Unlike regular potatoes, a medium-sized sweet potato counts as one of your 5-a-day (one portion of veg or fruit is 80g raw weight), so using them to replace white potatoes in soups, curries and potato dishes is an easy way to up your 5-a-day count. Thumbnails by Felicity Cloake. About Baked Sweet Potato Fries–found a hint that said to place the potato sticks on a rack over your baking sheet(I used my cooling rack) and they will get crispy without turning them. Cook’s Illustrated’s sweet potato fries. Thick fries never get crispy. You want your fries to be about 1/4″ wide, or close to it. Here’s how to slice a sweet potato into fries: Rest your sweet potato on its side on a sturdy cutting board. Sweet potato is also a great source of vitamin A, which helps to keep our skin healthy and sight working properly. The sweet potato is a bright orange root vegetable, and is treated in a similar way to butternut squash, parsnips, swede and turnips. Voir plus de contenu de Jamie Oliver sur Facebook Unlike potatoes, these vegetables do count towards your 5-a-day because they are lower in starch than other carbohydrates and are usually eaten in addition to the starchy part of the meal. How to make sweet potato fries. I’ve tried baked sweet potato fries every which way, and these elements really do make a big difference in the crispy factor: 1) Slice your fries thinly. I tried a batch and they came out great–crispy on the outside and tender inside. https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/sweetpotatochipswith_84745 Printed off several recipes to try but will have to cut them way down for just me. Hi Jamie, Just discovered your site. Sweet potatoes are a non-starchy carb, so count towards our 5-a-day tally, plus they contain vitamin C. Here, we show you how to make sweet potato fries