This is my first time participating in the Secret Recipe Club and I’m super excited to be involved! I was assigned the blog Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Punch and actually browsed through all the posts to find THE one I wanted to try. If you have a gluten-free eater in the house, this blog is worth checking out. The photos are quite pretty, too 
Alex (and myself, I suppose) is trying to eat healthier these days, so we bought a big box of sweet potatoes & yams at Costco. I will never cease to be amazed at the healthiness of sweet potatoes, mainly due to the fact that they kinda taste like candy. Amazing how that is. Anyway, I chose this recipe to recreate and ended up adapting it quite a bit. After trying to bake at 390 degrees, my fries weren’t getting crispy fast enough, so I upped the temperature to 450. They also needed a good 25 minutes to bake. We didn’t have any sesame seeds, neither of us really care that much for them, so instead, I sprinkled in cornmeal to give the fries a tender crunch. Try it, you won’t regret it. We couldn’t stop eating them- these guys are addicting!
Also, I just can’t get over the orange and yellow combo of the yams/sweet potatoes. If you’re able, pick up a combo of both- they should be quite easy to find this time of year! It makes for quite a lovely presentation.
Sweet Potato Fries
2 to 3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chips or slices
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 to 3 tablespoons cornmeal
coarse salt, to taste (optional)- I didn’t use
Heat the oven to 450°F. Toss the sweet potatoes in the oil, cornmeal and salt and roast in the oven for about 25 minutes, until tender within and crisp outside.
*An easy way to “toss”, I found, is to put the oil, cornmeal & salt in a large Ziploc freezer bag, then put in the cut-up potatoes. Shake, shake, shake it up- just like your mom did a Shake ‘n Bake
{ 20 comments… read them below or add one }
What a great idea to coat them in cornmeal for crunch! It’s so hard to get crispy sweet potato fries because they have SO much moisture in them. These look great!
Hi Heather, it’s great to be with you in SRC, the fries look lip smacking…, Lovely and gorgeous clicks tooo….
These look wonderful – I love the multi colors! Can’t wait to try them!
Heather, welcome to the SRC! Great first post! We are SO addicted to sweet potatoes – fries, chips, mashed, and any other way I can make them. I will definitely have to try these and I love the cornmeal coating for that extra crunch.
Welcome to the SRC! Fun, isn’t it? You picked a great recipe. I LOVE sweet potato fries. The cornmeal in this recipe is a great idea for adding some crunch and texture. I’ll be trying this.
I love sweet potato fries. looks like you got a great blog for SRC. You also picked a wonderful recipe. Thanks for sharing
Oh, I love the colors of the yams and sweet potatoes too, good idea! And the cornmeal ‘crust’ hmmmm, now that sounds mighty tasty!
I adore Sweet Potato Fries and these look fabulous. I also like to season them with a little Old Bay. YUM
Oh these are just beautiful! I adore sweet potatoes and even more so as fries! Love your substitution of the cornmeal! And I don’t think I’ve ever seen the yellow variety….but will definitely look for them. The contrast in color, and your photos are just beautiful! : )
I too love sweet potato fries. I think the addition of cornmeal sounds great. Now, if I could just bring sweet potato fries to Thanksgiving instead of candied yams. Maybe I’ll try!
Great SRC post.
I recently saw someone posting sweet tater fries sprinkled with a bit of salt AND powdered sugar.
These look so good! I had never thought of the cornmeal and salt mix.
I have a fun Pin’Inspiration party on Thursdays-hope you can come by and share
Your fries look fabulous! I love sweet potato fries. Good SRC choice.
Great choice for an SRC post! I <3 sweet potato anything!
I am so in love with sweet potato fries. You chose a great recipe for the Secret Recipe club. Here is what I cooked up from group C: http://su.pr/1HICCz
I’d never say no to sweet potato fries! Yours look lovely!!
Yum! These look delicious!
I love sweet potatoes and knowing these were baked was enough to make me go ahead and make them! I love how great they tasted and crunchy – just as much so as if they were fried. Anyway, my kids loved them so of course this is a recipe that will be made often!! I would rather them eat these than fries that are actually fried!
I LOVE sweet potato fries! They are so healthy & delicious!
Also, You’ve been award the Liebster Blog Award from Amy’s Cooking Adventures! Congrats!
http://amyscookingadventures.blogspot.com/2011/12/shout-out-to-up-and-coming-bloggers.html
I do love the shake part. It was the most fun part in making sweet potato fries. However, the best thing of all is the fact that I can taste the crisp, crunch, yum sweet potato fries. I really love this. I even make this dish for almost once or twice a week.
http://howtomakesweetpotatofries.org/