Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Posted on January 22, 2008
My husband doesn’t like sweet potatoes. He won’t eat them. He turns his nose up when I mention them. It’s one of many veggies that he just doesn’t like. So the other night, I whipped up a batch of Super Easy Low-Fat Oven Fries and made a batch of Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries for Will and I. Yum! Two kinds of low-fat fries with dinner . . . perfect.
Did I mention that my husband hates sweet potatoes? Okay, just checking. That’s important. See, you can imagine my surprise when Shawn saw me plating the food and asked for some of the sweet potato fries too. He asked to eat them. Of course, I couldn’t say no (even though I wanted to eat them all myself. Mine! All mine!). How can you say no to that?
Perhaps better than his requesting some, he ate the whole handful I plopped on his plate and declared them “not bad.” High praise, ladies and gentlemen. High praise.
Will and I, of course, ate a bunch. These were really yummy. I’ve tried to make sweet potato fries before, but they never came out as tasty as these. I hand cut mine, but I recommend using a mandolin to ease the prep time. I am just glutton for punishment. Seriously. Who hand cuts fries when they OWN several devices that will do it for them? Geez.
Now, a bit about sweet potatoes before I fork over the recipe. According to World’s Healthiest Foods, sweet potatoes are rich in vitamin A and vitamin C - both powerful antioxidants. It also is considered an antidiabetic food, which means that it can stabilize blood sugar and lower insulin resistance.
Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries
serves 4-6
1 - 1 1/2 lb sweet potatoes
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil (preferably the easy release kind).
Peal the sweet potatoes. Cut into strips that are about 1/2 inch wide on each side.
Place the sweet potatoes into a sealable plastic bag. Add oil, salt, paprika and cinnamon. Seal the bag and shake well to thoroughly coat the fries. Spread out onto the baking sheet in a single layer.
Cook for 30 minutes, turning every 10 minutes. Transfer immediately to a paper towel lined plate and serve warm.
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These tasty, low-fat fries are healthy too. And that makes them a great submission for Sweetnicks’ ARF/5-A-Day Tuesdays, an event that challenges us to cook and eat more antioxidant rich foods.
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One word - YUM!!! I love sweet potatoes and am definitely having these with my smoked haddock fish cakes at the weekend
These sound great! I’ve been meaning to try making sweet potato fries for years. Thanks for the inspiration. The idea of adding at touch of cinnamon is very intriguing. : )
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My daughter has Pancreatitis and we’ve heard that sweet potatoes are the super food for the pancreas. We are trying these fries for a different take on the sweet potatoe!
Hi, I made these last night and let me say yummy,yummy,yummy. So easy(as long as you use a potato cutter that is.) I’ve tried to make sweet potato fry’s before but they didn’t come out crispy. These were perfect!. I listened to the other suggestions made and I think the key was making sure they were sufficently separated on the baking sheet Crispy on the out side, soft and creamy inside.