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Lightly grease the Staub cocotte with oil, and line with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
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Wash the sweet potatoes and line them up in the pan so they are not touching each other.
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If the sweet potatoes are too big to fit in the pan, cut them in half.
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Add 30 ml water.
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Cover with the lid and steam-cook over medium heat.
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*Set your kitchen timer for 10 minutes.
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After 10 minutes, take off the lid with one hand, and quickly turn over the sweet potatoes with the other hand, using tongs.
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Replace the lid immediately.
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Continue cooking the sweet potatoes over medium heat.
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*Set your kitchen timer for 8 minutes.
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After 8 minutes, take the lid off again and quickly turn the sweet potatoes so the sides are touching the bottom of the pan.
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Add 30 ml water and cover with the lid.
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Lower the heat to the lowest setting.
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Set your kitchen timer for 15 minutes.
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After 15 minutes, take the lid off with one hand and quickly turn the sweet potatoes over with the other hand, using tongs.
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Replace the lid immediately.
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Continue cooking over low heat.
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Set your kitchen timer for15 minutes.
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I've written detailed instructions... but you turn the sweet potatoes 4 times to cook them on all sides.
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The first 2 times they are cooked over medium heat, and the last 2 times they should be cooked over low heat.
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After 15 minutes (Step 9), take off the lid and see if you can pierce the sweet potatoes easily with a skewer.
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Replace the lid, turn off the heat and let sit for 15 minutes.
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After sitting for 15 minutes, they're done.
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Piping hot and moist... and sweet Please be sure to try these baked sweet potatoes, made delicious by using Staub.
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This recipe calls for sweet potatoes that are 6 cm thick at the fattest part.
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I found that fatter ones take a really long time to cook.
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Adjust the cooking time in Steps 9-11 according to the size of the sweet potatoes.
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The recipe says that Steps 9-11 will take 30 minutes, but this may take at least 50 minutes if the sweet potatoes are fat.
