Make Your Own Sweet Potato Jam On Lunar New Year’s Day

The Tet tray would not be complete without the appearance of traditional jams. Previous article FOODVN RECIPES has shown you how to make delicious white squash jam.

Ingredients for making sweet potato jam

– 1 kg of sweet potato with yellow flesh

– 500 gr white diameter

– Vanilla

– Clear lime water

How to make sweet potato jam on Tet holiday

Process materials

– Peel sweet potatoes, wash, cut into slices or bite-sized pieces. The thickness is only about 1 cm.

– Use quicklime to soak in water, filter the water while in it has settled all the residue below.

– Drop the cut sweet potato pieces into the water for about 5 hours. Please note that the water must be submerged in the water.

– Then, take out the sweet potato, wash it with clean water several times to remove the lime smell. This is an important step for the sweet potato to be firmer, when the slugs jam, the potato is not crushed.

Sweet potato marinade

Marinate sweet potatoes with sugar in a ratio of 2:1. For every 1kg of potatoes, there is 500g of sugar.

Occasionally use chopsticks to stir the sugar evenly into the potatoes. When you see the sugar has melted away (5 hours later), you will start to stir the sweet potato

Sweet potato stir fry

– Put the pan on the stove, wait for the pan to be hot, then add the sugar and potato mixture, cook over medium heat, occasionally stirring the jam to prevent the sweet potatoes from scorching and the jam to soak in the sugar. When the sugar starts to thicken, reduce the heat, let it simmer and stir continuously with chopsticks.

– When the sweet potatoes are dry, white sugar crystallizes into each slice of sweet potato, add vanilla to create a delicious, greasy aroma for jam, quickly stir a few more times and then lift the pan down.

Thus, you have completed the way to make sweet potato jam, soft and fragrant. When the jam is still hot, let it cool down for a while, then put it in a sealed jar to preserve it for a longer time.

Requested sweet potato jam 

– Sweet potato jam is evenly adhered to each piece by sugar, not too little, not too much, giving the jam a sweet taste just enough.

– Sweet potatoes have a beautiful and attractive taste and color.

– Fragrant vanilla scent, creating a feeling of love right from the first bite.

– Sweet potato jam should not be too dry, have a moderate crunch, but not too soft and chewy. Not scorched, affecting taste and aesthetics.

When it comes to Tet, many people will probably think of sweet potato jam, which is simple and rustic, but has the flavor of the traditional Tet holiday. With just one bite, the whole taste of spring seems to be overflowing, making it easy to remember fondly when leaving the countryside. Therefore, it is always the most meaningful and happy thing for each person to go to the kitchen to show their ingenuity with how to make sweet potato jam for the people they love. The preparation step is simple, the method is also easy to do, immediately apply the way to make sweet potato jam this Tet holiday.