Candied Yams or Sweet Potatoes
"This was my mother's recipe that I enjoyed all my life, and it was better than any others that I ever tasted."
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 8 large yams or 8 large sweet potatoes
- 2 cups dark brown sugar
- 3 cups orange juice
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄2 teaspoon five-spice powder
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- salt and black pepper
directions
- Peel and quarter the yams or sweet potatoes.
- Place all of the ingredients into a large pot and cook the potatoes on top of the stove over medium heat and stirring every so often until potatoes are soft.
- Also, don’t be afraid of adding more brown sugar and/or orange juice if needed. The ingredients need to cover the potatoes.
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Reviews
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Fantastic recipe - and so very easy - thanks! -
I used the yellow colored yams and brown cane suger. Served with turkey, and three persons (of 30) asked repeatedly for the recipe. Many thanks, Alan, to Mom, and Recipe Czar! Kim in Paris
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Alan Leonetti
Albuquerque, New Mexico
I was born in 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in this GREAT United States of America. I have since resided in Baltimore Maryland, Atlanta Georgia, Orlando Florida, Fort Lauderdale Florida, Los Angeles California, Selma Oregon, and now in Albuquerque New Mexico. I have enjoyed not only eating, but cooking all my life.
