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Shredded sweet potatoes are a delicious Chinese dessert that is loved for its unique texture and sweet taste. Here's a home-cooked sweet potato recipe that's easy to learn and suitable for making at home.
Ingredients required: 500g sweet potato.
Sugar 100 grams.
Cooking oil to taste.
Water to taste. 
Steps: Prepare the ingredients: Wash the sweet potatoes, peel them, and cut them into evenly sized pieces for later use.
Fried sweet potatoes: Pour an appropriate amount of cooking oil into the pot, when the oil temperature is 70% hot, put the sweet potato pieces into the pot, fry them over medium heat until golden brown, remove and drain the oil.
To make the syrup: Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot, add sugar, and slowly simmer over low heat. Stir constantly during the boiling process to avoid burning the syrup.
Sugar-coated: When the syrup is boiled until amber, pour the fried sweet potato pieces into the pan and stir-fry quickly so that the sweet potato pieces are evenly coated with the syrup.
Remove from the pan and serve: Remove the sweet potato chunks wrapped in syrup and place them on a pre-prepared plate. At this point, the sweet potato chunks are completely coated in amber syrup and look very tempting.
Cooling: Allow the shredded sweet potatoes to cool naturally in the air for a while so that the syrup becomes more crispy and has a better texture.
Enjoy: Wait until the shredded sweet potatoes have cooled completely, and then they are ready to enjoy. Carefully pick up a piece, you can still feel the syrup brushing, put it in your mouth, sweet but not greasy, full of sweetness.
Tips: When boiling the syrup, control the heat to avoid scorching the syrup. If the syrup is too dark in color, you can dilute it with some water in moderation.
In the process of sugaring, stir-fry quickly to ensure that each sweet potato chunk is evenly coated with syrup.
If you want the drawing effect to be more obvious, you can add a few drops of lemon juice or white vinegar to the boiled syrup, so that the syrup will be more crispy and hard, and the drawing effect will be better.
When enjoying sweet potatoes, you can pair them with some cold yogurt or fruit, which can balance the sugar intake and make the taste more fresh.
If you want to add some texture to the sweet potatoes, you can sprinkle some sesame seeds or shredded coconut on the sweet potato wedges before sugaring them, so that they will taste more crispy.
If you want to make different flavors of sweet potatoes, you can try using different sugars, such as honey, maple syrup, etc., which can add flavor and texture to the dessert.
When frying sweet potatoes, it is necessary to pay attention to the control of heat to avoid the occurrence of pasty or undercooking. If you are not sure about the heat, you can fry it slowly over medium-low heat, and then remove and drain the oil after the sweet potato wedges become darker.