This recipe has a fruity but nice Asian sauce that is poured over the potatoes when they are done. Not your everyday stuff.
How To Make Crockpot Malaysian Sweet Potatoes
A wonderful spin on your regular sweet potato recipe. Influenced by Southern Asian palate, these tender sweet potatoes goes well with the sauce base of lemongrass, ginger, and tamarind.
Prep:
25 mins
Cook:
5 hrs
Total:
5 hrs 25 mins
Ingredients
- 3 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 1/2 inches fresh ginger, peeled and minced
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 stalk lemongrass, outer leaves removed, and split lengthwise
- 1 tbsp. sesame oil
- 1 1/2 tsp. tamarind paste
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup light soy sauce
- 2 cup orange juice
- 1 grated lemon, zested
- 1 pinch ground red pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Place ingredients into crock pot.
- Cover and cook on high for 4 1/2-5 hours or until potatoes are nice and tender.
- Remove lemongrass pieces and discard.
- Season with salt and pepper, if desired.
- Remove potatoes and keep warm; pour liquid from crock pot into a sauté pan and reduce until it gets thick and syrupy, then pour over potatoes; serve.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 28g
- :
- Calcium: 127mg
- Calories: 418kcal
- Carbohydrates: 88g
- Fat: 4g
- Fiber: 11g
- Iron: 3mg
- Potassium: 1530mg
- Protein: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 1001mg
- Vitamin A: 48511IU
- Vitamin C: 73mg
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