Japanese Yam Potato

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    as a side dish
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Robata: Japanese Home Grilling

By Silla Bjerrum

Published 2018

  • About

This is a torpedo-shaped starchy crop with deep pink skin and creamy flesh, also known as mountain yam, and available from Japanese grocery stores.

Ingredients

  • 4 medium yam potatoes
  • 30 g (1 oz.) chives
  • olive o

Method

With a clean, hard brush, scrub the potatoes clean of dirt, but keep the skin as intact as possible. Cut the tip off each potato, then cut the potatoes in half along the length and then into three wedges each. Start a steamer and steam the wedges for 5-7 minutes; pierce them with a knife to check they are al dente, then remove from the steamer. Leave to cool for at least 10 minutes.

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