Roasted Sweet Potato 焼き芋

How to bake Japanese roasted sweet potato just like the ones you can buy from street food trucks in Japan. Step by step instructions on how to make "Yaki Imo"

📝 Ingredients

• 3 purple sweet potatoes (*1)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Wash the sweet potatoes
2. 2Wrap the sweet potatoes with aluminium foil tightly.
3. 3Arrange the aluminium foil wrapped sweet potatoes on a frying pan or a skillet over low heat.
4. 4Place a lid over the frying pan or the skillet and roast the sweet potato slowly for about 1 hour. *2
5. 5Turning the sweet potatoes about 90 degrees every 15 minutes.
6. 6Insert a skewer, if the sweet potatoes are soft, turn the heat off and serve.