Candied yams recipe

Ingredients

• 3 pounds garnet or ruby sweet potatoes (yams), peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks


• Salt


• 2 cups orange juice


• 1-1 1/4 cups brown sugar


• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger


• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon


• 4 Tbsp butter

Method

1 Boil the sweet potatoes 5 to 10 min: Place the cut sweet potatoes in a pot and cover with a couple inches of cold water. Bring to a boil and add a generous pinch of salt.

Boil the sweet potatoes for 5-10 minutes, or until you can just pierce them with the tines of a fork, but not fully cooked (you will continue to cook in the next step). Drain and set aside.

2 Simmer remaining ingredients: Mix the remaining ingredients (orange juice, brown sugar, ground ginger, cinnamon, butter) in a shallow, wide sauté pan and bring to a boil on high heat.

3 Add sweet potatoes, cook until sauce reduces to a syrup: Add the sweet potatoes and coat well with the sauce. Boil on high heat until the sauce reduces to a syrup, about 10 minutes. Serve hot.