California Farm Sweet Potato Stovetop Fries

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Colorfull yellow and red sweet potato fries, no peeling or tools needed, just your knife. Half inch discs, then half inch fries, skin on, fried crisp and colorful. Prepared in minutes, fried in minutes, no smoke, no odor, a dinner treat.

If I had to choose between yellow and red, I prefer the yellow sweet potatoes for a crisper fry.

Serve with your choice of mayonnaise or ketchup, or flaked seasalt.

California Farm Sweet Potato Stovetop Fries

Colorfull yellow and red sweet potato fries, no peeling or tools needed, just your knife. Half inch discs, then half inch fries, skin on, fried crisp and colorful. Prepared in minutes, fried in minutes, no smoke, no odor, a dinner treat.

If I had to choose between yellow and red, I prefer the yellow sweet potatoes for a crisper fry.

Serve with your choice of mayonnaise or ketchup, or flaked seasalt.

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Ingredients

Prep 4 minutes, fry 5 + 5 minutes.
2 people, large portions
  1. 1-2large yellow sweet potatoes, fresh and hard, about a pound
  2. 1large red yam, fresh and hard, about a pound
  3. 2 quartshigh smoke point (500F) avocado oil, peanut oil (450F) or grapeseed oil (400 F)
  4. 1/2 Tspchoice of pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, sweet paprika powder
  5. Sprinkle of Flaked Maldon sea salt
  6. Homemade mayonnaise, or
  7. Homemade ketchup, or
  8. Homemade avocado mayonnaise, or
  9. Homemade eggplant mayonnaise
  10. Equipment: kitchen knife, stove top wok with basket and splash shield top, paper towel funnel and wide mouth 2 quart mason jar to filter and reuse oil, handheld laser thermometer
  11. Cost: $1 dollar for potatoes, oil is filtered and reused, minus an estimated 3 Tbs of oil

Cooking Instructions

Prep 4 minutes, fry 5 + 5 minutes.
  1. 1

    Heat 2 quarts of oil in deep frying pan on stove top on medium high to 350F degrees. Test with piece of bread, if it browns and floats, that is about 350F degrees. Wash, scrub, dry, slice potatoes lenghtwise in half inch thick discs, peel on. Cut discs lenghtwise into half inch fries. Rub fries with preferred spices. Mix yellow and red colors of the fries.

  2. 2

    Pre- fry a handful of cut and mixed yellow and red fries in 350F degree hot oil, fry till edges start to turn golden, five minutes, lift out of oil, drain onto paper towel, fry next batch. When all fries are prefried, turn oil up to 375F degrees, check with remote thermometer to keep oil below smoke point, put all of the fries back in hot oil for five minutes till crisp.

  3. 3

    Drain fries in basket above frying pot, they will stay hot and crisp. Serve with flaked seasalt, mayo, ketchup. Enjoy. When oil has cooled safely, but is still warm and fluid, filter for reuse through paper towel in funnel into stable wide mouth glass jar and fitting funnel, then transfer back into bottle.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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