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• Ingredients
• To step
• Method 1 of 4: Simple baked yam or sweet potato
• Method 3 of 4: Baked yam or sweet potato fries
• Tips
• Necessities

The terms "yam" and "sweet potato" are often used interchangeably. Yam is an edible root tuber native to Asia and Africa, and it is a bit more starchy and drier than a sweet potato. Sweet potatoes can be found more often in America and Europe. Baking is one of the easiest and most versatile ways to prepare, whether you take yam or sweet potato. It is also a tasty and healthy way to prepare yam. Baked yam goes very well in a paleo or cleansing diet.Follow these simple instructions to bake yam.

Ingredients

Simple baked yam or sweet potato

• Yams or sweet potatoes
• Aluminum foil and baking pan
• 2 tablespoons of brown sugar or maple syrup
• Salt and pepper
• Vegetable oil

Baked yam or sweet potato for the paleo diet

• Yams or sweet potatoes
• Coconut oil
• Cinnamon or nutmeg
• Coconut butter

Cubes of fried yam or sweet potato

• 4 yams or sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 cm cubes
• 60 ml olive oil (or other oil)
• 60 ml honey (sweet dish)
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon powder (sweet dish)
• 2 tablespoons brown or white sugar (sweet dish)
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper (savory dish)
• Paprika (savory dish)

Baked yam or sweet potato fries

• 4 yams or sweet potatoes, sliced
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder, curry powder, cumin, paprika (optional)

Microwave baked yam or sweet potato

• Yams or sweet potatoes
• 1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Butter
• Olive oil or other vegetable oil
• Salt and pepper
• Brown or white sugar

To step

Method 1 of 4: Simple baked yam or sweet potato

1. Preheat the oven to 220ºC. Sweet potato and yam are not that difficult vegetables, so you can bake them at temperatures between 190 and 230ºC. That means you can put them in the oven while you prepare the rest of the food.
2. Bake them for about 1 hour. Turn them over once during baking. The sweet potatoes or yams are good when they are soft. Touch them with an oven mitt to check if they are already soft. Stick a knife in the center of the potato; the knife should slide in easily when the potato is cooked. If they are not yet cooked, leave them in the oven for a while. Another way you can tell it's done is when the outside has turned dark.
   • Cooking time may vary depending on the size of the yams. Large yams cook less quickly. It can take 45 to 75 minutes for a yam to cook.
3. Preheat the oven to 200ºC. You can bake sweet potato between 190 and 230ºC.
4. Bake the yams for about 30 minutes. Put them in the oven. Fry them until soft or until the outside starts to wrinkle. After 15 minutes, start by checking if the pieces of yam are cooked.

Method 3 of 4: Baked yam or sweet potato fries

1. Preheat the oven to 220ºC. You can bake sweet potatoes at temperatures between 190 and 230ºC.
2. Fry the yams whole. If you microwave the yams or sweet potatoes and bake them whole, make holes around them.
   • If you prefer to microwave chunks, peel and chop the yams. Make pieces of about 2 cm. Put them in a microwave dish.
3. Ready.

Tips

• Coat yams that you bake in the oven with olive oil, coconut oil or other vegetable oil if you like a crispy skin.
• You can often bake yams for longer than 1 hour; a little extra time and heat won't hurt.
• Wrap the yams in bacon before cooking and you will have a special treat.
• Sweet potatoes and yams are natural superfoods. They are full of good nutrients. 1 cup of sweet potato contains 65% of your daily requirement of vitamin C, and 700% of your daily requirement of vitamin A. They are also high in calcium, folate, potassium and beta-carotene. In addition, they have a very low glycemic value.
• Fry several yams or sweet potatoes at the same time. Put them in plastic bags or containers and put them in the fridge for a quick lunch or dinner all week long.

Necessities

• Aluminum foil and baking pan
• Microwave bowl