add the potatoes and fry for about 7 minutes on low heat. (Insert a toothpick into the potato. If it is easily inserted, the potatoes are finished)
- Occasionally stir and rotate the potatoes
- Remove the potatoes from the oil. (Fry a second batch of potatoes using the same method if all the potatoes won't fit into your frying pan)
- Add the sugar, mirin, honey, and soy sauce into a large pot
- Heat until boiling. Occasionally stir while heating so bottom doesn't burn
- Add the fried potatoes into the pot and mix with the sauce
- Add some sesame seeds to the pot and continue mixing
- Once fully mixed, turn off the stove, remove potatoes from the heat, serve, and enjoy!
