We have this one and its wonderful for many types of microwave recipes.Īs well as your microwave you will need a good steamer basket that will fit in your microwave. Then for the kitchen gadgets that we have used in this microwave sweet potato cubes recipe it has just been our Panasonic Microwave Oven. Though you can mix and match depending on what you are serving it with. Seasoning – Then for seasoning your sweet potatoes I love to keep it simple with salt, pepper, sweet paprika and coriander. Water – To microwave sweet potato cubes you will need a tablespoon of water into the bottom of your steamer basket. You can use any seasonal sweet potatoes, it doesn’t have to be a specific type. Or sweet potatoes that have not been sat in your pantry for ages. Potatoes – For the best sweet potato cubes in the microwave I would recommend some good quality sweet potatoes. Microwave Sweet Potato Cubes Recipe Ingredients We will then send you the BEST microwave beginner recipes direct to your email inbox along with other useful microwave resources. Would you like easy & amazing microwave recipes from microwave experts? Click here and join the Recipe This Newsletter. You could then skip a step in our microwave chopped sweet potato recipe and then load them straight into your steamer basket.Īs well as this you could also use pre cut veggie bags such as the sweet potato and butternut squash cube mixes from Morrisons. Or the lazy option is to buy pre cut sweet potato cubes and then you don’t have any prep to worry about. If you want to soften sweet potatoes in the microwave I would recommend 5 minutes cook time. Or you might be using the sweet potatoes in another meal and want them soft enough that they don’t make your skillet dinner a really slow process. Simply cook for 3 minutes instead of 8 minutes and then the sweet potatoes will be cooked for long enough for you to freeze them for later. Just think, perfectly cooked sweet potato cubes in 8 minutes! Parboil Sweet PotatoesĪnother option is to use the microwave to parboil sweet potatoes. Or if you air fry sweet potato cubes you are looking at about 12-15 minutes.īut microwave sweet potato cubes are just cooked on 5 minutes and fork tender on 8 minutes. If you microwave a whole sweet potato, then you will be looking at between 7-10 minutes depending on your microwave wattage. If you are looking for the fastest way to cook sweet potatoes, then nothing beats microwave sweet potato cubes.
Sweet potato cubes in the microwave are done in a similar way to other steamed microwave veggies and are also a really quick way to cook your sweet potatoes. Cooking sweet potato cubes in the microwave is very easy and you are using a steamer basket to perfectly cook them. Though I always had them over soup as an alternative to croutons.īut I also wanted to see how the microwave compared and what steamed cube sweet potatoes would be like. They were so crispy like regular white potatoes, and you can load them into any of your favourite dishes. On paleo white potatoes are swapped with sweet potatoes and all of a sudden I am cooking with sweet potatoes all the time and love how easy and fast they cook.īut my favourite method with sweet potatoes was always to peel them and cut the sweet potato into cubes and cook them in the air fryer. I had rarely had a sweet potato, up until 2015 when I first discovered the paleo way of life. Well, that is me with cubed sweet potatoes.
So, um, brb-just decided I’m making sweet potatoes for lunch. You’ll know it’s finished when you can easily insert a fork or knife into it with no effort. Depending on the size of the potato and the strength of your microwave, it takes between eight and 12 minutes to become tender. Then, wrap your sweet potato in a damp paper towel and place it on a microwaveable plate. (Seriously, don't skip this step, unless you're cool with a sweet potato explosion your microwave.) Prep the potato the same way you would for roasting: Scrub it and use a fork to prick several holes through the skin. Think of it more like a steamed sweet potato than a roasted one, and enjoy its luscious and creamy interior. But Kendra also likes to simply split the potato lengthwise, rake its flesh with a fork, and drizzle it with oil or butter.
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If you'd like to mash or purée the insides, the skin peels off really easily. Wanna know the fastest way to join the put-an-egg-on-it club? Photo & Food Styling by Kendra Vaculin
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