Kau Kau - baked sweet potato

 Kau Kau is how sweet potato is called in Papua New Guinea. 

The sweet potato is native to America and arrived in Papua the XVIII century , it was brought by the European settlers. It quickly became one of the most consumed foods in Papua to this day.

Kau kau is a very typical dish in the islands, in addition, it is very delicious and super healthy.

Ingredients:

- 2 Sweet potatoes

- 2 tablespoons of orange juice

- 2 cloves of garlic

- 1/2 cup of coconut milk

- 1/2 onion

- Salt

- Ginger

- Pepper

Preparation:

1- Wash and poke the sweet potatoes with a knife in several places.

2- Wrap the sweet potatoes in aluminum foil and cook at 200ºC in the oven. After 30 minutes, flip them over to cook on the other side as well.

Poke with a knife to check if they are cooked before removing them from the oven.

3- Remove the flesh of the sweet potato and place it in a bowl, do it carefully so that you can later use the skin as a plate container.

4- Add salt, pepper and mix while mashing with a fork.

5- Add coconut milk, onion, garlic, ginger and Orange juice, mix well.

6-Place the mixture on the sweet potato skin and bake for an additional 10 minutes in the oven, at the same temperature as before.

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