These Baked Sweet Potato Fries seasoned with Red New Mexico Chile powder have the perfect combination of sweet and heat. Plus, they’re crispy on the outside and soft in the middle. That’s not easy to achieve with sweet potatoes. But there is a trick to it. I show you in this video. I also share some of the wildlife in southern New Mexico. Be sure to watch. Then read on for the easy recipe.
Baked Sweet Potato Fries
3 large sweet potatoes
approx. 3 Tbsp. olive oil
2 tsp. red New Mexico chile powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. garlic powder
*Garnish with crumbled queso fresco, green onion and serve with your favorite dipping sauce. (I love honey mustard dressing or chipotle ranch.)
Peel and slice sweet potatoes into 1/4″ strips about 3-4″ long. Immediately place them into a bowl of water. Soaking the sweet potatoes in water removes the starch and ensures that your fries will be come out crispy and not limp. Ideally, you should soak them in water for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 425º
Remove cut fries from water and pat them dry with a clean tea towel. Then place them in a separate large bowl. Drizzle oil over fries and mix to coat them. You may need to add a little more oil. Combine spices and sprinkle over fries. Mix to ensure all fries are seasoned.
Place fries on large baking sheet and spread them apart as best as you can. You will need two baking sheets for this amount. Make sure fries are not sitting on top of each other, and if possible, spread them apart. This will help them to crisp better. Then place in oven for 10 minutes. Carefully flip fries over then return to oven for an additional 15 minutes. Remove from oven and place on serving tray. Garnish with crumbled queso fresco and green onion and enjoy immediately with your favorite dipping sauce.
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The red chile powder I use is from Grajeda Farms Hatch Chile Market in Hatch, New Mexico.
221 N. Franklin St.
Hatch, NM 87937
Phone: (575)621-1763
You can find them on Facebook at “Grajeda Hatch Chile Market”
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1:40 “Acoustic Loop 39”
5:46 “Eyes Wide Open” -bhzimmy
18 Comments
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Yummy!!
When I lived on the outskirts of a small town I'd leave water in a shallow pan for the quail as it can be hard to come by. Roadrunners hunt quails.
Oh boy I gotta try this recipe, Thanks Marcy.
Love them as waffle fries too! Good idea for the queso fresco and onion! I soak mine for hours. I have your same tea towels! Great job, Nice lighting in the kitchen…
Definitely going to try this recipe loos delicious. Love your kitchen, it is beautiful!!
Hi Marcy, SO HAPPY You're doing oven method bc WE don't have air machine. We are old School. 😊❤
I expect a good rabbit recipe 😅
Loved seeing the birdies and bunnies. Reminded me of growing up back home.
Yes! Years ago when I bought an air fryer the first thing I tried was sweet potato fries and they didn't turn out well, I was so disappointed. Thanks for sharing this…definitely going to try it!
I also enjoy seeing the wild life in your yard 💕
Marcy, YUMMYLICIOUS!! Tʰₓ ᵂᵉ ᶫᵒᵛᵉᵧₒᵤ! ❤
Oh Heck yeah FATHER GOD'S Beautiful Creations. I've never seen a roadrunner except cartoons. I Love the Bunnies too. Oh THANK You Marcy for showing us the animals ❤😊
That is beautiful seeing nature's animals. What part of New Mexico is it
I love New Mexico. My husband and I almost moved there a few years ago. Beautiful there and love the wild life
I liked the ice water soak tip and how high to cook plus when to turn the fries. I love these but haven’t perfected cooking them when not fried.
I prefer sweet potato fries over russets, but have never made them. And you’ve put a southwest spin on them. They look delicious. Having wildlife at your new place is a big plus. I love feeding and watching all the critters in my yard here in northeast Houston. I absolutely love your new kitchen, btw. ❤
This is the kind of thing that I like making for parties because NO ONE else is going to serve Hatch SP Fries 😋😍👍🏻
We live on a small farm in Southern Colorado, less than 20 miles from the NM border, we also have rabbits, coyotes, quail, deer, bear, eagles and an occasional road runner and elk. And yes we must be very mindful of our pets or they will become a breakfast burrito for the coyotes. Today is a chilly-chile Day in Colorado, meaning it is very cool outside and I am putting up my yearly chile supply. After cleaning my chile I put it through my meat grinder and package it in small 4 oz containers with lids for freezing. I like doing it that way because my chile is already chopped and ready to be used when needed, it also gives me better portion control for two empty nesters. Of course I also package some whole chile for chile rellenos, and also get enough chile to make ristas for my red chile needs. Can you guess, I grew up in New Mexico, you can take this girl out of NM, but you can't take NM out of this girl. This year I am putting up three bushels of chile, two are green for my freezer and one red for my ristas. I love your channel.