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Sweet potato fries recipe – [ESSEN UND TRINKEN]
Ingredients
For
2
portions
sweet potatoes
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olive oil
Salt
preparation
Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into thin sticks. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and drizzle with oil. Salt. Mix well and spread the sweet potato fries on the baking sheet, spaced apart from each other.
Bake the sweet potatoes at 200 degrees in a preheated oven for about 20 minutes until they are crispy. Remove from oven and serve immediately.
Tip For even more spice, you can also sprinkle the fries with paprika, pepper or rosemary.

Sweet potato fries
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How do sweet potato fries get crispy?
Place the sliced sweet potatoes in for about 30 minutes Water. This removes starch from the potatoes, making them crispier when baked. Then pat the fries dry and continue as described in the recipe.
Another tip is to add 2 tbsp Strength (with 2 sweet potatoes). Mix these into the fries along with the oil before baking. Alternatively, you can use corn semolina. This also makes the sweet potato fries crispier.
Deep fryer sweet potato fries recipe
1. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into sticks (max. 1 cm diameter).
2. Soak raw sweet potato fries in water for at least an hour.
3. Remove from the water and dry with kitchen paper.
4. Place in a freezer bag with starch (about 1 tablespoon per sweet potato) and shake until the fries are evenly coated.
5. For about 5 minutes at 130 degrees Put them in the deep fryer (important: not too many per frying cycle, the sweet potato fries must float freely in the fat).
6. Carefully remove from the fat and let cool on kitchen paper for 10-15 minutes.
7. Fries for about 4 minutes at 175 degrees Fry until golden brown and crispy.
8. Drain on kitchen paper, salt and season to tastee.g. with rosemary, thyme or pepper.
What goes with sweet potato fries?
Burgers are a classic companion to sweet potato fries. But grilled meat, steak, chicken fillet, teriyaki salmon, meatballs or a green salad also go well with it. Here you will find our ideas:
Dips for sweet potato fries
In addition to side dishes such as burgers, a delicious dip should of course not be missing. Serve fries the classic way with ketchup or mayonnaise. Guacamole, sour cream and hummus also go well. Toppings made from cheese, fried onions or chilies are also becoming increasingly popular. You can find more dip ideas here:
Can sweet potato fries be made ahead?
Sweet potato fries are easy to prepare: Peel the potatoes and cut them into sticks as described in the recipe. You can store the prepared sweet potato sticks in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days before baking them as described.
Alternatively, the prepared sticks can also be frozen: place them on a baking tray at a distance from each other. Freeze the sweet potato sticks on the tray in the freezer for 2 hours. You can then transfer them to a suitable container, freeze them again and store them for up to six months. If necessary, defrost the sweet potato sticks, mix them with oil and salt and fry them until crispy.
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