Rice Cooker
Purple Okinawan Potatoes
- Side Dish
Prepare these purple beauties with the press of a button. Okinawan purple sweet potatoes are a superfood you’ll want to get in your steady dinner rotation STAT!
- Servings 3-4
- Preparation 10 min
- Cooking 35 min
Ingredients
Ingredients below are for a 5.5-cup cooker. Double the ingredients for a 10-cup cooker.
- 2-3 Purple Hawaiian or Okinawan sweet potatoes, peeled
- 200 ml Water
- ¼ tsp salt
Directions
- Place all the ingredients in the inner pot and close the lid. Choose the [Slow Cook] function and set the timer to 35 minutes. Press Start.
- Once complete, serve on a plate.
WHAT ARE OKINAWAN PURPLE SWEET POTATOES?
Okinawan purple sweet potatoes are long and tubular shaped with a tan skin and a vibrant purple interior. Also known as Japanese purple potatoes and Hawaiian purple potatoes, they are packed with manganese, vitamins A and C – along with a good deal of dietary fiber and iron.
Once cooked, they take on a smooth, creamy and slightly starchy consistency with a mildly sweet and nutty flavor.
These purple wonders go so well chopped as a topper in your favorite healthy grain bowl, in a sweet potato pie for the holidays – or as the star ingredient in a decadent purple sweet potato haupia pie.
And they’re so easy to prepare in your rice cooker!
HOW TO MAKE PURPLE SWEET POTATOES IN A RICE COOKER
The premise in cooking purple potatoes in a rice cooker is very similar to cooking them on the stovetop. You’re basically boiling them (peeled) until they achieve a soft, smooth, creamy texture.
However, the advantage to the rice cooker method is that you don’t have to keep an eye on a boiling pot of water on the stovetop – constantly sticking a fork in your perfect potatoes to see if they’re properly cooked.
When the timer sounds off, they’re good to go!
For a perfectly cooked Japanese purple potato, simply peel them and place in your rice cooker with water and a pinch of salt. 35 minutes on the Slow Cook function should do the trick.
Eat these delicious nutritional giants with gusto!
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