Introducing you to the fastest way to cook sweet potatoes using the microwave. Microwave sweet potato cubes are so easy to prep, taste amazing and make mealtimes even quicker.
Even better, you can make ahead your steamed sweet potato cubes and then use them in frittatas, one pot dinners and so much more.
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Steam Cubed Sweet Potato In Microwave
Did you ever get obsessed with a food? One that you were never that bothered for, but fall in love with and then cook with all the time?
Well, that is me with cubed sweet potatoes.
I had rarely had a sweet potato, up until 2015 when I first discovered the paleo way of life.
On paleo white potatoes are swapped with sweet potatoes and all of a sudden I am cooking with sweet potatoes all the time and love how easy and fast they cook.
But my favourite method with sweet potatoes was always to peel them and cut the sweet potato into cubes and cook them in the air fryer.
They were so crispy like regular white potatoes, and you can load them into any of your favourite dishes. Though I always had them over soup as an alternative to croutons.
But I also wanted to see how the microwave compared and what steamed cube sweet potatoes would be like.
Can You Microwave Sweet Potato Cubes?
Yes, you can. Cooking sweet potato cubes in the microwave is very easy and you are using a steamer basket to perfectly cook them.
Sweet potato cubes in the microwave are done in a similar way to other steamed microwave veggies and are also a really quick way to cook your sweet potatoes.
Fastest Way To Cook Sweet Potatoes
If you are looking for the fastest way to cook sweet potatoes, then nothing beats microwave sweet potato cubes.
If you microwave a whole sweet potato, then you will be looking at between 7-10 minutes depending on your microwave wattage.
Or if you air fry sweet potato cubes you are looking at about 12-15 minutes.
But microwave sweet potato cubes are just cooked on 5 minutes and fork tender on 8 minutes.
Just think, perfectly cooked sweet potato cubes in 8 minutes!
Parboil Sweet Potatoes
Another option is to use the microwave to parboil sweet potatoes. Simply cook for 3 minutes instead of 8 minutes and then the sweet potatoes will be cooked for long enough for you to freeze them for later.
Soften Sweet Potatoes In Microwave
Or you might be using the sweet potatoes in another meal and want them soft enough that they don’t make your skillet dinner a really slow process.
If you want to soften sweet potatoes in the microwave I would recommend 5 minutes cook time.
Pre Cut Sweet Potatoes
Or the lazy option is to buy pre cut sweet potato cubes and then you don’t have any prep to worry about.
You could then skip a step in our microwave chopped sweet potato recipe and then load them straight into your steamer basket.
As well as this you could also use pre cut veggie bags such as the sweet potato and butternut squash cube mixes from Morrisons.
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Microwave Sweet Potato Cubes Recipe Ingredients
Potatoes – For the best sweet potato cubes in the microwave I would recommend some good quality sweet potatoes. Or sweet potatoes that have not been sat in your pantry for ages. You can use any seasonal sweet potatoes, it doesn’t have to be a specific type.
Water – To microwave sweet potato cubes you will need a tablespoon of water into the bottom of your steamer basket.
Seasoning – Then for seasoning your sweet potatoes I love to keep it simple with salt, pepper, sweet paprika and coriander. Though you can mix and match depending on what you are serving it with.
Then for the kitchen gadgets that we have used in this microwave sweet potato cubes recipe it has just been our Panasonic Microwave Oven. We have this one and its wonderful for many types of microwave recipes.
As well as your microwave you will need a good steamer basket that will fit in your microwave. We recommend this one.
How To Cook Cubed Sweet Potatoes?
- Liquid. Start by adding a tablespoon of water to the bottom of your steamer basket. This is so that you can perfectly steam your sweet potato.
- Prep. Peel your sweet potatoes, cube the sweet potatoes and try to keep them as similar as possible to make sure you get an even cook. Then load into the steamer with your seasonings and then with your hands mix the seasoning into the sweet potato chunks.
- Microwave. Then place the lid on your steamer and then load your steamer basket into the microwave. Microwave your sweet potato for 5 minutes. Then check on it and give it a quick shake and then microwave for an extra 3 minutes depending on the power of your microwave.
And I am sure you can see now how easy it is to steam sweet potato cubes in the microwave and why it is a firm favourite of mine for a quick side dish for dinner.
How Long To Microwave Sweet Potato Cubes?
The microwave sweet potatoes cook time is JUST 8 minutes. This is for perfectly cooked steamed sweet potato cubes that are fork tender that you can serve for dinner.
Though of course, I do have a 800w microwave and yours might be a little quicker than ours.
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Microwave Sweet Potato Cubes
Instructions
- Place one tablespoon of water in the bottom of your steamer basket.
- Peel and then dice your sweet potatoes into cubes. Then add to the steamer basket.
- Add your seasonings and mix with your hands for an even coating.
- Place the lid on the steamer and then place in the microwave.
- Microwave for 5 minutes.
- Remove the lid, allow the steam to release, shake the sweet potatoes and do a fork test to see how much longer they need to cook. We cooked ours for a further 3 minutes.
- When the microwave beeps, allow the steam to release and do a fork test to make sure the sweet potato cubes are fork tender. Then transfer to a serving dish.
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