Baked Sweet Potato Fries are a great, healthier alternative to deep fried french fries or that classic steakhouse baked potato. These baked fries would make the perfect side dish for any main meal. These baked fries would be a great accompaniment to the healthier main dish recipe.
Sweet potatoes have more nutrients than their friend Mr. Russet Potato…so if your meal isn’t complete without a starch, but you are also trying to eat healthier, then give these baked sweet potato fries a try! You can totally use any color sweet potato you prefer. The darker the sweet potato, the more nutrients it has though.
Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Print RecipeIngredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 4 tablespoons nutritional yeast (optional)
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into 1/4-inch by 1/4-inch matchsticks. Place the cut potatoes in a bowl of cold water for at least an hour. After the potatoes have soaked for at least an hour, drain the potatoes from the water and rinse the potatoes with fresh water. Pat the potatoes dry with a paper towel.
Preheat oven to 425-degrees and line a large, rimmed baking pan with aluminum foil. Spray with baking spray and set aside.
Add the potatoes and canola oil to a large ziplock bag and shake, shake, shake shake, shake, shaaaaaaake the bag, until the potatoes are thoroughly coated. Add the cornstarch to the bag and shake until the potatoes are evenly coated. If using the nutritional yeast, add the nutritional yeast to the potatoes and shake the bag until they are evenly coated. Spread the potatoes out in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake in 425-degree oven for 15-minutes. After 15-minutes, flip the fries over and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until fries are brown and crispy. Remove fries from the oven and sprinkle with salt. Let fries sit on the pan for several minutes, then transfer to a plate for serving. Serve warm.
Notes
Best if eaten the same day as making. Leftovers can be re-heated in the oven for maximum crispiness.
If you like a cheesy potato, then think about adding nutritional yeast to the raw potatoes at the same time you coat the potatoes with cornstarch.
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43 Comments
Lindsay | With Salt and Pepper
April 27, 2017 at 5:13 AMHey Kelly! My kids PLOW through pans of oven baked fries!! And I never would’ve thought to add nutritional yeast to them and I LOVE nutritional yeast. When I put it on their popcorn, I may dip my finger in it and eat it plain…just saying 😉 These sound so good and I’ll definitely be trying them! XOXO
Kelly
April 27, 2017 at 1:34 PMHi Lindsay! Hehehe nothing wrong with that dipping your finger into the nutritional yeast and eating it plain! I am totally adding it to my popcorn next time I make some! I haven’t had popcorn in forever though! Hahaha. Hopefully next time you make baked fries, you try it with some nutritional yeast on them. Let me know what you think! XOXO 🙂
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
April 27, 2017 at 7:24 AMI don’t think it’s weird to eat raw potato; my grandma always did when she was preparing potatoes. I’ve never gotten into that but I’m certainly in to these gorgeous sweet potato fries. I have some nutritional yeast in my fridge right now so I’m definitely going to sprinkle some of that right on top 🙂
Kelly
April 27, 2017 at 1:40 PMThanks Kelsie!! I am glad you don’t think I am weird (well weird for eating raw potato). If you try these fries, let me know what you think. My 10-year old step son declared these fries better than McDonald’s….hahahah I don’t know about that, but these are pretty good 😉 XOXO
Stacy | Pop Kitchen
April 27, 2017 at 7:28 AMI LOVE sweet potato fries. And you’re right, these do look a lot like the traditional russet version. Just curious, what does the cornstarch do? I’ve never heard of that before and I am super interested.
Kelly
April 27, 2017 at 1:46 PMHi Stacy! The cornstarch is supposed to help make the fries crispier when they bake. You can make these without the cornstarch if you are opposed to using it too! The fries will still be yummy 🙂 XOXO
Wendy
April 27, 2017 at 6:35 PMI have never heard of white sweet potatoes but I am a huge sweet potato fan so I will be on the lookout for them.
Kelly
April 28, 2017 at 1:21 PMYou can use whatever kind of sweet potatoes you like (or can find) Wendy 🙂 XOXO
Kim @ The Baking ChocolaTess
April 28, 2017 at 6:39 AMNever heard of them, but I know I would love them. I love sweet potato fries, french fries (duh!) so I’m sure i would love these too and I eat potatoes raw, well not the sweet potatoes <—not so good. I am going to look for these, I love a french fry(s) in disguise without all the calories! 🙂 Pinning!! <3
Kelly
April 28, 2017 at 1:28 PMYou can use whatever sweet potatoes you like for this recipe Kim! And I have never had a raw sweet potato before…I just thought of that when you said that! Ha! Now I wonder how different a raw sweet potato tastes from a regular potato! XOXO 🙂
Amy (Savory Moments)
April 28, 2017 at 6:49 AMLove these! I make baked regular fries and baked orange sweet potato fries, but haven’t used white sweet potatoes before. They look delicious!
Kelly
April 28, 2017 at 1:33 PMThank you Amy!! They were yummy! You can use whatever color sweet potatoes you want for this recipe though! 🙂 XOXO Have a great weekend!
Maria Doss
April 28, 2017 at 9:20 AMWe are huge fans of sweet potatoes around here. I constantly use regular and Asian sweet potatoes, but have never set my hands on the white variety. Thanks for introducing Kelly:)
Kelly
April 28, 2017 at 1:31 PMThank you Maria! You will have to let me know if you find the white ones and if you try these! XOXO 🙂 Have a great weekend!
heather (delicious not gorgeous)
May 1, 2017 at 9:29 AMthese look so crispy and tasty! i’ve never seen white sweet potato fries, but i don’t see why they wouldn’t be just as amazing as their orange counterparts :3 also, raw potatoes?! can’t say i’ve tried those, or that i’ve been tempted to (though now i’m curious so i’ll probably nibble on a piece next time i’m cooking potatoes).
Kelly
May 1, 2017 at 4:30 PMHehehe you will have to try a raw potato (with a little salt on top) and tell me what you think! I know I am weird already 😉 You can totally make these fries with whatever color sweet potatoes you want too!! XOXO 🙂
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December 28, 2017 at 5:19 PMIf I’m being honest, I always prefer baked potato fries to fried ones! These look fantastic!
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December 30, 2017 at 5:22 AMI love the idea of adding nutritional yeast to these yummy potatoes.
Kelly
December 30, 2017 at 1:45 PMThe nutritional yeast made these fries amazing!!
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Rosie
December 30, 2017 at 9:23 AMWe love fries, but I don’t make them often. These are inspiring, so healthy, and so delicious! I’m excited to give them a whirl!
Kelly
December 30, 2017 at 1:47 PMAwesome! Thanks Rosie! These are easy to make and healthy, so you definitely should try em out. Come back and let me know what you think if you do! XOXO 🙂
Laura Dembowski (@piesandplots)
December 30, 2017 at 1:02 PMWhite sweet potatoes are my favorite, but they can be hard to find.
Kelly
December 30, 2017 at 1:49 PMThey are yummy! You can use any color sweet potatoes you like in this recipe though too 🙂 XOXO
piesandprejudicebaker
December 30, 2017 at 9:48 PMI used to eat raw potatoes too, so funny! I haven’t in years, now I prefer them cooked haha These look so yummy Kelly, I’m going to try these soon! I usually have a bit of trouble finding white sweet potatoes so I’ll try this with the orange ones 🙂 Love that they’re baked, too! Healthy and super delicious 😀
Kelly
December 31, 2017 at 8:32 AMThanks Dana! Funny that you used to eat raw potatoes too hehehe. Yes…you can totally make these fries with any color sweet potato 🙂 XOXO
Brenda Haines
December 31, 2017 at 10:07 AMI’ll be trying these soon! They sound and look amazing!
Kelly
January 1, 2018 at 7:06 AMThank you Brenda!! These are definitely a favorite side dish at our house 🙂 XOXO
Carlee
December 31, 2017 at 2:46 PMNow I want to run to the store and find white sweet potatoes. These look awesome!
Kelly
January 1, 2018 at 7:10 AMThanks Carlee! These are totally worth running to the store for hehehe 🙂 XOXO
Delilah Martin
January 5, 2018 at 7:41 PMI can’t wait to try this recipe!
Kelly
January 8, 2018 at 9:26 PMThanks Delilah! You will have to let me know what you think if you make them 🙂
Buddy Garrett
January 6, 2018 at 6:39 PMThe fries sound delicious.
Kelly
January 8, 2018 at 9:29 PMThank you Buddy!!
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Tina Thompson
October 5, 2019 at 2:23 PMCant wait to try this recipe tonight! I only use white sweet potatoes, they are less sweet than the other ones. I am also using them for set potato casserole this Thanksgiving, so excited!! At my store they are called sweet potatoes. The other ones are jewel and yams…you might have seen them and not known they were white 😉
Kelly
October 6, 2019 at 9:10 AMYay!! You will have to let me know what you think about this recipe after you try it! I like that these are less sweet too. Have a fabulous weekend 🙂 XOXO
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