How to Cook Sweet Potatoes After Peeling
Sweet potatoes add good taste, a splash of color and a slew of important nutrients to your dinner table. Each 3.5 oz. serving supplies twice your daily requirement of vitamin A, 42 percent of your daily vitamin C requirement, 8 percent of your daily thiamine requirement and calcium, iron and fiber.
Sweet potatoes add good taste, a splash of color and a slew of important nutrients to your dinner table. Each 3.5 oz. serving supplies twice your daily requirement of vitamin A, 42 percent of your daily vitamin C requirement, 8 percent of your daily thiamine requirement and calcium, iron and fiber. When you cook sweet potatoes after peeling, prevent the loss of essential nutrients, especially the water soluble vitamins C and thiamine, by cooking them quickly, using little to no additional liquid.
Oven Roasting
Step 1
Spray a baking dish with vegetable oil spray.
Step 2
Arrange peeled sweet potato slices in a single layer in the baking dish.
Step 3
Baste the tops of the sweet potato slices with olive oil and season them with a sprinkling of black pepper.
Step 4
Preheat your oven to 400 F and bake the sweet potatoes for 15 to 20 minutes.
Step 5
Turn the slices with a spatula and continue baking the sweet potatoes for another 15 to 20 minutes, until they are fork tender.
Steaming
Step 1
Add 1 to 2 inches of water to a saucepan or vegetable steamer and bring the water to a full boil on your stove.
Step 2
Add sweet potato slices or strips to a steamer insert or basket.
Step 3
Set the steamer insert or basket over the boiling water and cover the pan.
Step 4
Steam the sweet potatoes for about 10 minutes or until the slices are fork tender.
Tip
To prepare sweet potatoes for cooking, scrub each potato with a vegetable brush under cold running water. Peeling will be easier – and less dangerous – if you use a vegetable peeler, rather than a paring knife to peel the potatoes. Slice the sweet potatoes into 1/2-inch thick slices or cut them into french fry size strips.