Easy Baked Sweet Potato Fries are french fried cut pieces of sweet potato coated with a perfect blend of smokey spices and cooked to crispy perfection The end result is mild yet flavorful.
Do you like sweet potatoes? So much delicious flavor packed in one potato. Have you ever had a sweet potato topped with salsa? They are simply amazing! I love sweet potatoes and they are so versatile. These Easy Baked Sweet Potato Fries are delicious and they make the perfect accompaniment for almost any dish.
They are french-fried cut pieces of sweet potato coated with a perfect blend of smokey spiced heat. I know what you are thinking! You can’t take the heat. The end result is mild but flavorful. The combination works like a fine-tuned instrument. Okay, you say but you are still so sensitive to spice then cut the cayenne pepper down to a pinch. For those of you that absolutely love the heat, you may want to kick it up a notch.
How do you make Sweet Potato Fries?
These amazingly tasty Easy Baked Sweet Potato Fries require a little advance preparation. First cut the potatoes in fry shape a little more than a 1/3 inch thick. In order for your sweet potato fries to turn out crispy soak the cut potatoes in COLD water for at least 45 minutes. This soaking pulls out the excess starch and helps make your fries crispy. After draining the water pat dry with paper towels.
In a large Ziploc bag add the canola oil and shake to coat. In a small bowl mix together cornstarch, cumin, black pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne pepper. Sprinkle the seasoning in the Ziploc bag with the potatoes and shake to coat. Place the seasoned sweet potatoes on cookie sheets coated with nonstick spray. Leave enough space for heat between them for the heat to circulate. Bake for fifteen minutes. Turn and bake for another ten minutes.
Helpful tips for making Sweet Potato Fries
- 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.
These Easy Baked Sweet Potato Fries are so delectable with so much more flavor than your average white spud fry. Put the ingredients on your shopping list and make yourself and your loved ones a real treat!
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Easy Baked Sweet Potato Fries
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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This post was originally published on November 8, 2017, and was republished on March 4, 2019, with new content.
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Catherine Santiago Jose
This is such a great potato recipe with a very good twist. This looks yummy and very delicious, the texture is really enticing to the eye.
Sue-Tanya
I’ve never had sweet potato fries before but it sure looks tasty.
Catherine
I love the spices…these look and sound so good. Perfectly baked!
Sara
Fries are my kids favorite food! I’ve never made them sweet potato fries though! I’ll have to make these for them for dinner this week; they look deliciously crispy!
Heather
Sweet potato fries are my favorite side! I need to make them at home.
John Mulindi
This looks a unique and simple dish to have with the family. Thanks.
Yeah Lifestyle
Sweet potato fries are one of my favorite side dishes. These are absolutely delicious.
Sonal
Sweet potato fries is a latest craze in my house. Will be trying this Oven baked version soon. Thanks for sharing.
Beth Pierce
My pleasure Sonal! I hope you enjoy them!
kumamonjeng
I love sweet potatoes and eat them daily for my breakfast. Usually, I would boil them and eat it with oats. Glad to know that there are other ways to eat the sweet potatoes. Love your recipe and I shall try it out soon. I won’t be adding paprika as I am not a fan of this powder but I will add more of garlic powder.
Erin
I needed this! Sweet potatoes are incredible, especially in fry form!
Jasmine M
I’ve always wanted to try sweet potato fries! Thanks for sharing this recipe. I am going to try it out either this weekend or next weekend for sure!
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Jasmine! You will love them!
Chad
I am literally drooling over this recipe, not joking!!! I am gonna do it right now. Thank you so much.
Lisa
Ooh I love sweet potato fries! My husband is also a huge fan so I’ll be making this for both of us.
Rachel
yum yum in my tum, could eat these all day eeryday!
Melissa M Sanchez
They look so crispy and good. My kiddos would totally devour these! And it seems easy enough to make for them. thanks for sharing this recipe with us!
Beth Pierce
My pleasure Melissa! I hope your kids love them!
Stacie
I LOVE this! These fries look so good, and I think it’s awesome that you managed to get that nice crisp on them without frying. Great recipe!