Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries These oven baked sweet potato fries are so addictive! Wedges of sweet potatoes, tossed with oil, sprinkled with spices, baked potato in oven baked at high heat until browned and crispy at the edges.
Elise founded Simply Recipes in 2003 and led the site until 2019. She has an MA in Food Research from Stanford University. These oven baked sweet potato fries are so addictive! And once you know how to make them, you will never have an excuse to not cook sweet potatoes again.
Those kids who won’t eat their veggies? They’ll eat so many of these fries, their skin will turn yellow from beta carotene. I’m still eating them in my mind. I brought these over for my father to try. I think he only got to eat one or two because he was also eating the rest of his dinner, the dinner I abandoned in favor of these. They’re really easy to make, too. Just peel a few sweet potatoes, cut them into wedges or rounds, toss with some olive oil, sprinkle with spices, and bake at a high temperature until lightly browned.
Feel free to use what you like. Sweet potatoes can take high heat, and you might see them and worry they’re burned. The browner they are, the crispier they will be, but there is a fine line between browned and burnt beyond edibility. Even if they get really dark, they should still be good because of the natural sugars of the sweet potatoes caramelizing. But watch carefully to ensure that they don’t go from browned to burned. Try to cut them evenly so they all cook at about the same rate. Preheat the oven with the baking sheet inside.
For best browning results bake only one sheet at a time. For extra caramelization, sprinkle fries with a little sugar before putting in the oven. For best browning results, bake only one sheet at a time. For extra flavor, try swapping out half of the oil with melted butter. Chinese five-spice, pumpkin pie spice, garam masala, Cajun seasoning, etc.
Peel the sweet potatoes and cut off the ends. Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise and then, if they are very long, in half crosswise. Alternately, you can slice the peeled sweet potato into disks either with a mandoline or a sharp knife. Put the sweet potatoes into a large bowl and add the oil. Sprinkle with salt and spices of your choice. Use your hands to mix well, so all pieces are coated with oil and spices.
Remove the preheated baking sheet from the oven. Carefully spread the sweet potatoes out in a single layer on the baking sheet. Watch out, the pan is hot! Bake for 15 to 25 minutes.