How To Make Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Make a batch of healthier snacks with our easy-to-follow sweet potato fries! They’re lightly seasoned and baked to perfect for a crispy treat.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2lbssweet potatoes,about 2 medium-large or 3 medium
- 1tbspcornstarch
- ½tspfine sea salt
- 2tbspextra-virgin olive oil
- freshly ground black pepper,cayenne pepper and/or garlic powder, pptional spices
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F with racks in the lower and upper thirds of the oven.
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Line two large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
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Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into fry-shaped pieces about ¼ inches wide and ¼ inches thick.
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Transfer half of the uncooked fries to one baking sheet, and the other half to the other baking sheet.
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Sprinkle the sweet potato fries with the 1½ teaspoons of cornstarch and ¼ teaspoons of salt per pan. Toss until the fries are lightly coated in powder.
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Drizzle about 1 tablespoon of olive oil per pan over the fries and toss until the fries are lightly and evenly coated in oil, and no powdery spots remain.
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Arrange the fries in a single layer, then bake for 20 minutes, then flip the fries to cook on all sides.
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Arrange the fries in even layers across the pans again, moving any browned fries more toward the middle of the pan.
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Return the pans to the oven, swapping their positions on the racks.
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Bake for 10 to 18 more minutes, or until the fries are crispy.
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Toss the baked fries with seasonings, to taste.
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Serve warm, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 264.11kcal
- Fat: 6.89g
- Saturated Fat: 0.98g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.93g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.75g
- Carbohydrates: 47.91g
- Fiber: 7.00g
- Sugar: 9.48g
- Protein: 3.64g
- Sodium: 415.88mg
- Calcium: 71.47mg
- Potassium: 773.91mg
- Iron: 1.50mg
- Vitamin A: 1608.18µg
- Vitamin C: 5.44mg
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