Baked Sweet Potato Shoestring Fries
Crispy baked sweet potato shoestring fries with a tender center are the perfect healthy snack or side dish. These easy fries pair wonderfully with Sriracha Cream Sauce, Vegan Aioli, or your favorite dip.
I have a great love for sweet potatoes, and similar to my Baked Sweet Potato Wedges, these baked shoestring sweet potato fries are another extension of that love!
To think there was a time when I didn’t care for them. Well, those days are long gone, and I have found many ways to enjoy their sweetness, nutrition, and versatility.
These shoestring fries are yet another great way to enjoy this wonderful root vegetable!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
- Healthy. Sweet potatoes are rich in vitamins and fiber and are the healthier option over other varieties of potatoes. Plus, they are delicious!
- Easy to customize. These sweet potato fries can be customized by how you cut the potatoes and season them, allowing you to create the perfect shoestring fries for you!
- Fun to make. Cutting is the hardest part, but even that can be made fun by julienning or spiralizing your sweet potatoes.
So without further ado, let’s make baked shoestring fries!
Sweet Potato Shoestring Fries Ingredients
- Sweet potatoes—Any variety or color of sweet potatoes will work, including orange, white, or purple. Feel free to experiment!
- Oil – Use your favorite neutral-flavored oil.
- Salt – to taste
Flavor Variations
- I generally season mine with salt, garlic powder, and ground chipotle. It’s a nice combination of sweet and spice!
- Sometimes I also like to add a light dusting of cornmeal to mine, which adds an extra crunch, but that’s optional.
How To Make Shoestring Sweet Potato Fries
Now, I must confess that baking sweet potato fries won’t make all of your shoestring fries crispy. I still find them to be great on the soft side. If you’re looking for a truly ‘crispy’ fry, this may not be the recipe for you. This is one of those give-and-takes, and I certainly don’t mind. Just the flavor alone is great!
Choose the cut you want: Either hand-cut the sweet potato into 1/4-inch slices or use a julienne tool for ultra-thin shoestring fries. Both ways are great and take the same amount of time, but they cook at different temperatures.
Season: You can easily customize the flavors, using your favorites. Keep it simple with just salt, or add flavoring such as garlic powder, chipotle powder, thyme, or paprika; an everyday seasoning blend would be delicious as well.
Bake: The baking process will take about 30 minutes with a quick rotation of the baking sheet halfway through. They will seem soft when done, but will crisp up as they cool.
Keys Tips for Success
- Cooking times. You may need to accept a bit of trial and error due to oven variations, but I have no doubt you will succeed!
- Lined vs unlined baking sheet. I’ve tried both, and it really didn’t make a difference either way. Usually, I would say line your baking sheet, but these aren’t too messy, so both ways work well.
- Use a vegetable spiralizer. Another option for cutting the sweet potatoes is using a spiralizer. It will cut uniformly, and all you’ll need to do is cut the spirals into 3-inch pieces.
Ways To Serve Baked Shoestring Fries
You can eat shoestring fries with your fingers or with a fork, kind of like you would with chili fries. In fact, these would be great under a Vegan Chili for sweet potato chili fries!
Pair them with a creamy sauce like this Sriracha Aioli or Vegan Aioli.
Serve them alongside a sandwich or eat alone as a snack or light meal. Yesterday, I made The Ultimate Vegetable Lentil Loaf and had myself a lentil loaf sandwich with leftovers. It made for a great sandwich and these fries paired perfectly with it.
More Healthy Snack Recipes!
- Roasted Delicata Squash Fries
- Crispy Smashed Potatoes
- Baked Sweet Potato Wedges
- Yukon Gold + Sweet Potato Home Fries
- Homemade Baked Potato Chips
If you try this shoestring fries recipe or have a question, please let me know! Leave a comment and rate it below. I love to hear what you think, or any changes you make.
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BAKED SWEET POTATO SHOESTRING FRIES
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: Serves 1 – 2 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
Sweet potatoes are a delicious and healthy way to enjoy your fries. Recipe includes two ways to make your baked sweet potato shoestring fries.
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet potato per person
- drizzle of olive oil
- mineral salt, to taste
- light dusting of cornmeal, optional
Optional flavor variations
- sprinkle of garlic powder, ground chipotle, thyme, cayenne or smoked paprika, to taste and depending on your mood (or any combo you like)
Instructions
HAND-CUT METHOD:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees if slicing by hand. (if julienning, see baking instructions below)
Prep: Wash your potatoes and remove any unsightly areas.
Hand-cut: Slice the sweet potato in half, place the flat side down, and cut thin slices, about 1/4 inch thick or smaller. Then turn your thinly sliced pieces on their side and do the same as before, cutting thin slices. Try to get them as uniform in thickness as possible, so they cook evenly. You may have to go through after cutting and double-check your work.
Assemble: Place potatoes on your rimmed cookie sheet (I used two), add a small amount of olive oil (about 1 tablespoon), and toss gently to coat. Place potatoes in a single layer, preferably spread out so they don’t touch much, and sprinkle with mineral salt and seasoning of choice.
Bake: Place in the oven for 15 minutes, remove the sheet (s), and rotate positions; bake for another 15-20 minutes. Keep an eye on them after 15 minutes so they don’t burn. You may lose some, and the final cooking times will depend greatly on your oven. Allow to cool for a few minutes. They will crisp up as they cool.
JULIENNE METHOD:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (They will be a bit thinner and should be baked at a lower temp but for the same amount of time as if slicing by hand.)
Prep: Wash potatoes and remove any unsightly areas.
Julienne: Trim the ends if you like (I usually skip this step). Julienne your sweet potato.
Assemble: Place on cookie sheet, you may need two, toss with oil, spread in a single layer as much as you can, and sprinkle with spices.
Bake: Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Turn the sheet around and rotate the positions. You can also use a fork and lift the shoestring fries up, moving them around a bit. Bake for another 15 – 20 minutes, being careful towards the end as they may cook and burn quickly at this point. Keep an eye on them and remove any pieces that are too brown. You may lose some, and the final cooking times will depend greatly on your oven. Allow them to cool a few minutes, they will crisp up a bit.
These are best served right away with your choice of condiments. Enjoy!
Notes
Feel free to use other spices instead, or in addition too, like garlic powder, nutritional yeast, cumin, chili powder, curry, cinnamon or smoked paprika, etc…as well as other herbs.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Category: Side
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: American
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I followed the directions for the julienne sweet potato shoestring fries and they turned out just perfect!
Your shoe string version is by far my favorite way to make these!! I played around with the temp and rotating pans, they came out the perfect kind of crispy!
So glad you've mastered your shoestring fries! Cheers
I love sweet potatoes and definitely want to try these soon. Where did you get your julienne tool from, if you don't mind me asking?
It was a gift but you can do a google search and find all kinds of different ones at different prices. :)
I LOVE sweet potatoes too! I totally prefer them over a white potato! These fries sound great! I look forward to giving them a try!
Enjoy! :)
These look wonderful, and I will certainly try his recipe out :) I think it may be the natural sugars in sweet potatoes that stop them going crispy- but who cares anyway, if they're delicious?!
Agreed, I still love them anyway too. I will keep trying…maybe lower temp and longer time may crisp them up! I don't mind experimenting because they're so flavorful…I'll just eat them like chili fries with a fork if I need too. :)