This is more of a paleo recipe than a banting recipe, but I thought I'd share it anyway, in case you guys want to eat carbs now and then.
I made fried sweet potato rounds which turned out pretty awesome. I'm going to try again, to see if I can improve it. I want to get them more crispy. But, even the ones I have now do eventually get crispy, and even if they are not crispy, they taste awesome and sweet.
To make them, take a sweet potato, wash it, and slice it into thin rounds. Like half a centimetre thin. Making them thinner might make them more difficult to handle. Anyway, run your hot water tap until it gets up to temperature, and use the water to fill a pot. Put the sweet potato rounds into the hot water, put the lid on, and leave it for an hour. Don't turn the stove on and don't cook them (not yet). The purpose of this soak is to remove excess starch, and the low heat converts some of the sugars to make them taste sweeter.
Also remember to add a tablespoon of lemon juice at this stage - stops them discolouring.
After the one hour soak, drain them and rinse them, then fill the pot up again, and put them back on the stove. Add a pinch of salt, bring it to the boil, and boil for 5 minutes. Next time I might use 10 minutes to see if that will make them crispier. Anyway, after the 5 minutes is up, drain them and rinse them again. Pat them dry, and put them uncovered in the fridge.
Parboiling them gets more water out, which makes them crispier, as well as hopefully removing more starch. Putting them uncovered in the fridge dries them out further. The drier they are, the crispier they are.
When you are ready to cook, heat up some oil (I use coconut oil) in a skillet or frying pan, and add them. You'll still have to fry them for at least 10 minutes for them to start changing colour. You could probably oven bake them to I guess.
Uses? Great with chilli con carne, I also used them for a bacon and egg breakfast. Its better for you than toast.
. No carbs no sugar
