Blue Sage Bites: Sweet Potatoes

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Ninja Foodi Crispy Sweet Potato Fries

Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries Recipe

From Thesaltedpepper.comCrispy sweet potato fries from scratch and made right in your air fryer!

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: side dishes, Snack

Cuisine: American

Difficulty Level: Easy

Servings:

Calories: 171kcal

Author: Louise

Equipment

Air Fryer

Ingredients

1 8-10 ounce Sweet Potato
1 Tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons cornstarch also called cornflour

Seasoning Blend

1 teaspoon fine grind sea salt or kosher salt
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder

Instructions

Preheat your air fryer on the hottest setting for 10 minutes. Make sure the air fryer basket or crisper plate is in the appliance during the preheat time. I use the Broil/Grill function on the NInja Foodi Pressure Cooker & Air Crisper because it reaches 450°F/230°C. If you are using a different air fryer, just use your hottest temperature setting.
Peel your sweet potato to remove the skin. Rinse under cold water and pat dry with a paper towel.
Mix up the spices in a small bowl.
If your sweet potato is rolling on your cutting board, slice a tiny bit off of the side to make a flat surface. Cut the sweet potato in half. Place each flat side on your cutting board and make slices about ½" thick planks. Cut each plank into strips about ½" thick.
Place the cut sweet potatoes into a large bowl and drizzle about 1 Tablespoon of olive oil or avocado oil over the top. Sprinkle on about ½ of the seasoning blend and toss the fries in the bowl. Add the remaining seasoning and toss again.
Sprinkle the cornstarch over the top of the fries and toss to lightly coat the sweet potatoes with the cornstarch.
Add as many sweet potato fries to the preheated air fryer as you can fit in one level. In the NInja Foodi PC & AC I can get half of them in at a time. Air Fry at 375°F/190°C for about 10 minutes. Toss them around at 5 minutes. Once they are golden brown and crispy, remove from the air fryer and place on a cooling rack.
Repeat for the rest of the batches. When you get to the last batch, set the air fryer for 12 minutes and when the final batch has cooked 10 minutes add in previous batches and air fryer for 2 minutes, tossing them after 1 minute. This will get them all warmed back up again.
Dump all the fries onto the cooling rack and spread them out. Let them cool a few minutes which adds to the crispiness. Serve & Enjoy!

Nutrition

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes

Shortcut Sweet Potato Bake

I got this recipe from Karen Hurley at a cooking class. She makes it quickly with the canned yams. It was good but I still prefer to boil my cut up sweet potatoes until cooked but still firm; layer them in a baking dish with some pats of butter and salt (Bryan likes it with brown sugar added here but I find it a little too sweet) and then just use her topping recipe. I will post her original.

12 Servings

Yams
2 -28 oz. cans Yams in syrup, drained
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup butter
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

Topping
3 Tbsp melted butter
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup shopped pecans (or nuts of your choice-I like chopped almonds)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup self-rising flour
         (I often don't have the self-rising. You can make it yourself with 1/4 cup regular flour minus 1/2 teaspoon. Add a shy half teaspoon of baking powder and a pinch salt and you make the full 1/4 cup)

     Mash sweet potatoes in mixing bow: add sugar, salt, milk, butter,eggs and vanilla, mixing until smooth. Pour into a 9X13 baking dish. Cover and refrigerate until 1 hour before serving.
     Mix the topping ingredients just until crumbly; set aside until ready to bake. (Can be made up to one week ahead and stored in an airtight container at room temperature.) Sprinkle evenly over the sweet potato mixture before baking
     Bake at 350* for 20-30 minutes or until browned and bubbly.