Sweet potato fries deliver the sort of magical bite that’s simultaneously sweet, salty, and crunchy. If you want a crisp, slightly caramelized exterior on your fries — have patience and let them bake for the full thirty minutes.
Orange sweet potatoes have a higher water content than the starchier varieties with a white or purple flesh. They’re also sweeter. This means that when baked, your sweet potato fries will taste rich and creamy. A sprinkle of fresh parsley and a hit of just-cooked garlic makes all things right in the world.
You may want to enjoy your fries with a dab of homemade sriracha . Just sayin!
Garlic Sweet Potato Fries
- 2.0 stars
- 30m
- 1h
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 tbsp. arrowroot
- parchment paper
- 1 tbsp. avocado oil
- 2 tbsp. fresh parsley
- 1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1/4 tsp. paprika
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Peel and cut sweet potatoes into 1/4 inch thick fries.
- Pat fries with a clean kitchen towel to ensure they are completely dry.
- Place fries in a bowl or resealable bag with arrowroot and shake or toss until fries are coated.
- Divide fries between 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Drizzle with avocado oil. Toss to coat.
- Bake sweet potato fries 20-25 minutes. Flipping every 10 minutes and rotating baking sheets.
- While fries are baking, finely chop parsley. Mix garlic powder, ground black pepper, paprika, and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
- Finish baking until fries are browned and crispy.
- Take fries out of oven when done to your liking. Sprinkle season mix over hot fries and toss.
- Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
Nutrition
- 168
- 2g
- 29g
- 4g
- 3g
- 5g
- 373mg
Trisha
Not crispy. Fries need clearer instructions in order to make sure fries are crispy. They weren’t crispy.
Jared
Major meh. The fries were not anywhere close to done being cooked after 30 minutes in the oven. I finally ended up moving them in batches to my air fryer to try to get them to have any semblance of crispiness. Way too much effort for very little payoff. I’d rather keep it simple and just eat a baked sweet potato.