Today, TasteVN will guide you through 2 ways to make sweet potato snacks – sweet potato fries with a delicious crispy flavor, blended with a hint of spiciness and saltiness that melts in your mouth. Be assured that it will make you unable to stop eating. Let’s get cooking and immediately prepare these 2 snacks!
1. Sweet Potato Snacks
Preparation Time
30 minutes
Difficulty Level
Easy
Ingredients for Sweet Potato Snacks Serves 03 people
Sweet potatoes 2 tubers Salt 1 tablespoon Brown sugar 1 tablespoon (you can use white granulated sugar) Chili powder 2 teaspoons Thyme 1 teaspoon (optional) Cooking oil 200 ml
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How to Prepare Sweet Potato Snacks
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Pound the spices
First, add all the spices into a mortar that has been prepared, including: 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, 2 teaspoons of chili powder, and 1 teaspoon of thyme. Then use a pestle to pound the spices until finely ground.
Tip: You can substitute chili powder with cheese powder according to your preference.
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Prepare the potatoes
After buying the potatoes, wash them thoroughly and then peel off the skin. Remove any deep eyes on the potato body.
Next, use a knife to slice the potatoes into thin pieces. If you have a double-edged knife, use it so that the potato slices are of equal thickness.
Thin potato slices will fry crispier than thick ones.
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Fry the potatoes
In a pan, add 300ml of cooking oil and heat it over high heat until the oil is hot, then lower to medium heat.
Next, add the potatoes for frying, do it gradually, do not add too many potatoes at once to avoid them sticking together.
When the potatoes are golden brown, bubbling, and crispy, remove them to a plate lined with paper towels.
Note:- Use a moderate amount of potatoes to prevent them from sticking together, making them not crispy evenly.
- Do not fry the potatoes over too high heat as it will cause them to burn quickly.
- Frying the potatoes submerged in oil helps them to be golden, cooked, and crispy evenly. This will also help you save oil when frying. The oil remaining after frying can be filtered by adding a few slices of ginger to it. This oil can be reused once more.
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Seasoning
After the potatoes cool down and become crispy, place them in a bowl and add the crushed spice mixture, then toss well with the potatoes.
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Final product
The fried sweet potato dish is crispy with a salty-sweet, slightly spicy flavor and an incredibly appealing aroma, making it a wonderful snack for all ages. To keep the potatoes crispy for a long time, let them cool completely, then place them in a plastic bag or an airtight container and store them in a cool place.
2. Seaweed sweet potato chips
Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
5 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Seaweed Sweet Potato Chips Serves 3
Sweet potatoes 3 tubers Dried seaweed 1 piece Chili powder 1/2 teaspoon (can use cheese powder as a substitute) Cooking oil 300 ml Salt 6.5 teaspoons
Information about seaweed
- To make this snack, you should choose to buy the type of seaweed dried, crispy, whole pieces, with or without seasoning are both fine. Additionally, you can buy the type of crushed seaweed usually used to eat with white rice as well.
- Crushed seaweed or dried seaweed can be purchased at TasteVN supermarket chains or online on the website bachhoaxanh.com.
How to make Sweet Potato Seaweed Snack
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Prepare sweet potatoes
First, add 600ml of water and 6 teaspoons of salt into a bowl, stir well until the salt is completely dissolved.
Wash the sweet potatoes and then use a peeler to remove the outer skin and slice them into thin pieces into the diluted saltwater.
Then soak for about 30 minutes, then take them out and rinse with clean water, and let them drain.
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Fried Sweet Potatoes
Pour 300ml of cooking oil into the pan, wait until the oil is bubbling vigorously, then reduce the heat to medium and add the sweet potatoes. Stir-fry for about 3 minutes until the sweet potatoes are golden and crispy, then remove them and let them drain on paper towels.
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Make Seaweed Salt
Cut the dried seaweed into small pieces and put it into a bowl, then add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of chili powder. Mix well so that the spices combine.
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Mix Sweet Potatoes with Seaweed
To mix the sweet potatoes with seaweed, place the drained sweet potatoes in a bowl along with the seaweed salt mixture you just made. Then cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and shake gently until the seaweed salt evenly coats the sweet potatoes.
Final product
Seaweed sweet potato snacks after completion will give you a crunchy, rich, sweet flavor of sweet potatoes blended with a bit of spiciness and saltiness from the seasoning. The seaweed is fragrant and crispy in your mouth.
This will definitely be a super delicious snack to prepare and enjoy while watching movies!
How to choose sweet, delicious sweet potatoes
- You should choose sweet potatoes that are round or elongated, without any bulges or dents, and feel firm but not too hard or too large. These sweet potatoes will have less fiber, are rich in starch, and are very sweet.
- Do not choose potatoes with black spots and those that are too soft as these are spoiled or infested (wormy potatoes).
- Additionally, avoid choosing potatoes that are too small, long, or have bulges or dents, as they will have more fibers and won’t taste good.
How to store sweet potato snacks
- To help the snacks last longer, wait for them to cool down completely before placing them in a bag or airtight container. With this method, the snacks can be used for about 1 – 2 weeks.
- Additionally, storing them in vacuum-sealed bags or using moisture-absorbing bags will keep the snacks crispy and delicious for up to 1 month.
Above is a guide on how to make 2 types of sweet potato snacks – sweet potato shake seasoned with spices and crispy seaweed, perfect for enjoying with friends and family. We hope that with the above instructions, you can successfully make these 2 snacks!
*Refer to the recipes and images from 2 YouTube channels cooky.vn and Feedy VN
