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deep-fried sweet potato sticks coated with sugar

Name: Deep-Fried Sweet Potato Sticks Coated with Sugar
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 280 g sweet potato; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon water; salad oil for deep flying

Serves: 4
Calories: 201 kcal
Total Time: 15 m
- Prep: 5 m
- Cook: 10 m
Japanese: Imo-kenpi

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ingredients:

280 g sweet potato
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon water
salad oil for deep flying

step 1:

Peel the sweet potato and cut into sticks of about 1 cm. square × 5 cm. long.

step 2:

Heat the oil to 170 °C and deep-fry the sweet potato sticks for 7 minutes. Remove and drain.

step 3:

Mix the water and sugar in a pan and bring to a boil.

step 4:

Add the potato sticks and mix.

comment:

Green tea suits imo-kenpi well. Once you start eating imo-kenpi, you probably cannot stop. Imo-kenpi is very famous in Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku Island in the southern part of Japan.

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