Japanese Sweet Potatoes (Easily Baked w/ Fluffy Centers!)
Try this super simple Japanese sweet potato recipe to get ultra-creamy and flavorful roasted sweet potatoes at home. It’s no wonder that they’re a Japanese street food staple because they’re sweet, with a great aroma and filling too.
- Prep time
- 2 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 2 Japanese sweet potatoes
- fork or knife
- oven
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 400 °F
- 2
Clean and lightly scrub the sweet potatoes under running water to clean them. I use a vegetable brush to lightly scrub any dirt off, but don’t scrub too hard or you will remove the skin.
- 3
Use a fork to pierce five sets of holes throughout each sweet potato.
- 4
Set the potatoes on the wire rack of your oven.
- 5
Convection oven: bake for 40 to 45 minutes Regular non-convection oven: bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour
- 6
At about 30 minutes, test the sweet potatoes by using a fork and piercing it in the middle. If there is no resistance, they are finished. Remove the sweet potatoes and serve immediately.