Sweet Potato Fries

  

It seems to me that sweet potato fries are becoming a culinary trend. So many people enjoy them, and they are becoming increasingly more available in restaurants and in the frozen food section of grocery stores. Nonetheless, I hadn't actually tried sweet potato fries until this last fall. This was probably mostly due to the fact that I haven't enjoyed sweet potatoes in the past. When I did get to taste sweet potato fries, however, I found that they're really delicious and a nice change from your regular potato French fries. 

So, when I was grocery shopping with my mom this week, I requested that we buy some sweet potatoes so that I could make some homemade fries myself. I've made regular fries by frying potatoes in the deep fryer, so I basically knew the process, but I decided that I wanted to follow Michael Smith's sweet potato fries recipe.Truly, sweet potato fries are incredibly easy to make at home, and even if you don't have a deep fryer, you can still make them in a pot on the stove.

I began by peeling the sweet potatoes and cutting them into sticks, just like you would with a regular potato. I ended up cutting three potatoes, which fed four people comfortably, and we have a bit leftover too. 

Next, I  began heating the vegetable oil in the deep fryer. 

While the oil was heating, I mixed up the spice mixture. This included sea salt, cinnamon, chili powder, and brown sugar.  

Finally, once the oil was heated, I put the sweet potatoes into the fryer and allowed them to fry until golden brown and slightly crispy.

I found the fries were really delicious, and much better than the ones you can get at the grocery store. The fries were slightly crispy, and I really enjoyed the addition of the spice mixture. Although Michael Smith's recipe suggests that you toss the fries in the spices, we chose to sprinkle it over our individual servings of the fries. This way, everyone gets however much they like.