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Candied Sweet Potatoes Recipes

Candied Sweet Potato Recipe

5 from 9 votes
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.
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Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients Method

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)

Method
 

  1. Slice the potatoes into bite-sized chunks. Keep the skin on.
  2. Add 300 ml of vegetable oil into a frying pan
  3. 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)
    Sweet potatoes frying
  4. Occasionally stir and rotate the potatoes
  5. 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)
  6. Add the sugar, mirin, honey, and soy sauce into a large pot
    Addin the sauce to the pan
  7. Heat until boiling. Occasionally stir while heating so bottom doesn't burn
  8. Add the fried potatoes into the pot and mix with the sauce
    Stirring the potatoes
  9. Add some sesame seeds to the pot and continue mixing
    Adding the sesame seeds
  10. Once fully mixed, turn off the stove, remove potatoes from the heat, serve, and enjoy!
    Finished candied sweet potatoes