sweet potato tempura

ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 ounces sweet potato
  • salad oil for deep frying
  • a little flour
  • a little salt

coating:

  • 1 egg
  • 1/6 cup cold water
  • 2/3 ounce flour

dipping sauce (optional):

step 1:

Cut the sweet potato into 1/4 in. wide slices.

step 2:

To make the coating, mix the egg and cold water in a bowl. Add the flour and toss.

step 3:

Dust the sweet potato slices lightly with a little flour before applying the coating (see Step 4).

step 4:

With chopsticks, dip the sweet potato slices into the coating and twirl them around to coat them. Fill a wok over half full with salad oil.

step 5:

Heat the oil to 340 °F and deep-fry the sweet potato slices a few minutes until golden brown.

step 6:

To make the dipping sauce, mix the bonito soup stock, soy sauce and sugar together in a pan and bring to a boil. Pour into two small bowls.

comment:

The cimbinations of sweet potato and crispy tempura coating is delicious. This tempura is especially popular with women.