Baked Sweet Potato Fries Recipe

Baked Sweet Potato Fries Recipe

These baked sweet potato fries are crispy, salty-sweet and coated in savory spices! Easy to make in the oven, they are full of flavor and a favorite healthy snack.

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 25

Total Time: 35

Servings:

Ingredients

4 medium sweet potatoes , peeled and cut into thin sticks (about 1/4" x 3")
½ teaspoon Kosher salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon paprika or chili powder , optional
2 Tablespoons oil (I use canola or olive oil)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 415°F. Line a baking sheet parchment paper. If using foil, lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray. (If making extra-crispy fries, follow instructions in notes before moving on.)
In a small bowl, Mix together salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika, if using.
Place sweet potatoes in a single layer on the baking sheet. Toss with oil and and sprinkle salt mixture evenly over the top. Bake 15 minutes. Flip and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes, or until crisp.
Serve fries while hot! These are best served right away. Enjoy with your favorite dipping sauce.

Notes

Extra-crispy fries: Soak uncooked fries in large bowl with ice cold water for 30 minutes. Drain then pat dry and place in a zip-top bag with 2 Tablespoons cornstarch and shake until evenly coated. Use canola oil when baking.

Air fryer: This is my favorite way to cook these fries, you will just need to cook in 2 to 3 batches. Preheat the air fryer to 380°F. Cook about 12 minutes (turning half way through), or until crisp.

Favorite Seasonings: There are so many different ways to season them! I took the classic approach in this recipe, but below are a few of my other favorites.

Classic: Oil, kosher salt, pepper and garlic powder
Spicy: Oil, kosher salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika (or chili powder or chili seasoning)
Cinnamon-sugar: Oil, kosher salt and cinnamon sugar
Rosemary: Oil, kosher salt, pepper, garlic powder and rosemary
Italian: Oil, kosher salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian seasoning

How to Cut Fries: Since the sides of the potatoes are rounded, I like to slice them off vertically to flatten the surface.

Peel the sweet potato and then cut off the ends.
Slice in half horizontally, creating two equal-sized pieces about 3 inches long.
Next, cut the pieces in half vertically. Once you have 4 pieces, cut each piece in half vertically again to make 8 pieces.
Slice each piece vertically into 1/4 inch fries. Each piece should produce about 3-5 fries.

Fry sauce: Combine 1/4 cup mayo and 1 1/2 Tablespoons ketchup. Add a dash of seasoned salt.

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