Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries. Sweet potatoes are cut into fries, drizzled with olive oil and seasoning, and baked to crispy perfection in the oven for a quick, easy, and delicious side dish or snack. Combine all ingredients; toss to coat. When making French fries or sweet potato fries in the oven, many people face what we like to call, "the limp effect." It's hard to get that signature crisp that frying oil so easily achieves, especially when working with sweet potatoes —that is, until now.
Wedges of sweet potatoes, tossed with oil, sprinkled with spices, and baked at high heat until browned and crispy at the edges.
Today I can confidently say that the secret to crispy, oven-baked sweet potato fries is a combination of extra starch and oil.
They work together to create a thin coating on the fries which, when baked, becomes delightfully crispy while the sweet potatoes soften.
You can cook Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries using 5 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries
- It's 2 of Garnet Yams.
- You need 1 tbsp of Coconut oil, melted.
- It's 1 of Sea salt.
- You need 1 of Paprika.
- Prepare 1 of Cinnamon.
With the simplest of changes we end up with a crispy sweet potato fry with a soft. Mix the spices, salt and pepper in a small bowl, and toss them with the sweet potatoes. Don't worry—baked sweet potato fries are still very good for you, even with the oil added, especially when compared to fried sweet potato fries like the ones you'd have in a restaurant. Then rinse, drain and pat dry.
Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries step by step
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Cut yams into strips like French fries..
- Place yams on foil lined baking tray (line with parchment paper for crispier exterior).
- Place coconut oil in a small saucepan and then heat on low. Stir until coconut oil is completely liquid..
- Mix a little paprika, and a good amount of salt and cinnamon into melted coconut oil. Brush the liquid onto yams on the baking tray..
- Put fries in oven for 15 mins. Flip the fries over. Put back in for 15 mins..
- Fries should be tender in the middle and browned on the edges.
- Add more seasoning as needed.
- Leftovers last in fridge for 5-7 days.
Toss with oil: Transfer fries to a dry bowl or ziplock bag, and toss evenly with oil. These baked sweet potato fries aren't quite as crispy as fried spuds but they're tasty and easy to make. Plus, you can totally switch up the seasonings and your taste buds won't get bored. If you're making two baking sheets' worth at once, position one oven rack in the middle and one above. Be sure to switch the pans' positions during baking and also to stir all the fries at least once so they cook evenly.