Sweet Potato Oven Fries

November 25, 2009 · 20 comments

Looking for another great way to use up those UBER CHEAP sweet potatoes?!? This is a great week to buy sweet potatoes, as many stores have them priced as low as $.25/lb!!!

You can also cook, mash and freeze them for use in future meals!

If you’ve had your share of sweet potato pie or casserole, then give these a try with the extras!  Would be delicious with a BBQ Turkey Sandwich!

Ingredients
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into strips
2 Tbsp oil
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Salt and pepper, a few dashes of each

Directions

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Peel sweet potatoes.

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Cut in half.

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Cut into strips.  The thinner the strips, the faster they will bake.

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Rinse all the strips and pat dry.

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Place all the sweet potato strips into a bowl and add the oil, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and pepper.  Toss well.

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Lay the strips in a single layer on an ungreased baking sheet.

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Bake at 400 for 25-35 minutes, turning once after about 15 minutes.  Baking time will vary depending on thickness of the strips and how crispy you want them!

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1 Trish @IamSucceeding November 25, 2009 at 8:41 am

Those will be on my menu next wek! I LOVE sweet potatoes!

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2 Cara November 25, 2009 at 10:27 am

I love to add a little chili powder to mine too.

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Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Reply:

@Cara,

Another great spice to add in :)

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3 Jennifer November 25, 2009 at 10:53 am

We do our fries a bit differently. We leave the peel on (you don’t even notice it when it is cooked) and toss in a little bit of olive oil and sea salt. A different flavor, but still some great fries.

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4 Ellen
Twitter: cheapcooking
November 25, 2009 at 11:32 am

I’ve made these with paprika added as well as the cinnamon, an idea I got from Sarah’s Cucina Bella blog. Came out fantastic!

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Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Reply:

@Ellen,

What a great idea…I’ll try that next time :)

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5 Karen November 25, 2009 at 12:46 pm

those look really good! there was a place near my old home that made them, and nowhere else!!!!! now I can make them @ home! delish! Supposedly these are better than say mickey d’s?

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6 B. Keefer November 25, 2009 at 12:56 pm

I have tried to do this 3 or 4 times (tried it last Sunday night) and they always come out soggy. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. Yours look so good.

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Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Reply:

@B. Keefer,

Do you rinse them and pat them dry?!? That is the key!

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7 the1chery November 25, 2009 at 3:11 pm

hi erin, could you put the “print this page” dohickey on this page? its so much easier to print that way. thanks!

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8 Biz November 25, 2009 at 3:15 pm

I wish I liked sweet potatoes – they look so good!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your new addition! :D

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9 B. Keefer November 25, 2009 at 3:21 pm

Ah, a rinse and pat dry! Every recipe I read said absolutely not to do that. LOL I think I will try it again and this time do it your way.

Thanks!

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10 Aaryn November 25, 2009 at 3:55 pm

Yum! In Houston, all the stores have sweet potatoes on sale for 19 cents a pound, so I stocked up. Nice to have another recipe to try out! Thanks!

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11 Shelley November 25, 2009 at 9:12 pm

YUM…these look so good! I am definately making these…my girls LOVE sweet potatoes! I usually bake them and add butter and cinnamon/sugar. What a great new way to eat them :)

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12 Candice November 25, 2009 at 9:53 pm

I love sweet potato fries and they are wonderful dipped in BBQ sauce. Maybe it’s a southern thing but they are so good that way. Our family took a little vacation to Gatlinburg, TN last year and a restaurant there serves them with BBQ sauce. You have to try it!

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Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Reply:

@Candice,

Love the BBQ sauce idea :)

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13 Juile Anne November 26, 2009 at 1:08 am

You luckies, getting these potatoes for $.19/lb the cheapest I found was $.89/lb at WinCo last week. I do however want to try these they sound yummy!!!

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jessica jackson Reply:

@Juile Anne, .25 at my walmart tonight

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14 sito November 26, 2009 at 1:52 am

Oh, yum! I’ve made sweet potato fries, but only ever salted them. The brown sugar and cinnamon would give a new twist on this treat.

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15 Brooke November 30, 2009 at 9:16 pm

Made these tonight and loved them! Thanks for the recipe.

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