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How To Cook Yams

Matt Kemp from the Underground Cookery School shows you how to cook sweet potato two ways. Enjoy your sweet potato baked or deep fry them into a lovely vegetable crisp. Enlarge

How To Cook Yams

Matt Kemp from the Underground Cookery School shows you how to cook sweet potato two ways. Enjoy your sweet potato baked or deep fry them into a lovely vegetable crisp.

Prep:
5m
Cook:
25m
Total:
30m
Serves:
2
Temp:
170° c  -  340° f

Ingredients

  • sweet potato
  • olive oil
  • thyme
  • salt
  • black pepper

Step 1: Season the Yams

Peel and slice the sweet potato. Add to a tray. Add some olive oil, salt, black pepper and thyme.

Step 2: Bake the Yams

Place in the oven at 170C for 20-25 minutes. Turn the potatoes halfway through cooking.

Step 3: Or Make Sweet Potato Crisps

Thinly slice a separate sweet potato into crisps. Add to a flash fryer and cook for about 25 seconds.