sweet potato frittata

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ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 7 ounces sweet potato
• 1 onion
• 4 slices bacon
• 1 3/4 ounces frozen green soybeans

• 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
• 2/3 ounce butter
• a little olive oil
• a little salt and pepper

step 1:

Steam the sweet potato on medium heat about 15minutes. Break it up into bite–size pieces.

step 2:

Cut the bacon slices into 8 equal portions. Slice the onion. Heat the butter and olive oil in a frying pan and saute the bacon and onion. Remove from heat and let cool.

step 3:

Defrost the frozen green soybeans, and shell them. Beat the eggs in a bowl. Add the Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and mix. Add the sweet potato. Add the green soybeans and sauteed bacon and onions and mix.

step 4:

Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan. Pour in the egg mixture (Step 3). While shaking the frying pan, lightly stir with a rubber spoon. When it gets to a soft–boiled scrambled state, stop stirring and let it bake on medium heat about 3 minutes without further mixing. When the egg mixture changes to a light brown color, turn off the heat. Cover with a plate which bigger than the frying pan. Invert the frittata into the plate. Return it to the frying pan and cook the other side on low heat for about 4 minutes.

Dipping sauces

Sweet potato frittata is served with one of the following dipping sauces.

• Soy Sauce and Wasabi

ingredients:

• small amount of soy sauce
• small amount of wasabi (Japanese horseradish)

step 1:

Mix soy sauce and wasabi in a small dish.

• Grated Radish and Soy Sauce

ingredients:

• 8 1/4 ounces Japanese white radish
• small amount of soy sauce

step 1:

Grate the radish and drain by squeezing between paper towels.

step 2:

Mix the soy sauce and radish together.

• Tsuyu Sauce

ingredients:

• 1/2 cup bonito soup stock
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons potato starch (katakuriko)
• 2 teaspoons water

step 1:

Mix the potato starch and the 2 teaspoons of water in a small dish.

step 2:

Boil the 1/2 cup bonito soup stock, sugar and mixture (Step 1) and stir about 10 seconds.