AIR FRYER HASSELBACK JAPANESE SWEET POTATO WITH VEGAN MISO BUTTER
Our Japanese Sweet Potato is an irresistible Asian-inspired take on a Swedish classic. It's topped with an earthy vegan miso butter, vegan sour cream, vegan furikake and green onions.
Ingredients
- 2 medium Japanese sweet potatoes scrubbed
- 1 tablespoon neutral oil we used avocado oil
- Salt to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
- ¼ cup vegan butter room temperature
- 2 tablespoon white miso paste
- ¼ cup vegan sour cream
- 2 tablespoon vegan furikake
- 2 tablespoon green onions sliced on a bias
Instructions
- Slice each potato into uniform ⅛-inch slices, leaving the slices attached at the bottom ¼ inch of the potato. Use a very sharp knife for best results, because Japanese sweet potatoes are very firm. Optional: Position the potato between two chopsticks before slicing. This will stabilize the potato and prevent you from slicing all the way through it.
- Brush each potato with oil and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Air fry potatoes at 375° F, or until potatoes are crispy on the edges and easily pierced in the middles with a knife.
- While potato is cooking, cream together room temperature butter with miso paste using a whisk or fork. Set aside.
- Top potatoes with miso butter, sour cream, furikake and green onions. Enjoy!
Notes
- Break out the chopsticks: Position the potato between two chopsticks to add stability and prevent you from slicing all the way through the potato.
- Use room temperature vegan butter: You want your compound butter with miso to be silky and evenly combined. To achieve this, bring your vegan butter up to room temperature. This will make it easier to cream it together with the miso paste. DO NOT microwave the butter. Microwaved butter will not bind with miso paste, and you'll wind up with yucky, unappetizing clumps of miso paste.
- Whisk or fork it up: Use a whisk or fork to cream together your miso paste with room temp butter.
- Sharpen that knife: Japanese sweet potatoes are firm, so make sure to use a very sharp knife. You'll want potato slices that are uniformly ⅛ inch to ensure even cooking. Leave the slices attached at the base of the potato; do not cut through the bottom ¼ inch of the potato.
- Cooking times may vary: An average medium-sized Japanese sweet potato will take 45 minutes to air fry. But the cook time may increase to as much as an hour, depending on the size of the potato. can go up to 60 minutes.
- Don't have an air fryer? No problem. Bake the potatoes in a conventional oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 55 to 70 minutes.
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