Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3 x Large sweet potatoes Salt
2 tb Vegetable oil White pepper
3 tb Unsalted butter Ground ginger
1/2 c Water (or as needed) Ground cardamom
3 tb Honey Ground cloves

The potatoes should weigh a total of about 1 1/2 to 2 pounds.
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Pare the sweet potatoes and cut into short sticks about 1/4" thick
(if you have a food processor with a disk designed for french fries,
use that).

Heat the oil and butter in a wok or skillet over medium-high heat;
don't let the fat brown. Add the potato sticks and toss to coat;
season with salt, white pepper, about 1/4 ts each of ginger,
cardamom, and a small pinch of cloves. Add 1/2 cup water, adjust the
heat to medium-low, and cook, tossing often, but gently, for about 5
minutes, adding drops of water if needed to prevent sticking.

Add the honey and continue to toss-cook until the sticks are just
tender and nicely glazed, perhaps 3 minutes. Check the seasonings
and serve promptly.

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SWEET POTATO STICKS WITH ORANGE AND HONEY:

Omit the ginger, cardamom, and cloves; cook the potatoes with 1 tb of
freshly grated orange zest (colored rind only, no pith) and, if you
have it, 2 tb of candied orange peel. I don't recommend this unless
you have homemade candied peel -- science has not yet detected any
flavor in the kind sold in supermarkets.

-- from MRS. WITTY'S HOME-STYLE MENU COOKBOOK,
by Helen Witty

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