Few people know that sweet potatoes are a food that contains a high amount of fiber, starch, and nutrients good for health such as protein, calcium, vitamin C… If consumed regularly, sweet potatoes have many good effects on health such as good for the heart, anti-aging skin, and increased blood circulation…
In addition to delicious dishes made from sweet potatoes such as duck stewed with sweet potatoes, sweet potato dessert, sweet potato meatballs… you can also cook sweet potato and beef soup according to this simple recipe.
1. Ingredients for sweet potato and beef soup
– Sweet potatoes: 500 grams
– Beef: 200 grams
– Turnip: 100 grams
– Baro onion: 1 stalk, garlic
– Kelp: 1 piece about 6cm in size
– Seasoning: 1 teaspoon of sea salt, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, ½ tablespoon of soy sauce, a pinch of ground black pepper
2. How to make sweet potato and beef soup
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients
– After buying the beef, wash it and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
– Peel the sweet potatoes and turnips, rinse them with water, and cut them into small pieces.
– Rinse the baro onion, remove the root, and cut it diagonally into pieces.
– Peel the garlic, rinse it with water, and finely chop it.
Step 2: Blanch the sweet potatoes
– Place a pot of water on the stove, add a little salt and bring to a boil.
– Then blanch the sweet potatoes for about 5 minutes and remove them to a separate bowl.
Step 3: Cook the soup
– Bring a pot of water to a boil and then add the turnips, kelp, and beef to cook for about 30 minutes. During the cooking process, use a spoon or a ladle to skim off the foam.
– Then remove the kelp and add the sweet potatoes to cook for 10 minutes. Season the soup with 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, ½ tablespoon of soy sauce, and a pinch of salt. Depending on your own taste and your family’s taste, you can increase or decrease the seasonings.
– When the sweet potatoes are cooked, add the baro onion to the pot, taste again, then sprinkle with a pinch of ground black pepper and turn off the heat. Ladle the soup into a bowl.
After the sweet potato and beef soup is cooked, it will have an attractive aroma and a clear, eye-catching broth. When eaten, you will feel the soft and fragrant sweet potatoes, the rich and sweet beef. This soup is best enjoyed when hot and served with white rice.
3. Notes when making sweet potato and beef soup
– It is advisable to buy sweet potatoes that grow in small clusters, have a moderate size, and a round and even shape. Usually, this type of sweet potato is more tender, delicious, and fragrant than larger ones. Newly harvested sweet potatoes often have a lot of roots and soil sticking to the skin. In addition, you should choose female sweet potatoes because they are usually softer, sweeter, and more delicious than male ones. Avoid buying sweet potatoes with black spots, hollows, or rotten parts on the stem.
– To avoid itching when preparing sweet potatoes, you should wear gloves when peeling. In addition, before cooking, you need to blanch the sweet potatoes in salted water to remove any stickiness and itchiness-causing substances.
– Depending on the size of the sweet potatoes, you can cut them into 2 or 4 pieces for easy consumption. This also helps to remove any stickiness and avoid itchiness when blanching the sweet potatoes.
– Because sweet potatoes cook quickly, you only need to boil them for about 10 minutes. Avoid boiling for too long as the sweet potatoes can become mushy, soft, and less tasty.
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