We recently bought 12 bags of Food Should Taste Good Sweet Potato Chips on Amazon because they are our favorite and they are crazy expensive at the store. I love this brand because there are three or four ingredients and they are listed in big bold letters. I've made sweet potato chips at home, and while they were delicious, they took hours and hours to make.
We've even found sweet potato fries that we love at Trader Joe's, but I'm always looking to save a bit here or there, so when I found this recipe for the perfect, crispy sweet potato fry, I pinned it until the moment I could give it a go...which was tonight.
The most difficult part in working with sweet potatoes is cutting them. They are hard as rocks and it's imperative that you are very careful. I researched the best method for cutting them into fries and I found a few different sites that all gave great suggestions like this one, and this one.
I feel that the best suggestion was to make sure you have a sharp knife. I actually used two, a larger, long knife so that I could use both hands to press the knife through the potato, and a smaller knife to cut the potato into fries. Simply cutting them took 30 minutes!
I let them soak in the water, I preheated the oven to 425, I tossed them in the starch, I drizzled them with olive oil, I spread them out on the pan, and I waited 15 minutes before I opened the oven door to flip them...only to find that they were stuck to the bottom of the pan!
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| I also think I need to make them thicker. They shrunk considerably in the oven. |
I should have known to spray the pan. Some directions shouldn't need to be written down. I put it back in the oven for the final five minutes and then pulled it out and scraped as much of the sweet potato mush off as I could. They were actually pretty good, though they were still a bit raw.
Unfortunately, I was so caught up in my failure that I didn't take a picture of my meal before eating it. I've been posting pictures of my meals on social media because of this campaign. You might consider joining in!
If you try to make these sweet potato fries, please follow the instructions for cutting sweet potatoes and take your time.
Also...spray the bottom of the pan.
Hang in there with the sweet potatoes. We learn a little each with each try, next time will be better. I have seen Alexia as well as Ore-Ida brand sweet potato frozen fries at the grocery store. Haven't tried them because I felt they were a bit pricey. Have you tried them?
ReplyDeleteSoon I will have to transition back to school mode :-(, but not yet. I still have some things I want to do as well as a couple of day trips to make.
I'm getting ready to make a cake I saw on pinterest. One angel food cake mix and one 20oz. can of crushed pineapple, undrained, mixed together and poured in a 9"x13" pan. Baked at 350 for 30 minutes. Sounds almost to easy. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Enjoy your weekend xoxo
Day trips? Yippee! Can't wait to hear. How did the cake turn out? Was it delicious?
DeleteI don't eat the Alexia or the Ore-Ida brands bc they add things to the ingredients that I don't feel are necessary. I'm really looking to have basic ingredients like sweet potatoes, salt, oil. That's what the sweet potato chips from Food Should Taste Good have and we love them. We buy them in bulk at Amazon since it's much cheaper. The Trader Joe's fries have less than all the others, but I'd still like to try to make my own. Do you have a Trader Joe's where you live?
Hope you had a wonderful weekend! xoxo
Nonstick foil is great -- no need to spray. Cut potatoes, toss with a bit of oil and salt, pour onto nonstick foil-lined tray and bake. Mine come out too dark if I cook them any higher than 375. Also very tasty with minced garlic and rosemary. :-) I always enjoy reading about your adventures. Hope the next one is less frustrating! Love!
ReplyDeleteI actually tried them again last night and they were much better. I did use aluminum foil but I also sprayed it. I turned the oven down to 400 degrees, but they still weren't as crispy. I'll try them at 375 and cook them a little longer next time. We'll also have to try the garlic and rosemary!
DeleteThanks for taking the time to read about my adventures. Whenever I'm writing, I always wonder if you would like the way I retell my story, since you are the writer in our family. I miss you. Thanks for loving me so well and being such a great big sister. I love you!