Sweet Potato French Fries
Here’s another one for the “How have we never done X before?” file. X being sweet potato fries this time around. Sweet potato fries? Shouldn’t that have been like the second or third post we ever did? Um yeah… and yet? Not so much.
I was talking to someone just this morning about how we all fall back on foods we know aren’t the greatest (I’m looking at you mac and cheese) but that kids will eat without a fuss. “They’re guarantee foods,” my new genius friend quipped. Exactly! Well, these fries are absolutely a guarantee. But since they’re made sweet potato they also pack a nutritional punch. Shall we review? Our namesake veg is high in fibre and contains impressive levels of vitamins A, C and B6. This is so easy it’s almost not a recipe at all. Which makes it a must for your weekly roster. They’re a great side for lots of mains. Feel free to monkey around with the spices or don’t use spices at all – but this combo is killer, if I may say. 
. Try to let them cool before you dive in. Good luck with that!
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We're Ceri and Laura, a couple of magazine-editors-turned-food-bloggers. Also, we're mothers obsessed with delicious, healthy, family food. We're constantly thinking of ways to make your time (and our own!) in the kitchen easier and more productive, but still nostalgic for the days when dinner was cereal eaten over the kitchen sink.
8 Comments
Lindsay
October 06, 11:02This looks awesome, but I’m dying to know what 5-Spice is.
Ceri Marsh
October 15, 15:28Hi Lindsay,
Sorry – I should have replied to sooner to your question! 5-Spice is a spice combo that’s used in a lot of Chinese dishes. It’s usually made up of fennel, cloves, cinnamon, star-anise and Szechuan peppercorns so it’s sweet and spicy together. You could go to a specialty store to find it but I see it more and more these days in better grocery stores. But honestly, you can create any spice mix you think your family would like!
Insensate
October 07, 03:19these look awesome… beautiful pictures as well
Polwig
October 07, 10:09We love sweet potato fries, my 3 year old twins will pick them over regular fries any day. I have had them with paprika before but never with Chinese 5 spice. So worth a try.
Liz
October 07, 16:32These look AMAZING!!! Going to try soon~
Jo
October 07, 18:56I adore yam fries! Fantastic on their own or dipped in some chipotle-mayo, Mmmm
Natalie
October 11, 21:19These look great! I love sweet potato!
Karen Lalonde
September 14, 10:24I tried this recipe using All spice instead of 5 spice it worked great. 5 spice is the Chinese Version of All spice and you can get it in the chinese food shop. All spice you get in the grocery store. Both work.