How To Cook Yam Microwave
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How to cook yam microwave. If you re cooking several yams you ll need about 5 minutes for each yam. Add two minutes for each additional potato. Prick scrubbed yams all over with a fork.
Also add a minute or two if you re cooking firmer pale fleshed sweet potatoes rather than the softer orange fleshed sweet potatoes known commonly as yams. If it isn t fork tender after five minutes continue to microwave in one minute increments until done. Place yams and cup water in a microwave safe casserole dish.
If you re only cooking one yam it should take only 5 minutes. To microwave sliced yams. For one sweet potato microwave on 100 percent power for 5 minutes rotating halfway through.
Set your microwave to high and microwave the yams for 5 minutes. To microwave whole yams. Microwave on high 8 to 10 minutes or until tender turning yams once.
Arrange the yams sweet potatoes in a circle in a pyrex or microwave safe dish. Microwave the yams for 5 minutes. One medium size sweet potato should take about 5 minutes to fully cook in the microwave on the highest power setting.
Check for doneness by poking each sweet potato with a paring knife. Then rotate the yams and nuke for another 5 minutes. Arrange yams on microwave safe paper towel in oven.