Kamote (sweet potato) is a staple at my grandparents’ home. My grandmother has kamote with all her meals. It would usually be boiled kamote, which she would mash down with her fork. She considers it a healthier substitute for rice, so she would eat viands with the kamote mash.
While that’s delicious, I prefer my kamote fried! Fried kamote chips and wedges — yum! They’re easy to prepare, a joy to snack on AND a healthier alternative to junkfood chips.
Quick and easy recipe: Slice kamote into chips or wedges. Slide the pieces into hot oil, and fry till the edges are brown. Scoop them out with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels, and ta-da! You’ve got a fantastic snack — tasty and healthy.
And here’s where the health part cancels out a bit. 😛 I like my kamote with a little butter. I dot a fried kamote chip with butter, let it melt and pop it in my mouth. BLISS!
This snack takes me back to merienda time in my grandparents’ home. My grandmother would prepare this for her grandkids, and we’d all snack on them heartily. She could have her kamote mash, but we’d savor these kamote chips and wedges more!
When was the last time you had kamote? How do you prepare your kamote snacks?
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maver
March 16, 2009 at 4:49 pm (15 years ago)I haven’t had a camote snack in months but I usually take mine “fritter” (like thin fries) style. I like ’em crunchy and loaded with caramelized sugar, with additional suger sprinkles pa! A sweet tooth, much? Hehehe!
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mika
March 16, 2009 at 4:52 pm (15 years ago)Mmmm kamote! I think I last ate kamote a few weeks before I gave birth
I love kamote-cue with lots and lots of hardened caramelized sugar! But if I’m feeling healthy, I would boil kamote, mash it, and stir in a bit of evaporated milk and sugar. mmm!
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Em Dy
March 16, 2009 at 5:52 pm (15 years ago)I love the kamote fries that go with Max’s Fried Chicken. Yummy!
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MrsG from New Zealand!
March 16, 2009 at 6:16 pm (15 years ago)i love kamote…i miss kamote que!!!!
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jacqueline
March 16, 2009 at 6:19 pm (15 years ago)i just had kamote-Q last Friday afternoon in the office. i particularly loved the sugar coating.
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witsandnuts
March 16, 2009 at 9:03 pm (15 years ago)Had camote fries from one of the restos here. Pero miss ko na ang street camote q sa Pinas. =)
kayni
March 17, 2009 at 1:29 am (15 years ago)i made kamoteng maruya a couple of months ago, and i loved it. i’m thinking of making another batch this month. i also love fried kamote dipped in sugar.
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notsquare
March 17, 2009 at 9:17 am (15 years ago)oh we love kamote as a family, pero mom rarely buys them :p we have them as chips or boiled then we spread butter
yumm!!!
but its true ha, eating kamote makes you fart more than you usually do :p
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Eper
March 17, 2009 at 9:46 am (15 years ago)I actually had kamote last week! I prefer it w/ caramelized sugar
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caryn
March 17, 2009 at 1:49 pm (15 years ago)hey toni! i have my sweet kamote the same way as you–with butter. but i also add a small (small daw) sprinkling of sugar 😉
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Heather
March 17, 2009 at 1:52 pm (15 years ago)Oh yum, I never knew it was also called kamote. We just call it sweet potato or even yams here. I love to put some into pumpkin soup for a real sweet boost. 😉
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blue rose
March 17, 2009 at 2:26 pm (15 years ago)uhmm… yummy. i last ate kamote a month ago. dala pa ng aking mother-in-law galing probinsya. i just like it boiled and with butter too while it is still hot.
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Jannesse
March 17, 2009 at 10:39 pm (15 years ago)hubby just had kamote earlier. mashed kamote with condensed milk. agawan sila ng sis-in-law ko. didn’t try it. i don’t eat kamote kasi.
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gia
March 17, 2009 at 10:47 pm (15 years ago)I had the classic kamoteq from the kanto. 😛 How the brown sugar coats each slice perfectly is amazing. Sometimes we’ll have fried kamote chips like you prepared. Yummy. I haven’t tried smothering them with butter, I might have to after this post.
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Rico
March 18, 2009 at 8:01 am (15 years ago)My mom also likes to cook kamote for merienda. But instead of butter, we drizzle it with sugar. My MIL on the other hand likes it the way you do. With butter.
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Mabel
March 18, 2009 at 9:25 am (15 years ago)i had a kamote cue for a snack just last week, like it better than banana cue and turon
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Faye
March 18, 2009 at 1:04 pm (15 years ago)i just had kamote bits for lunch. It was a garnish on the side dish that i had which was Lumpiang Hubad. Yum yum…
…but the best way i like my kamote is when it’s boiled – with a touch of butter and muscovado sugar sprinkled over it. yum yum…(again!)
ree
March 18, 2009 at 2:44 pm (15 years ago)I never really liked camote. In my mind it’s a fake potato, trying hard by being sweet ;p But now that I have Raine, I’m actually thinking of cooking a batch of camote fries, just so she has something healthy to snack on. So hard to feed a finicky toddler!
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u8mypinkcookies
March 19, 2009 at 9:17 pm (15 years ago)I love camote-cue and camote fritters (cut thinly like fries) then with lots of caramelized sugar!
yummy!
I also like it as guinataan (w/ saba, bilo-bilo, sago and langka) 😉
nikkiaeon
July 11, 2009 at 4:22 pm (15 years ago)i really love camote!!!!!!!last kaming kumain kanina-7-11-09……me and my sislings likes yung pinapakuluan and pag luto na,gagawin naming mashed and lalagyan ng margarine and sugar……love it!!!!!!!!!!:-D
king
July 11, 2009 at 4:24 pm (15 years ago)kamote lovelots talaga-ever…..pampalit sa rice!!!!!!:-D