Is chestnut sweet potato a genetically modified food?

Chestnut sweet potato is currently an “internet-famous” food; it is clearly a sweet potato yet tastes like chestnut, with a starchy, glutinous texture, sweet and delicious. Many people may think it is genetically modified, so is chestnut sweet potato a genetically modified food?

1. Is chestnut sweet potato a genetically modified food?

Chestnut sweet potato is not a genetically modified food; it is because its texture is very tender and starchy, relatively close to that of chestnut, and it has no fibers inside, and its skin splits open after cooking. The taste of chestnut sweet potato is relatively close to popular taste, and it is an improved variety of sweet potato. Moreover, according to the current situation, no one in the world is researching genetically modified sweet potatoes, so there is no need to worry that sweet potatoes are genetically modified.

2. How to eat chestnut sweet potato?

1. Chestnut sweet potato can be eaten directly after being cooked; the skin is thin and fiberless, it is smooth and dense in the mouth, the flesh is delicate and fiberless, with no fibrous feel, and it melts in the mouth; it is sweet and glutinous, with a fresh, sweet taste like chestnut.

2. Cut sweet potato fa gao into pieces and eat. If an appropriate amount of food coloring, red dates, etc. is added when preparing the ingredients, it becomes colored fa gao, or red date fa gao; its color is attractive and it is soft and delicious.

3. Sweet potato scallion pancake: wash the sweet potatoes and steam them until cooked, peel them and mash them into a paste, add an equal amount of flour and an appropriate amount of warm water, scallions, Sichuan peppercorn powder, table salt, etc. and mix well, form into palm-sized round pancakes, put them into a flat-bottomed pan, and fry them until cooked in oil. The pancake is golden in color, has a striking scallion aroma, and tastes sweet.

4. Diced sweet potato soup: wash an appropriate amount of sweet potatoes, remove the coarse skin and cut them into small cubes, heat the pan and drizzle in vegetable oil and stir-fry briefly, pour in the cubes and stir-fry over high heat, then add water and cook the sweet potatoes until done. Before removing from the heat, add salt, monosodium glutamate, a small amount of lard, sprinkle with chopped scallions, and drizzle with sesame oil.

5. Fried sweet potato fries: wash the sweet potatoes, peel them and put them into clean water to soak for 1-2 minutes, then cut them into small fries, blanch them in boiling water for 1 minute, drain them and fry them in an oiled pan for about 1 minute; after the fries have absorbed enough oil and are thoroughly fried, scoop them out and drain them, cool them to room temperature and immediately put them in the refrigerator to freeze; after freezing, quick-frozen fried sweet potato fries are obtained, crisp, tender, and refreshing.

Sweet potato is a food that has not undergone genetic modification, and it is very healthy and delicious. Sweet potato is regarded as a “nutritional health food”, “longevity food”, “nutritionally balanced food” and “anti-cancer food”, and men, women, the elderly and children can all eat more of it.