Easiest Way to Blends at dinner Easy and Cheap Daigaku-Imo Kimpira with Sweet Potato Skins

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Easiest Way to Blends at dinner Easy and Cheap Daigaku-Imo Kimpira with Sweet Potato Skins Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Easy and Cheap Daigaku-Imo Kimpira with Sweet Potato Skins. Candied Sweet Potato (Daigaku Imo) is mainly consumed in the eastern part of Japan, particularly in the Kanto region of Japan which includes Tokyo and surrounding prefectures. As you can imagine from the name of the dish, it is a very sweet dish and the majority of Japanese people consider this as a snack food. Easy and Cheap Daigaku-Imo Kimpira with Sweet Potato Skins When I made sweet potato cake, I had a bunch of potato skins leftover so I made them into daigaku-imo styled kimpira shreds.

Soak in water to remove excess starch, then drain and pat dry.

Prepare the syrup by mixing the honey, sugar and soy sauce in a small pan over medium heat.

Stir until it is thickened, then remove from heat.

You can have Easy and Cheap Daigaku-Imo Kimpira with Sweet Potato Skins using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy and Cheap Daigaku-Imo Kimpira with Sweet Potato Skins

  1. You need 2 of potato's worth Sweet Potato Skins.

  2. It’s 1 of to 2 tablespoons Honey.

  3. It’s 1 of Black sesame seeds.

  4. Prepare 1 of Soy sauce.

Heat oil in a small pot over medium high heat.

Daigaku Imo litterally means "University Sweet Potato"!

They made for a hearty, cheap and nutritious food for hungry students, men and ladies alike.

You may wonder why are they called Daigaku Imo - literally means "University Potato".

Easy and Cheap Daigaku-Imo Kimpira with Sweet Potato Skins step by step

  1. Peel the sweet potato rather thickly. Shred the skin and soak in water. Drain well in a colander or a sieve. Use the insides for something else..

  2. Heat a generous amount of oil in a frying pan and stir-fry the potato skin thoroughly until its crispy..

  3. Add honey and black sesame seeds and mix well. Drizzle some soy sauce from the edges of the pan and mix everything together..

  4. Enjoy!.

Until today, Daigaku Imo is still popular and can be found at many food stands and school festivals during the fall season.

Japanese Glazed Sweet Potatoes Recipe (Daigaku-imo) Fall in Japan brings to mind sweet potatoes and one of my all time favorite and simple sweet potato dishes is the Japanese glazed sweet potatoes, Daigaku-imo(大学芋), literally "University potatoes".

This dish first became popular as a cheap, easy to make snack for university students.

You may have seen popular snacks like Daigaku Imo (Candied Sweet Potatoes) at the street stalls and Sweet Potato Pies at local bakeries in Japan.

Today I'm sharing Sweet Potato (スイートポテト) recipe.