{"id":7580,"date":"2020-10-10T13:54:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T13:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/?p=7580"},"modified":"2020-10-13T08:51:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T08:51:55","slug":"how-to-peel-sweet-potatoes-without-a-peeler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/how-to-peel-sweet-potatoes-without-a-peeler\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Peel Sweet Potatoes Without A Peeler?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the skin of the vegetable is where most of the best nutrients are stored, in many cases a vegetable must be peeled before it is eaten. The best way to do this, of course, is with a vegetable peeler &#8211; but what do you do if you don\u2019t have one in the drawer?<\/p>\n<p>Vegetable peelers are great in that they remove the skin whilst leaving as much of the useful flesh as possible. You can however, with a little practice, get equally good results with <a href=\"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/how-to-grow-sweet-potatoes\/\">your sweet potatoes<\/a> even without using a peeler.<\/p>\n<p>How to peel sweet potatoes without a peeler? It must be possible, right? Let\u2019s look into the different ways!<\/p>\n<h2>Peeling Yams Without A Peeler<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7569\" src=\"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vegetable-3559112_1280-1.jpg\" alt=\"peeling sweet potatoes without a peeler\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vegetable-3559112_1280-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vegetable-3559112_1280-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vegetable-3559112_1280-1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vegetable-3559112_1280-1-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>1. Peeling with a knife<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you have a sharp knife, as a blunt one will just tear and hack at the potato.<\/li>\n<li>Take the potato in your non dominant hand.<\/li>\n<li>With the knife in your dominant hand, peel away from you, removing the skin in long movements.<\/li>\n<li>Try to peel off just the skin, leaving most of the flesh intact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Peeling with hot water<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Using a sharp knife, cut a shallow horizontal line around the middle of each potato without cutting too deep.<\/li>\n<li>Place the potatoes into a pan of boiling water and cook as you would cook a sweet potato.<\/li>\n<li>Once they\u2019re soft enough for a fork to slide into the flesh, drain them and transfer them to a bowl of ice cold water.<\/li>\n<li>Rub the surface of the potato, and the skins should fall off easily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s a video for this one so you can get the idea:<\/p>\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z4W0qIPJmoo\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"How to Peel Potatoes with Dawn Wells\" title=\"Play video &quot;How to Peel Potatoes with Dawn Wells&quot;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/z4W0qIPJmoo<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z4W0qIPJmoo\" title=\"How to Peel Potatoes with Dawn Wells\">How to Peel Potatoes with Dawn Wells (https:\/\/youtu.be\/z4W0qIPJmoo)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<h3>3. Baking to remove skin<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Poke holes in the sweet potatoes with a fork.<\/li>\n<li>Bake them in a pre heated oven, at 425 degrees until they\u2019re very tender (this should take about 45 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Remove from the oven and allow to cool enough to handle.<\/li>\n<li>Peel the skin off the potatoes. It will just slip right off!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Health Benefits Of Sweet Potatoes<\/h2>\n<p>Sweet potatoes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/news\/how_sweet_it_is_sweet_potatoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">are very high<\/a> in <strong>fibre<\/strong>, <strong>complex carbohydrates<\/strong>, and <strong>beta-carotene<\/strong>, a source of Vitamin A. They are also good sources of other minerals such as <strong>Potassium <\/strong>and <strong>Manganese<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While a lot of these good things are readily available in the flesh of the potato, you will lose a lot of the good stuff if you always remove the skin!<\/p>\n<p>When cooked correctly, even the skin of this wonderful versatile vegetable can be delicious, so make sure you have a go at using the skin too &#8211; just scrub it well before you use it, to remove any residual mud, parasites or pesticides.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Good About The Sweet Potato\u2019s Skin?<\/h2>\n<p>As with ordinary potatoes, the majority of the nutrients to be found in a sweet potato are stored in the skin. There is a great deal you can do with the skin of your sweet potato &#8211; you don\u2019t automatically have to peel it off and throw it away!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bake the peels with a little oil and salt until they are crispy, then nibble on them like crisps.<\/li>\n<li>Leave the skins on and eat as you would a baked potato.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t peel the sweet potato for fries, as the peel adds a little extra crunch as well as those other nutrients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Final Words<\/h2>\n<p>If your peeler has lost itself down the back of the cooker, or if you\u2019ve just moved house and can\u2019t find your peeler, or you are cooking in a strange kitchen that doesn\u2019t actually have a peeler, don\u2019t fret.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to resort to traditional methods, or give up your dinner plans and get a takeaway &#8211; there are many different ways you can peel a sweet potato without a peeler.<\/p>\n<p>Or go natural, forget the peeling altogether, and then you can enjoy the health benefits of the whole tuber! Just make sure they haven&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/how-to-keep-sweet-potatoes-from-turning-brown\/\">turned brown<\/a> and you&#8217;ll be alright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the skin of the vegetable is where most of the best nutrients are stored, in many cases a vegetable must be peeled before it is eaten. The best way to do this, of course, is with a vegetable peeler &#8211; but what do you do if you don\u2019t have one in the drawer? 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