Sweet Potatoes Electric Pressure Cooker Food

HOW TO COOK SWEET POTATOES {ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER}

Steps:

• Prick your sweet potatoes with a fork and place in the bottom of your 6 quart electric pressure cooker.
• Pour water on top and lock your lid.
• Set your pressure cooker on manual (warming setting off) for 16 minutes (add a few minutes for really large potatoes) at high pressure.
• Once done cooking, use quick release and remove from your electric pressure cooker immediately.
• Top with toppings and serve.

SWEET POTATOES, ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• 1. Wash sweet potatoes, skin on, leave whole and and place in a steamer basket inside your electric pressure cooker & poke a few times with a fork. Add 2 cups of water.
• 2. Set timer for 24 minutes.. When timer goes off, let set (keep warm) until time to serve.
• 3. Cut in half and serve with skin on or off depending on your preference. Serve with butter and brown sugar and a little cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice.
• 4. If you prefer to prepare differently: How to cut sweet potatoes Larger sweet potatoes can prove difficult to cut. When cutting lengthwise, or into slices or wedges, use a large knife and gently apply your weight forward to thrust the knife through the sweet potato. Slices, wedges, sticks and slicing lengthwise are all suitable cuts for sweet potatoes. To avoid browning, rinse the flesh with cold water.
• 5. How to cook sweet potatoes Sweet potatoes are delicious cooked whole. When baked, their thin skin puffs to a crisp finish and inside you'll discover a sweet, pillowy flesh. While baking is the most traditional way to cook sweet potatoes, there are countless ways to prepare them and cash in on their heavenly sweetness. When cooking whole sweet potatoes, pierce their skin several times with a fork and bake at 400 degrees for 40-50 minutes or until fork tender. Sauté sliced or diced sweet potatoes in oil for about 10 minutes. Quick boil by adding 1-inch thick slices to a skillet with 2 inches of boiling water; cook for about 12 minutes. Steam 1-inch slices over simmering water. Microwave whole sweet potatoes for 5 to 8 minutes rotating halfway through. Micro-bake whole sweet potatoes: microwave 4 minutes, then bake at 450 degrees for 5 to 10 minutes. Grill or broil 1-inch thick slices for 10 minutes or cut sweet potato in half lengthwise and grill 20 to 25 minutes. Grate raw into slaws and salads. http://www.ncsweetpotatoes.com/sweet-potatoes-101/sweet-potato-varieties/
• 6. Wash cured sweet potatoes and bake or boil until slightly soft. If boiled, drain immediately. Thoroughly cool the baked or boiled sweet potatoes. Wrap individually (skins left on) in freezer film or foil and place in plastic freezer bags. Seal, label and freeze. Most sweet potato dishes freeze well. Save time and energy by making a sweet potato dish to serve and one to store in the freezer. For more information: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/vegetables/sweetpotato.html

PRESSURE COOKER SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel and cut sweet potatoes in half lengthwise, then cut each half into 1/4-inch slices. Place the slices into the pressure cooker's steamer basket. Sprinkle slices with salt.
• Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a small bowl. Mix well.
• Pour orange juice into the cooker (see Editor's Note, below). Place the trivet and the steamer basket with the sweet potatoes into the pot. Sprinkle the potatoes with brown sugar mixture. Place butter pieces on top.
• Lock the lid into place and bring the cooker up to full pressure (15 pounds per square inch) over high heat. Once pressure is reached, reduce heat to low and cook for 7 minutes.
• Quickly release the pressure using the method recommended by your cooker's manufacturer. Do not discard the cooking liquid.
• Remove the steamer basket from the cooker and carefully place potatoes into a serving dish. Return the cooker to the stove and bring cooking liquid to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, stirring frequently, until the cooking liquid is reduced and syrupy, 5 to 7 minutes. The mixture should coat the back of a spoon.
• Pour syrup over sweet potatoes and serve.

ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER-SWEET POTATO TAGINE

Steps:

• Heat dressing in electric pressure cooker using SAUTÉ setting. Add onions, garlic and ginger; cook 2 min., stirring frequently. Add seasonings; cook and stir 30 sec.
• Add potatoes, vegetable broth and 1/4 cup nuts; mix lightly. Close and lock lid. Turn Pressure Release Valve to Sealing position. Cook 10 min. using HIGH PRESSURE COOK setting.
• Use Quick Pressure Release to carefully vent steam before opening lid. Slowly remove lid. Spoon 1 cup of the potato mixture into medium bowl; mash with fork. Return to ingredients in pressure cooker. Add chickpeas and 1/4 cup cilantro; mix well. Spoon into serving dish.
• Top with sour cream, remaining nuts and remaining cilantro.

MASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place steamer basket and 1 cup water in a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Set potatoes in basket. Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 8 minutes. Quick-release pressure. , Transfer sweet potatoes to a food processor; discard cooking liquid. Add butter, honey, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and pepper; cover and process until smooth.