The Art of Making Extra Crispy Sweet Potato Fries at Home

Making sweet potato fries is easier than you think, and with the right trick, you can achieve that perfect crispy texture at home. To start, take a big old sweet potato and lop off the ends. Cutting it in half will make it easy to create the French fry shape without investing in any large contraptions. Cut the sweet potato into rectangular planks, and then cut them into perfectly fry-shaped strips. You'll be left with the last of your French fries, which you can now call "chips" - just like they do at restaurants and fast food joints.

The key to keeping your fries from getting limp and palatable lies in cooking them in a way that replicates the experience of eating at a restaurant or fast food joint. Unfortunately, this can be difficult to achieve when cooking at home, especially if you're using traditional methods. However, we have a great little trick up our sleeve that will help you achieve those same crispy fries. We'll need two ingredients: cornstarch and club soda.

To begin, mix together one cup of cornstarch with two-thirds of a cup of club soda. The cornstarch is light and won't weigh down your sweet potato fries, while the club soda adds a unique element to help them crisp up in hot oil. As you mix the ingredients together, watch as something magical happens - bubbles start to form on the surface of the mixture. This is where the magic begins!

The next step is to heat some oil in a deep frying pan until it reaches 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Once your oil is hot, carefully place your sweet potato fries into the pan and move them around gently to prevent them from sticking together. You'll know they're ready when they start making lots of noise - this means they're having a party in the pan! As they crisp up, season them with some smoked paprika, garlic powder, salt, and a little bit of sugar.

To bring out the full flavor of your sweet potato fries, it's essential to season them while they're still hot and glistening with oil. This is when all the flavors will adhere to the fries, creating an explosion of taste in every bite. Take a pinch of smoked paprika, garlic powder, salt, and sugar, and sprinkle it over your fries. You'll be amazed at how well these flavors complement each other - almost like a barbecue chip!

As you wait for your sweet potato fries to finish cooking, take a moment to appreciate the aroma and presentation. When they come out of the fryer hot and glistening with oil, you'll know that these are the best fries you'll ever make at home. To complete the experience, walk, talk, and enjoy every bite of your crispy sweet potato fries. With this trick and a little practice, you'll be well on your way to creating delicious, extra crispy sweet potato fries in no time!

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it or not club soda so we're gonna take a cup of corn starch it'll coat it nice it's just a really light weight of bread two-thirds of a cup of club soda awesome get it on there look at all that bubble something's happening there something magical beautiful the cornstarch is gonna hit that hot oil and just crisp up mix it up get a handful check your oil looking perfect i got my oil at 375. get them right in there now you want to move them a little bit this is when they tend to stick together they're making lots of noise which means these fries are having a party in there which means they will be crispy now how are we going to season these well i got some smoked paprika garlic powder real simple seasoning this stuff's the best deep dark smoky red color of course a little salt and for that kind of fast food fry element i like a little little bit of sugar with my french fries a couple pinches in there and mix this thing up it's beautiful color look beautiful right on that orange of course taste it it almost tastes just like a barbecue chip and you know what i love barbecue chips i love barbecue chips so i like to season my fries like barbecue chips it's the best here we go coming out of the fryer hot glistening this is the best they'll ever be so work fast at this point season them now when they're hot and glistening with oil so all that seasoning adheres to it the smoked paprika the garlic powder the sugar a little salt in there hit em good a lot of seasoning on this you want these things to pop in your mouth right speaking of popping in your mouth this is the time i love to have a fry right walk the walk talk the talk so hot so tasty smoky from the paprika i love it i'm ready i'm gonna put our fries old-school front style right into there oh and there you have it youwe're gonna do sweet potato fries and i got a great trick for making them extra crispy and a big old sweet potato right here lop off the ends of that and cut it in half very easy way to make that french fry shape at home without investing in some large contraption right so you want to cut them into these kind of rectangular planks and then once you got these planks like that see them now you can cut them into perfectly fry shaped strips look at that all right that is the last of my french fries excuse me it's called me chips all right you want them like that they look like a fred fry right we crisp them up in a minute we season them beautiful now onto our fries how do you keep these things from getting all limp and you know not palatable or crispy you cook them in the oven at home you fry them at home you just can't get that same effect you do at the restaurants or the fast food joints this is a great little trick two ingredients cornstarch and believe it or not club soda so we're gonna take a cup of corn starch it'll coat it nice it's just a really light weight of bread two-thirds of a cup of club soda awesome get it on there look at all that bubble something's happening there something magical beautiful the cornstarch is gonna hit that hot oil and just crisp up mix it up get a handful check your oil looking perfect i got my oil at 375. get them right in there now you want to move them a little bit this is when they tend to stick together they're making lots of noise which means these fries are having a party in there which means they will be crispy now how are we going to season these well i got some smoked paprika garlic powder real simple seasoning this stuff's the best deep dark smoky red color of course a little salt and for that kind of fast food fry element i like a little little bit of sugar with my french fries a couple pinches in there and mix this thing up it's beautiful color look beautiful right on that orange of course taste it it almost tastes just like a barbecue chip and you know what i love barbecue chips i love barbecue chips so i like to season my fries like barbecue chips it's the best here we go coming out of the fryer hot glistening this is the best they'll ever be so work fast at this point season them now when they're hot and glistening with oil so all that seasoning adheres to it the smoked paprika the garlic powder the sugar a little salt in there hit em good a lot of seasoning on this you want these things to pop in your mouth right speaking of popping in your mouth this is the time i love to have a fry right walk the walk talk the talk so hot so tasty smoky from the paprika i love it i'm ready i'm gonna put our fries old-school front style right into there oh and there you have it you\n"