Sweet Potato French Fries are absolutely delicious when they are salted and dipped in sour cream. They can be served as an appetizer or as a side dish for a meal. With their bright orange color and unusual taste, they make even the most common meal special. An added bonus is that sweet potatoes are actually nutritious.
Instructions
1. Wash and peel the raw sweet potatoes. Then cut them into fries that are about 3 inches long and 1/4 inch wide and 1/4 inch thick. The sweet potatoes are very dense, like carrots. Set them aside until the oil is hot enough to use.
2. Pour the oil into a large frying pan and heat it until when you insert an inch of white bread it floats to the top of the oil and begins to brown immediately. If the bread sinks to the bottom of the pan, the oil is not hot enough. If the bread burns, the oil is too hot. Remember never to leave the kitchen when you are cooking with oil because of the risk of fire!
3. Place the sweet potato French fries one at a time into the hot oil. They should float, like the bread did, to the top of the oil and little bubbles should surround the sticks. Add as many of the fries as you can without crowding the oil. Turn the sticks over after about 2 minutes so that both sides of the sweet potato fries will brown evenly. Continue turning the fries until they are brown and crisp on the outside and soft and tasty on the inside.
4. Remove the cooked sweet potato French fries from the hot oil to a plate covered with paper towels. The paper towels will absorb any of the excess oil. Add salt while the fries are still very hot. As soon as all the fries are cooked, serve them immediately.
5. Dip the piping hot sweet potato French fries in sour cream. For added tang, add a teaspoon of horseradish to about a cup of sour cream.
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