RECIPE: Rec: Sweet Potato Fries

[richard-in-cincy]

I made these for a dinner last night and they were a total hit:

Slice sweet potatoes into uniform strips, roughly square. Soak the sweet potatoes in cold water for 15 minutes. Drain. Rinse.

Brine the potatoes: Place potatoes into a dish, cover with a heavy layer of kosher salt, chopped fresh rosemary, toss, then cover with ice. Leave for at least 2 hours, replacing ice as necessary.

Drain, pour potatoes onto layers of towels, cover with more towels. Drain and dry, then put into dry container lined with paper towels and place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours to finish drying.

All of this can be done 1 day ahead.

Deep fry in peanut oil until deep golden brown.

Sprinkle with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, garlic powder, and smoked paprika.

I served them with a grilled pork tenderloin and avocado halves filled with Pace picante salsa.

 

[dawn_mo]

richard, these sound great....

do you think i could sub a russet for the sweet potatoes? i would like to do half sweet potaoes and half white potaoes. i need to inch my family into eating the sweet 'taters. thanks.

 

[richard-in-cincy]

Dawn here are my suggestions...

First of all, the french fried sweet potato fries are amazing. If that's what you offer, that's what they eat. There is nothing sweet or cloying about this recipe.

If you are going to cook russets to mix into the sweet potatoes, don't cook them together as they cook differently.

And after all, it is a French Fry.

 

[richard-in-cincy]

And the "Fry" is such a lovely thing.

 

[nan]

Richard, I put mine in cold water to hold and then drain throughly before frying. Does the brine add

crispness? I will definately try your method.

I had these in a restaurant and then offered them on the menu for crew when I was still cooking on the ferry. No on ordered them till I sent a plate of samples into the mess area. Then they wiped them out.
I do them at least once a week on the ships I'm on now. Lots of people also like just plain baked sweet potatoes.

Thanks,
Nan

 

[dawn_mo]

richard, that would normally be true...

but i am not doing any cooking these days, dh is acting as my arms, and there no way i can disguise a sweet potato from him. this is on my "to try very soon, hopefully" list. and it gives me an excuse to use my just had to have, antique frenc fry slicer! thanks!

 

[richard-in-cincy]

Nan, there isn't extra crispness

That's actually what I was trying to do. Love Sweet Potato Fries, but I'm always wishing they could be crisp like potatos are. If anyone can find a way to make them crisp I would love the hear about it!

I totally know what you mean about people thinking they are weird. But one bite, and they are hooked.

Every thanksgiving I made sweet potatoes, no one ate them. They HAVE to be on the table, but no one ate them. And I went totally over the top, chipotle mushroom sweet potatoes, cheddar cheese sweet potato au gratin, glazed bourbon pecan sweet potatoes....

And now? I pull out the deep fryer and boil them in oil.

None left.

 

[nan]

This reminds me,remember a sweet potato recipe from Swap with lime,chile,cilantro?Do you have it?

 

[curious1]

Is this the one you're looking for Nan? >>

lisa: sweet potatoes for the summer? you bet!! REC: Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Chili and Lime>>>
Posted: May 28, 2001 1:37 PM

this is from Cooking Live, and it is fantastic! i am doing them for the second day in a row, a rare occurrence. these are so easy that there isn't even a real recipe and so tasty that even a four year old thinks that they are great! the potatoes go great with anything grilled. Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Chili and Lime sweet potatoes olive oil coarse sea salt chili powder, i use straight guajillo chile fresh lime juice peel the potatoes and slice about 1/2 inch thick. coat them with olive oil and sprinkle quite generously with salt on both sides. sprinkle again with chili powder and then the lime juice. roast in a 425 oven until tender and slightly browned, about 30 minutes. enjoy!

http://boards.epicurious.com/thread.jspa?messageID=434602

 

[nan]

That sounds like them, another recipe that was lost I'm just remembering, But link doesn't work?

 

[nan]

Oh,it's in your message!Thanks!I am remembering a really long thread in Gail's with sweet potatoes?

 

[curious1]

Try it now, I had forgotten to take off the extra #& numbers. I just found the post, not thread.

 

[angak]

Would frying twice, like pom frites, help make the sweet taters crispier?

"par-frying" first, then crank up the heat and fry again till crisp? Maybe sweet taters just don't crisp.

 

[nan]

I think they just don't crisp, they cook really quick because of the sugar. Damn good tho!