This 10 minute easy sliced swede recipe is a great way to quickly cook and serve tasty swede without any fuss, waste or mess. Once cooked, you choose how thick you slice the swede, as the knife slides through it effortlessly. Personally I love chunky sliced swede most of the time, unless I’m serving sliced swede mixed with sliced carrots, when I prefer it a little thinner. You can also make swede cubes using this method. Once it’s cooked, how you chop, dice, or slice it is up to you!
Use Half a Swede or a Whole Swede:
You can use either a whole swede, or cut it in half and just cook half – using one of two methods:
- The Singing Swede: cook the swede whole in your microwave oven.
- Swede Portions: cook smaller portions, either bought or cut yourself, in your microwave oven. I find this is best for me.
Both of the above methods of cooking swede easily and quickly have their benefits, but if I’m intending to slice a swede then I’ll usually cut the swede in half and microwave the two halves separately. It’s quicker, I can more easily tell when it’s cooked – and it’s easier to peel a half a swede and get a neater result than it is to try to wrestle with a whole hot swede!
- Cut your swede in half and lay it, cut side down, in a microwave steamer. Add some boiling water to the steamer (about 1/4″ as you just need enough water to produce steam.
- Microwave the swede on full power for 5 minutes at first, then stick a knife into the middle to see how it’s getting along. Microwave on full power for a further 5 minutes.
- At this stage, most smaller swedes will be cooked – if yours is a larger swede then it might need another 2-3 minutes. If you’re somebody who cooks with salt, then rub some salt into the cut side first.
- Your swede can now be easily peeled, using a simple small knife – I tend to start by cutting the swede in half and then peeling back the skin in strips
You can serve this immediately, or box it up in a plastic takeaway box/similar and pop it in the fridge. It’ll be fine to eat for 3-4 days – simply microwave for 1-2 minutes to reheat.
Sliced swede can also be frozen. Simply let it cool, wrap it in a freezer bag and toss into the freezer!
Christmas Dinner!
I’ve cooked and boxed this swede up as I think I might want it for Christmas Dinner. I can decide on the day! Until Xmas morning I can rarely decide what’s actually going onto my plate as I won’t know what I fancy 🙂