Sweet Potato Fries - help!

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Could anyone share with me their really kick ass sweet potato fries recipes!?

DH loves them and always orders them in restaurants. I make them too chunky so he doesn't like them as much. And tbf, mine taste crap compared to restaurant ones.

I'm great with white potatoes but find sweet potatoes a lot more difficult to master.

I'm after tasty, thin and crispy ones if anyone can help!

KarlKennedy, if it's white ones I gently par boil for about 5 mins, them then drain and let them steam dry for at least 10 minutes. The drier the better and more crispy they will be. In this time heat up the oil. Goose/chicken fat, lard or olive oil is good. Put them in the hot fat and make sure they have a coating of the fat. Roast on 200 for 15 mins and don't open the door before! I usually do them in 15 min intervals until they are as golden and crispy as I like.

The best coating for them is to put fine cornmeal, not cornflour, in a bowl with a pinch of salt, pepper, mixed herbs and garlic powder. Mix it all together and toss the sweet potato fries in the mixture. Line on a non stick tray so that the fries aren't touching and bake for 20-25 min on 180. They also taste really nice coating with fine ground almonds. Same cooking as above just replace the cornmeal with ground almonds. I sometimes also add some Parmesan to the polenta mix and they taste amazing

Right, I'm getting confused now, can someone help me out and tell me if this is correct...

Cornflour = cornstarch - a white, dense flour

Cornmeal = polenta - a yellow flour made of corn ranging from fine, flour type consistency to a more grainy consistency.

that's right

Ooh thanks, I will try drying them as well as a coating next time. Maybe tonight! I love chips.

I chop mine into a mix of thin and chunky, coat in coconut oil or garlic infused olive oil depending on what flavour we want and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook on a medium heat until cooked through them turn heat up to crisp up. Problem with restaurant ones is that they will have loads of sugar/crap added for flavouring and are usually deep fried!

The key thing is to soak them to remove the starch and not to salt until they come out of the oven as this will draw moisture out and make them soggy. A thin coating of cornflour/cornstarch helps get them crispier.