Baked Sweet Potato Fries

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These Baked Sweet Potato Fries will curb your cravings in no time! Crisp on the outside, tender on the inside, with a salty, savory flavor, they make the perfect side to any burger.

Plate of Sweet Potato Fries with dipping sauce.
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  1. Ingredients in Sweet Potato Fries
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  3. Questions
  4. More Sweet Potato Recipes
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You’ll never guess that this is a baked sweet potato fries recipe. Baked, not fried, and yet still totally crispy and delicious! They’re also packed full of vitamins, fiber, and tons of flavor. And paired with this spicy dip, these fries are out of this world! You’ll find yourself making batches of these yummy French fries all the time! They’re perfect alongside burgers, sandwiches, as an appetizer or as an evening snack. Dip them in ketchup, fry sauce, or our delicious homemade sweet potato fries dipping sauce.

Ingredients in Sweet Potato Fries

Baking sweet potato fries is easy, fast and delicious! Here’s all you need:

  • Sweet potatoes – I usually start with about four potatoes. Peel the potatoes first, then cut them into thin strips. You can also cut them into sweet potato wedges, but they will need to bake longer.
  • Vegetable oil – two tablespoons is all you need. Just enough to coat the potato strips. You can use olive oil or avocado oil too.
  • Kosher salt – I like the larger granules of salt that kosher salt provides. But you can use regular table salt for this recipe as well.
  • Additional spices can be used to your taste. Try paprika, garlic powder, garlic salt, or rosemary.
Cutting board with peeling and cutting sweet potatoes into fry shape.


Tips for Perfectly Crisp Oven Fries

  • You can deep fry your sweet potatoes, but for this recipe I actually prefer to bake them to keep them a little healthier.
  • To make sure the fries turn out extra crispy, cut the sweet potatoes into long sticks that are even in size.
  • Toss the potato sticks in vegetable oil in a large bag or a large bowl to get them coated evenly before arranging them in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • You’ll want your oven nice and hot (at least 400 degrees) when you bake them.
  • Make sure to flip the sweet potatoes around frequently so they don’t burn on one side.
  • After they’re done to the crispness you like, sprinkle the fries with Kosher salt.
  • For a little extra kick, sprinkle the fries with onion powder, cayenne pepper or black pepper.
Hand sprinkling salt onto baked Sweet Potato Fries.

Questions

Are sweet potato fries actually healthy?

According to a helpful Mayo Clinic article about eating the rainbow, the orange sweet potato being a color on the rainbow, sweet potatoes can help to reduce heart disease and inflammation, as well as increase your immune system and promote healthy skin. When eating sweet potatoes with that are baked instead of fried, you are doing yourself an additional favor.

Why won’t my oven baked fries get crispy?

Make sure you’re spreading the potatoes out in an even layer with room enough so they don’t touch during baking. Also, give them a good toss every few minutes so they bake evenly on all sides.

Can sweet potato fries be made ahead of time?

Yes! They can be made ahead, refrigerated then reheated in the oven or even the air fryer. Store leftovers in an airtight storage container. The USDA states that the leftover sweet potato fries can stay in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.

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How to Bake Sweet Potato Fries

Plate of sweet potato fries with dipping sauce in the center.

Baked Sweet Potato Fries

5 from 3 votes
These baked sweet potato fries are colorful, crispy, and flavorful. They make a delicious side for burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, or on their own as an appetizer or snack.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 6

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash, pat dry and peel sweet potatoes. Slice potatoes into long, French-fry size, sticks.
    Cutting board with peeling and cutting sweet potatoes into fry shape.
  • Place sliced sweet potatoes in a resealable bag.
    Sliced Sweet Potato Fries in a ziplock bag next to oil.
  • Add just enough vegetable oil to lightly coat the sweet potatoes. Seal the bag and toss to distribute the oil evenly.
    Mixing Sweet Potato Fries in a ziplock bag.
  • Distribute the sweet potatoes onto a cookie sheet in a single layer.
    Unbaked Sweet Potato Fries on a baking dish.
  • Bake for 35-45 minutes, turning often, until lightly browned.
    Tongs turning Sweet Potato Fries on baking sheet.
  • Remove from oven and sprinkle on Kosher salt, to taste.
    Hand sprinkling salt onto baked Sweet Potato Fries.
  • Sweet Potato Fries on a plate with dipping sauce. Limes and salt on the side.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 163kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 127mgPotassium: 510mgFiber: 5gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 21542IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 1mg

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Echo lives in Spanish Fork, Utah with her husband, Todd, who works in advertising. She has four kids: two girls and two boys. She deploys her accounting degree as the blog’s resident problem solver. In her time outside the kitchen, Echo loves to get away from the phones and busy schedules and spend quality time with the family. Anywhere’s great – but getting out into nature in the mountains or on the beach – is the best kind of getaway.

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  1. 5 stars
    These fries were so easy and quick to make. And my whole family was obsessed. Cannot wait to make these again!

  2. 5 stars
    This is our go-to recipe for sweet potato fries! They are my hubby’s favorite & I never seem to make enough. They go so fast!