What Is Yam and How Can I Use It?
Wondering what to do with yam? This guide covers how to pick it, cook it, store it, and swap it, plus 13 recipes to put it to work.
- In Chinese:
- 薯
- British (UK) term:
- Yam
- en français:
- patate douce
- en español:
- batata
Recipes using yam
There are 13 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Callaloo Soup
Traditional Caribbean callaloo soup with dasheen, okra, plantain, and yam puréed into a silky, spiced broth with a Scotch bonnet kick. Warm, green, and soul-filling.
Jim's Sweet-Sour Yams
Jim's sweet-sour yams is a microwave side dish with canned yams, pineapple chunks, fresh kiwi, and raisins simmered in a glossy brown sugar glaze. Holiday table flavor without tying up the oven.
Yam Chili
Yam chili with smashed canned yams, dried beans, tomato puree, barbecue sauce, chili powder, and cinnamon. A hearty vegetarian chili with natural sweetness from the yams.
Yapple Pudding
Yapple Pudding is a three-ingredient no-cook dessert made by mashing baked yam with applesauce and cinnamon. Naturally sweet, vegan, and ready in 5 minutes.
Creamy Sweet Potato Soup
Chunky sweet potato soup loaded with carrots, celery, peas, and herbs, finished with nonfat sour cream and skim milk. A big-batch comfort soup that serves 16 and feels lighter than it tastes.
Whipped Yams & Winter Squash Casserole
Whipped yam and acorn squash casserole with maple syrup, orange juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A naturally sweet holiday side dish with no butter or cream needed.
Winter Squash & Fruit
Baked winter squash and fruit roasts butternut, yam, apple, pear, and banana with cider and warm spices. A naturally sweet, oil-free Thanksgiving side dish.
Squash & Two Potatoes with Chicken on Pasta with Passion
Stir-fry chicken with yellow squash, yam, and red potato tosses over angel hair pasta in a zippy orange-juice-and-hot-sauce glaze. Quick one-wok dinner with peanut crunch.
Traditional Japanese Noodles & Broth
Traditional Japanese noodles in a homemade dashi broth made from kombu, bonito flakes, tamari, mirin, and fresh ginger juice. An authentic kake-udon or kake-soba base ready in 30 minutes.
Fried Yam Puffs - Epok-Epok Keladi
Crispy fried yam puffs (epok-epok keladi) with a savory prawn and meat stuffing. A popular Malaysian snack with a mashed yam dough shell that fries up golden and light.
Popeye's Sweet Pea Soup
Popeye's sweet pea soup: a double dose of green peas plus a whole pound of spinach, with yam, onion, celery, and a hint of molasses. Vegan, iron-packed, and ready in an hour.
Rempah (Malay Curry)
Rempah, the fragrant Malay curry built on a fried spice-and-chili paste with garlic and ginger, then sweet potato, coconut and tamarind. The slow-fried paste is the heart of the dish.
October Cake
October cake with yams, apples, walnuts, and raisins in a maple syrup batter spiked with orange marmalade and Grand Marnier. A dense, spiced autumn loaf cake.
