Sweet Potato Fries

Posted on October 20, 2019
Written by Meredith Hink MS, RD, CD
      

Often the star at holiday celebrations, sweet potatoes make a wonderful addition to lunch or dinner throughout the year.

sweet-potato-fries-holidays-300x225.jpgOften this vegetable is the star at holiday celebrations when it finds its way into sweet side dishes or baked into pies, but sweet potatoes make a wonderful addition to lunch or dinner throughout the year. Sweet potatoes can be baked, boiled, or even micro-waved as a healthy side dish or added to a main dish at any meal. One baked, medium (5″ length) sweet potato provides approximately

  • 103 Calories
  • 4 grams of fiber
  • 24 grams of carbohydrate
  • 22 mg Vitamin C (which is 37% of the Daily Value)
  • 21,909 IU of Vitamin A (which is over 4 times the amount required in a day)

If you are looking for a new way to add this colorful vegetable that is packed with Vitamins A and C to your diet, create crispy baked fries for dinner tonight.

Lemony Pepper Sweet Potato Fries

Yield: 3 cups

Ingredients

  • 1 lb raw sweet potatoes (approx 3-4 medium)
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp Mrs. Dash® lemon pepper seasoning blend or other favorite seasoning

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Line two baking sheets with aluminum foil. Spray or rub with cooking oil.
  2. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into fries that are approximately ½” thick by 2-3″ long.
  3. Mix lemon juice and lemon pepper seasoning blend in a large bowl.
  4. Add sweet potatoes and toss to coat.
  5. Spread sweet potatoes in a single layer on the two baking sheets.
  6. Bake for 30 minutes or until the fries have decreased in size by half and are soft in the middle.