Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Smoky crispy baked sweet potato fries recipe.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 450 g (1lb) sweet potatoes
- 2 tsp corn flour (cornstarch)
- 1 tsp smoked paprika (I used La Chinata)
- Salt (optional)
- 1-2 tbsp olive oil (enough to coat potatoes)
- 6 tbsp garlic mayonnaise
- 3 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to fan assisted 200C / 220C / 425F / gas 7.
- 2
Cut the ends of the sweet potatoes, peel them and cut into fries - try and cut them into even sizes so that they cook at the same rate.
- 3
Put potatoes into a ziplock bag (or a bowl ) add the corn flour, paprika and salt if using and shake to coat the potatoes.
- 4
If excess flour remains at the bottom of the bag then shake it out.
- 5
Add the oil to the potatoes and mix again till the potatoes are fully coated.
- 6
Transfer the fries to a non stick baking tray - spreading them out in a single layer with space between them.
- 7
Bake for about 15 mins then turn the fries over so that they cook on the other side.
- 8
Bake for another 15 mins till they are crispy (the edges might be a little bit brown but that just adds to the sweet taste).
- 9
Take them out of the oven and let them cool for about 5 mins.
- 10
Mix the garlic mayonnaise and chilli sauce together till very are very well combined.
- 11
Serve the fries with portions of the garlicky dipping sauce - omit the mayonnaise if serving vegans.
- 12
The best baked sweet potato fries ever.