Hand Cut French Fries--the healthier way

[FarmerChick]

sure can and those sweet potatoes are healthier than reg. white taters




and make sweet potatoe chips.

just peel real thin with a cheese slicer....dry well, slightly salt and put in oven til super crispy. they are just a crunchy great snack!!!--especially for times you want the sweet and salty combo!!!!

Would I do this before I boil the sweet potato?

No--you don't do anything to them....raw
super simple


here is a recipe

These chips are made without any fat. For attractive circular chips, look for sweet potatoes that are round rather than long. It is best to make very thin slices with a mandoline. Or use a cheese slicer for thin slices.


Ingredients
Makes about 3 dozen
1 large sweet potato, (about 9 ounces), peel on, washed, and dried
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
1.Heat oven to 200 degrees.with two racks. Line two baking pans with parchment paper, and set aside. Using a mandoline, slice potato crosswise, as thin as possible. Arrange the slices on the prepared sheets, and keep them from touching as much as possible. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
2.Cook for 50 minutes. Slices will dehydrate and shrink; turn chips over, and rotate baking sheets if needed for even cooking. Cook until slices are crisped and fluted around the edges and the centers are still orange, not brown, 30 to 40 more minutes. Transfer to cooling racks, and cool chips on baking sheets. (Chips will be soft when removed from oven and will crisp as they cool.) Store in an airtight container, at room temperature, up to 3 days.


hope that helps

 

[big brown horse]

It helped, thank you!

 

[miss_thenorth]

I've been doing these for years--I never even heard of boiling them first though. usually the ones near the edge of the pan get crispy anyway, for those in my family who like the crispy ones (dh).