Sweet Potato Fries - Real Recipes from Mums

A simple recipe for homemade sweet potato fries.

Ingredients (serves 4 | makes 4 side servings)

1 large sweet potato
1 drizzle of olive oil
1 Either a combination of salt and pepper, to taste, or a generous sprinkle of mexican spice

Method

Preheat your oven to 160C, fan-forced, and line 2-3 baking trays with foil. Then chop your sweet potato either into large thirds, or halves, and then chop off their skins.
Place the flat side of these pieces down, then chop these pieces into thirds again, and then cut out long strips about the width of your finger. If your chips at this stage are too thick, i.e. thicker than your finger, chop them in half (like a hotdog bun) to create two thinner, but the same length, chips.
Put them into a plastic bag with a generous splash of olive oil, enough to coat them as well as the seasoning of your choice. Allow some air in the bag, then hold the top shut and shake the chips all around to get them coated.
Place the chips onto the trays, but make sure they’re not over-crowded and touching, as this will make them soggy.
Place these trays into the oven and bake for fifteen minutes, then flip all of the chips over and bake for another fifteen minutes. If you have a slow oven, you might have to bake them longer, or vice versa for a more powerful oven, but make sure to watch that the chips don’t burn.
Serve, (these taste great with tomato sauce.)

Notes

I also have this recipe on my blog: http://ineedafeed.wordpress.com.

110 Comments

- - TraceyGail said
  - 30 Dec 2023
    1:14 pm
I might give these a try in the air fryer

- - mom19782016 said
  - 29 Oct 2020
    7:00 pm
Sweet potato fries are way better than potato fries!

- - mom111059 said
  - 30 Jun 2020
    5:38 pm
Sweet potatoes are delicious. Thanks

- - snazzy007 said
  - 20 Apr 2020
    8:16 pm
Love sweet potato fries but they always cook unevenly

- - Blossom said
  - 20 Jan 2020
    10:35 pm
I lady I worked with sliced sweet potato thinly like the potato crisps you buy in a packet she sprayed hers with oil (I’m not sure which one) and cooked hers in the griller. You don’t need as much oil that way.

- - mom371543 said
  - 02 Sep 2019
    3:31 pm
I can’t wait to make these definitely trying it this week

- - teegsmrstee said
  - 06 May 2019
    8:25 am
they are absolute heaven to eat

- - youngoldlady said
  - 04 Feb 2019
    10:29 pm
Seem healthier then store brought and can use seasonings that I like.

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 02 Dec 2018
    7:21 am
They look better than the mcain frozen ones

- - mom81879 said
  - 10 Sep 2018
    8:27 am
I’ve made sweet potato chips, they just don’t get the delicious crunch of plain potato chips

- - mom81879 said
  - 26 Apr 2017
    8:08 am
I’ve tried sweet potato chips, I want to like them, but I prefer the potato chips

- - Stef said
  - 27 Feb 2017
    4:52 pm
I make these all the time. I place them in a big bowl of icy water prior to frying!

- - mom112217 said
  - 14 Aug 2016
    7:59 pm
Thanks for your recipe,sound’s like a great side for a main meal!

- - mom103936 said
  - 20 Oct 2015
    3:57 pm
Have never made sweet potato fries before but might give it a try.
I usually use normal potatoes.

- - dannsbuild said
  - 23 Sep 2015
    10:02 pm
Great! What a great looking recipe! Thank you

- - mom63229 said
  - 27 Jul 2015
    6:28 pm
This looks like a great recipe, thanks for sharing!

- - Kell said
  - 23 Jun 2015
    11:13 am
Yum Yum we love sweet potato thank you

- - blondie said
  - 28 Feb 2015
    8:16 pm
I love sweet potato and now that I have my air fryer they turn out perfect!

- - rachkap said
  - 22 Feb 2015
    2:16 am
The healthier fries – thanks

- - mom93821 said
  - 12 Nov 2014
    6:47 am
Thanks for sharing this recipe; looks interesting. Will give it a go.
- mom93821 replied
  
  29 Jan 2015 , 3:17 pm
  Thanks again for sharing; tasty.