Easy Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Easy Baked Sweet Potato Fries are french fried cut pieces of sweet potato coated with a perfect blend of smokey spices. The end result is mild but flavorful.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 25
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
- Category: side
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes peeled and cut into about 1/3 wide inch fries
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- Salt to taste after baked
Instructions
- Soak the cut sweet potatoes in cold water for 45 minutes. Drain well and dry with paper towels.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- In a large Ziploc bag add canola oil and sweet potatoes. Shake to coat.
- In small bowl mix cornstarch, cumin, black pepper, garlic powder, paprika and cayenne pepper.
- Sprinkle seasoning in a Ziploc bag with potatoes and shake to coat.
- Place potatoes on cookie sheets coated with nonstick spray; leaving space for heat between the fries. Bake for 15 minutes. Turn and bake for another 10 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
- Always preheat your oven
- Cut your fries in as uniform size and shape as possible. This helps to ensure even cooking.
- After soaking in water dry the sweet potatoes well with paper towels.
- Coat the baking sheet well with nonstick cooking spray. Do not use olive oil spray for this recipe.
- Follow the two-step procedure of shaking the fries with the oil first and then adding the seasonings to the mix
- Do not crowd the baking sheets. Lay the fries in a single layer with space between them.
- Flip about halfway through the cooking process and rotate the cookie sheets from top to bottom and back to front.
- Once browned and cooked through remove from the oven and let sit on the sheets for a few minutes.
- Save the salt for right before serving. Sea salt is by far the best.
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