Trader Joe’s sweet potatoes are roasted until they’re “honey and fibrous” and can be accomplished in the air fryer using just 2 ingredients.

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Netizens living in the United States shared a new way to eat Trader Joe’s red sweet potatoes. He combined mozzarella cheese with an air fryer, roasted it in portions and soaked it in cold water to create sweet and salty roasted sweet potatoes that were honey-like on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.

As temperatures cool in autumn, warm roasted sweet potatoes have once again become a go-to snack for many. United States residentlittle red book Netizen “Little A Yuanguan” recently shared a new way to eat Trader Joe’s sweet potatoes. As long as you prepare red sweet potatoes and mozzarella cheese, and use it with the air fryer, you can have baked sweet potatoes with honey on the surface and soft and silky inside.

“Little A Yuanguan” said that this dish only requires 2 ingredients and the steps are not complicated, so you can try it even if you don’t cook often. The sweetness of the sweet potatoes blends with the milky aroma of the mozzarella cheese, which not only maintains the soft and sticky texture of the roasted sweet potatoes, but also adds a salty and fibrous effect. It is suitable for breakfast, afternoon tea or late-night snack in autumn and winter.

When preparing, first wash the skin of the sweet potato thoroughly without peeling it, put it directly in the air fryer and bake for 20 minutes at 390 degrees Fahrenheit, approximately 199 degrees Celsius. After the first step is completed, immediately take out the sweet potatoes while they are still warm and soak them in cold or ice water for about 1 minute. There is no need to wait for them to cool first.

“Little A Yuanguan” considers soaking the sweet potatoes in cold water to release honey later as an important step. After soaking, wipe off excess water on the surface, put it back in the air fryer and bake for 15 minutes at the same temperature. With the second stage of heating, the skin of the sweet potatoes will slowly shrink and the sweet juice may ooze from the surface.

After baking the second time, cut the sweet potatoes lengthwise from the middle, but do not cut completely, and fill it with appropriate amount of mozzarella cheese. Finally, place it back in the air fryer and bake for 3 to 5 minutes, wait until the cheese is completely melted and the surface is lightly colored, then enjoy. Total baking time is about 38 to 40 minutes, and it still needs to be seasoned depending on the size of the sweet potatoes and the heat of the air fryer.

“Little A is Round-Round” is described as the sweet potato in the finished product is sweet and soft, with rich milky flavor and brushed cheese, you can taste sweet and salty at once. She used red sweet potatoes sold by Trader Joe’s, not white sweet potatoes as some netizens mistakenly thought.

A netizen in the comment area asked whether one should wait until the temperature drops before soaking sweet potatoes in water after roasting them for the first time. “Little A Yuanyuangun” emphasized that they should be directly put into cold water while they are still warm, preferably ice water. Some people mistakenly thought they were hairy crabs after seeing pictures of the finished product. He laughed and said that the shape of the sweet potatoes was unexpectedly “unexpected”, which is a famous autumn dish. “Little A Yuanguan” replied mockingly, “Who isn’t a sweet potato lady?”

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  • Simply prepare red sweet potatoes and mozzarella cheese, sold at Trader Joe’s. The ingredients are simple and the steps are not complicated. It is suitable for those who want to quickly prepare a healing breakfast for autumn and winter.


  • First bake at 390°F for 20 minutes, then soak in cold or ice water for about 1 minute and then pat dry. Then bake at the same temperature for 15 minutes. Finally, add cheese and bake for 3 to 5 minutes.


  • The finished product blends the milky aroma of cheese with the sweetness of sweet potatoes and has a soft and silky texture, making it perfect for breakfast or a late night snack. Someone in the comments area mistakenly thought it was a hairy crab, which even drew a humorous response from the original author.

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