One of my kids favorite sides and mine too, sweet potato fries! My son went through a phase of refusing to eat any vegetables, when I say phase I actually mean a year and a half of his 3 1/2 year life. He would literally gag if a veggie so much as dared pass through his lips. I soon discovered that fries though were completely acceptable. So I started making everything into fries. Sweet potatoes, squash, beets, egggplant…if it was sliceable it became a fry. I love these sweet potato fries with just ketchup but they are awesome with other toppings for example taco meat, cheese and guacamole. Use your imagination, and please share!
The preparation well, easy peasy as my daughter says, just check me out making them while wearing a baby…
Just scrub your sweet potatoes, then slice into planks and then into strips. I try to slice them very thin, between an eighth and a sixteenth inch. Toss them with a bit of olive oil salt and pepper. Spread them onto a parchment lined sheet pan and pop into a 450 degree oven. Roast until dark golden, about 45 minutes to an hour.
Put them alongside a nice juicy burger or just chow them down with some ketchup. However you enjoy them, cheers!!
Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Fries
Ingredients
- 2 medium to large sweet potatoes (or several smaller ones)
- 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees fahrenheit
- Scrub your sweet potatoes with a vegetable brush, or peel if desired
- Slice potatoes into planks
- Slice planks into 1/8-1/16" strips
- Spread onto parchment lined baking sheet
- Toss to coat with salt, pepper and olive oil
- Spread fries out onto pan, spacing them out so they are not touching
- Roast in 450 Degree oven for 45 minutes to an hour until golden brown to dark brown and crispy, stirring half way through.
- Enjoy, cheers!
P.S. checkout my video for step by step directions and a cameo by all 3 of my little lovies…
This probably wouldn’t work with the little ones, but I season with garlic powder and add some cayenne peppers to the pan before roasting. I like to dip them in ranch dressing.
Sounds awesome! I am sure the kids wouldn’t appreciate them spicy but I would! Thank you for the idea!!