No Fry Sweet Potato Fries
The sweet potato fry I feel really hit its stride with the health food boom of the 2000’s. Everyone and their mom was ordering sweet potato fries in lieu of old Mr. Regular French Fry. Why? Because people thought that they were a healthier alternative. Well, I’m going to shock you here, but frying things regardless of what they are is not really healthy.
Sweet potatoes themselves are chock full of healthy nutrients. It’s a great complex carb (i.e. it digests slowly leaving you fuller longer) and it is high in beta carotene, that’s what gives it the orange color it has.
Growing up, sweet potatoes were a fun new thing for us, most Iranians have never had sweet potatoes before (or at least we hadn’t). My Mom would always roast them with a chicken or a roast and they would be these gooey, crispy, delicious little morsels of sweet and savory goodness.
The No Fry Sweet Potato fry basically builds on that premise. It’s essentially the same recipe as my No Fry French Fry, you slice the potato into the sizes you want, then you parboil them. Once their slightly cooked, you brush them with olive oil or another fat and then you bake them in the oven. Simple as that, the end result is a delicious side that goes perfectly with any sandwich or meal.
Recipe-No Fry Sweet Potato Fries
Ingredients
2 or 3 Sweet Potatoes, peeled
1 Tbsp. Sea Salt
1 Tbsp. Cinnamon Sugar
1 Tbsp. Butter or Olive Oil
Method
Slice the sweet potatoes length wise into pieces that resemble long french fries. Then in a pot of boiling water, in batches, lay your potatoes in the water. Once they cooked enough to where the potatoes are slightly pliable but not too soft to the point where they will fall apart, pull them out with a slotted spoon and place them on a rimmed baking pan. This will allow any excess water to drip off.
Once you’ve done this for all of the potatoes, brush on your fat onto all of the fries. Then sprinkle on the salt evenly. Bake in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes (until they are crispy, but not so crispy that they’re crunchy). The insides should be soft and warm, while the outside should be crisp.
Once they’re done, sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar and enjoy!
- 2 or 3 Sweet Potatoes, peeled
- 1 Tbsp. Sea Salt
- 1 Tbsp. Cinnamon Sugar
- 1 Tbsp. Butter or Olive Oil
- Slice the sweet potatoes length wise into pieces that resemble long french fries. Then in a pot of boiling water, in batches, lay your potatoes in the water. Once they cooked enough to where the potatoes are slightly pliable but not too soft to the point where they will fall apart, pull them out with a slotted spoon and place them on a rimmed baking pan. This will allow any excess water to drip off.
- Once you’ve done this for all of the potatoes, brush on your fat onto all of the fries. Then sprinkle on the salt evenly. Bake in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes (until they are crispy, but not so crispy that they’re crunchy). The insides should be soft and warm, while the outside should be crisp.
- Once they’re done, sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar and enjoy!
