Sweet Potatoes Congolese
At a Glance
- Prep
- 15 minutes
- Cook
- 1 hour 34 minutes
- Total
- 1 hour 49 minutes
- Servings
- 4 serving(s)
Categories
- Side Dish
- Yam/Sweet Potato
- African
- Belgian
- Deep Fried
Allergens
- Wheat
- Gluten
Servings & Nutrition
Original recipe serves 4. Current scale: 1x.
From Juliette Elkon's A Belgian Cookbook. Posted for ZWT 7. Don't worry about the alcohol used to prepare this dish, it will have burned off during the cooking. The cooking time includes the 1 hour marinating time.
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Equipment
Pot, deep fryer or heavy pot, mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup brandy
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- fat (for deep frying)
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups light beer
Instructions
Blend flour and beer until a smooth batter has been obtained. and set aside.
Blanch sweet potatoes for 5 minutes in boiling water.
Peel and slice sweet potatoes.
Combine honey, brandy and lemon peel.
Marinate sweet potatoes for 1 hour in this mixture.
Without drying slices, dip them in the batter.
Fry them in batches in the deep fat heated to 390F until golden brown.
Serve very hot.
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