All the Reasons Why Dan Thinks Sweet Potatoes are Pretty Sweet | What’s Eating Dan?

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The humble sweet potato can be transformed into so many delectable dishes, such as roasted sweet potatoes, sweet potato soup, and sweet potato fries. Dan explains how to cook and eat these, er, sweet convolvulaceae.

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  2. I'm going to try this with sweet potato starch, just for kicks (I cook a lot of Asian food, so I have a zillion kinds of starch on hand). I have some Samyang Buldak hot chicken mayonnaise coming in a day or two, so… yum!

  3. Just to let everyone know, there's no recipe that goes with this video unless you hit the link and go to the site. The site says you'll have free access if you enter your email.

    Then, when you do that, there's more. Now they want your name and for you to create a password.

    But wait, there's more. The NEXT page wants your address and your card number, and assures you that you will not BE CHARGED UNTIL YOUR TRIAL PERIOD ENDS. lol. Yeah. Great vid. Thanks man. You're a peachy kinda guy.

  10. has anyone tried the same SP Fries recipe he made at the end but used the airfryer or oven instead of frying them in oil? I really want to make these but I really don't want to deep fry them if I don't have to. They look amazing! great info Dan Thanks

  11. OK good choices all around to have. I like to cut up sweet potatoes or yams and slowly simmer them in water, with a pinch of sea salt, about a table spoon of honey, a quarter teaspoon of both turmeric and curry powder. Let simmer for 20 minutes or so. Then either eat as they are or make a soup or a pie filling. Just something about the complex flavour profiles that develop with this combination. One could add some chopped dates, figs, currants or raisins to the cooking liquid instead of honey.

  23. You forgot about candied and mashed sweet potatoes, but the best is grilled. Wrap potato in foil, place on grill, turn every 39 minutes and after an hour and a half to two hours (depending on potatoes) you have the creamiest best tasting ever.

  26. i appreciate your comment at 3:40 that you were indeed "acting" and that basic sweet potato fries just aren't that great. Appreciate you being honest…. and then going into the science on how restaurants (and me!) can make them awesome.

  31. Since the outside is already so starchy with that sweet potato starch mixture, do yall think these would lend themselves to oven baked fries? Im thinking of how the British make their fries (boiled to expose starch on the surface and then baked to crisp up the starch) and it's making me wonder…

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