Alluring Sweet Potato Coconut Sticks

Name: Alluring Sweet Potato Coconut Sticks
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300 grams Japanese sweet potato; 50 ml Hon-mirin (or honey); 1 tbsp Sugar (if using honey, don't use); 15 grams Coconut (fine, long, etc); 1 Vegetable oil (for deep frying)

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I thought of a delicious autumn flavor using mirin. I figured that sweet potato and coconut together would definitely be delicious. I made this three days in a row upon the request of my husband and son.

Boiling the syrup brings out its sweetness, so please boil until thick. I used fine coconut, but use whatever you have available. You can substitute honey for the mirin and sugar. Recipe by Harukomachi

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Ingredients

4 servings

300 gramsJapanese sweet potato
50 mlHon-mirin (or honey)
1 tbspSugar (if using honey, don't use)
15 gramsCoconut (fine, long, etc)
1Vegetable oil (for deep frying)

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Steps

1

Cut the sweet potato into 1 cm rectangular sticks and soak in water.
2

Remove from the water and place on a paper towel to fully dry.
3

Combine the mirin and sugar in a small pot and boil until the amount is reduced to about half.
4

Heat about 5 mm of vegetable oil in a frying pan big enough to hold the sweet potatoes if laid flat.
5

Add the potatoes while the oil isn't that hot. (This keeps the oil from spitting and helps to bring out the sweetness.)
6

Cook both sides until golden brown while turning over. Place on a paper towel.
7

Place in a heat resistant container while hot and top with the syrup from Step 3. Mix well and top with plenty of coconut.