Boiled Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Choose sweet potatoes of the same size.
Put them into boiling salted water.
Cook and serve
Cook until a fork easily pierces the largest potato.
Pour off the water and let them dry in the oven for 5 minutes.
Peel before serving.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Sweet potatoes
- Starch that softens as it cooks, giving a moist, tender, creamy texture and natural sweetness.
The step that matters
Cook until a fork easily pierces the largest potato. Heat reaches the centre of each potato slowly, so uniform sizes cook evenly. Testing the largest one ensures it is fully tender, while smaller ones may overcook and turn waterlogged.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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