Easy, 7-ingredient homemade gluten-free sweet potato fries that are ready in less than an hour. Did you know that you can make perfectly crispy baked sweet potato fries at home? These have the perfect blend of spices and herbs for the perfect flavor! They are absolutely delicious dipped in this roasted garlic aioli too!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Simple: This easy sweet potato fries recipe is so easy to follow. It uses just a handful of pantry staples and requires minimal preparation.
- Nutrient Dense: Sweet potatoes are a powerhouse of nutrition, packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Woohoo!
- Sweet + Savory: The natural sweetness of the sweet potatoes, combined with the savory blend of spices like garlic powder, thyme, and chili powder, creates a tasty balance of flavors.
Nutrition For Mental Wellness
As a nutritionist, I love sweet potatoes! One serving of sweet potatoes (with the skin) has 41g of carbs, 6.6g of fiber, 0.3g of fat, and 4g of protein. They are rich in manganese, potassium, copper, and vitamins A, C, B3, B5, and B6.
One serving of sweet potatoes contains 213% of your Daily Value of vitamin A. A study found that dietary intake of beta-carotene and vitamin A is associated with a lower prevalence of depression.
Ingredients + Substitutions
The best sweet potato fries gluten free recipe is made with tasty, simple ingredients. When it comes to the spice combo, I think this recipe is spot on. However, I know not everyone likes chili powder or other various spices, so I have included some ingredient variation suggestions below just for you.
- Sweet potatoes: The main ingredient of this sweet potato fry recipe. (Obviously.) You can use orange sweet potatoes or vibrant purple ones if you can find them.
- Arrowroot powder: This is a very important ingredient. Arrowroot powder helps these roasted sweet potato fries get crispy, so I don’t recommend skipping this one. If you don’t have arrowroot powder on hand or can’t find it in-store, then cornstarch will work just fine.
- Spices: Add a touch more heat to your tasty fries with some ground black pepper. It’s also a great alternative to chili powder if you don’t have any on hand. Alternatively, if you’d like to kick it up a bigger notch, add a pinch of cayenne pepper (or more) is a great option for extra heat.
A full list of ingredients with exact amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Fries
These easy sweet potato fries come together in five simple steps.
- Preheat oven to 425°F/220°C.
- Wash sweet potatoes well and pat dry.
- Slice into even-sized French fries and add to a large bowl. Then, sprinkle spices and herbs over fries and drizzle oil on top. Toss thoroughly.
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- Spread on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and cook for 15-20 minutes. Flip fries and bake for another 15-20 minutes until tender and browning starts to occur.
- Remove from oven and serve with flake salt or your favorite dipping sauce.
Serving Suggestions
Sweet potato fries are tasty with so many dishes. Here are some of my favorite ways to enjoy them.
- Dips: Serve them with a range of dips, such as homemade tomato ketchup without onion and garlic or traditional hummus with tahini.
- Main: Serve them alongside a garbanzo bean burger or black bean veggie burger.
- Loaded: Top the fries with vegan cheese, roasted garlic sauce, diced green onions, or no-tomato guacamole for a ‘loaded’ version.
- Bowls: Add them to a bowl with mixed greens, roasted chickpeas, baked falafel, and garlic roasted hummus. (This would make a super filling meal.)
Storage Tips
Let the fries cool to room temperature to maintain crispiness. Then, store them in an airtight glass container for up to five days in the fridge.
FAQ
There could be a few different reasons why your oven-roasted sweet potato fries won’t get crispy. If you didn’t coat them in arrowroot powder or cornstarch, that could be why they aren’t crispy. Alternatively, you could soak them in water beforehand, which can also help them get extra crispy. Finally, you can always turn your oven to broil for the last 5 minutes or so to really up their crispiness if you like.
You don’t “need” to soak sweet potato fries before baking them. However, it can help them get extra crispy.
Roasting sweet potato fries is one of the healthiest ways to enjoy them. Since they aren’t deep-fried, they should be lower in calories.
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Recipe
Gluten Free Sweet Potato Fries
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 medium sweet potatoes, (about 2lbs or 900g), sliced into fries
- 1 tablespoon arrowroot powder, (or cornstarch)
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F/220°C.
- Wash sweet potatoes well and pat dry.
- Slice into even-sized French fries and add to a large bowl. Then, sprinkle spices and herbs over fries and drizzle oil on top. Toss thoroughly.
- Spread on a baking sheet and cook for 15-20 minutes. Flip fries and bake for another 15-20 minutes until tender and browning starts to occur.
- Remove from oven and serve with flake salt or dip of choice.
Notes
There could be a few different reasons why your oven-roasted sweet potato fries won’t get crispy. If you didn’t coat them in arrowroot powder or corn starch, that could be why they aren’t crispy. Alternatively, you could soak them in water beforehand, which can also help them get extra crispy. Finally, you can always turn your oven to broil for the last 5 minutes or so to really up their crispiness if you like. Storage Tips
Let the fries cool to room temperature to maintain crispiness. Then, store them in an airtight glass container for up to five days in the fridge.
Nutrition
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Reference
Zhang, Y., Ding, J., & Liang, J. (2022). Associations of Dietary Vitamin A and Beta-Carotene Intake With Depression. A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Frontiers in nutrition, 9, 881139. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.881139
These are the best sweet potato fries I have ever had!
Wonderful! So glad you like them.