Simmered Sweet Potatoes and Bacon

Simmered using a stockpot

Cooking time

20min

Calories

209kcal

Sodium

400mg

Nutrition facts are for one serving.

Ingredients(Servings: 2)

Directions

Rinse the sweet potato well, then chop into large bite-size pieces without peeling.
Mince the onion, and cut the bacon into 1 cm (approx. 1/2 in.) wide rectangles.
Oil a stockpot with the cooking oil, then add (2) and cook over low heat.
When the onion becomes translucent, add the sweet potatoes (1). Then, add (A) and cover with a lid. Stir from time to time to keep it from burning.
When the sweet potatoes soften, taste and season with salt and pepper.

Cooking Basics

Sweet potatoes - removing starch

To remove excess starch, place cut sweet potatoes into cold water making sure the cut surfaces are submerged. This step is especially recommended for "kinton" (Japanese-style mashed sweet potato) and other lightly seasoned dishes where a delectable color is desired. Soaking time of about 5 minutes is sufficient.

Onions - finely chopped

Cut the onion with its outer skin removed vertically in half, and thinly slice cut-side down without cutting as far as the base. Then lay the knife flat and insert horizontal cuts, finely chopping from end to end.