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In a great coming-of-age moment, I have finally owned my full-on love of sweet potato fries and order my own full serving when we are out, instead of pestering my husband Ben to split his (or pilfering them directly from his plate). While demolishing an entire basket of fries is fine on occasion, it’s not the sort of move I feel good about making a regular event. As my fellow fry lovers can attest, life/reality would be much more fun if we could all eat sweet potato fries as often as we pleased and have it be good for our health…. Cue super-hero theme music That’s where air fryer sweet potato fries come in! A dead ringer for their deep-fried counterparts, these air fryer sweet potato fries have the irresistibility of your restaurant favorites but with a fraction of the oil (you can even make air fryer sweet potato fries with NO oil if you prefer). As with these baked Sweet Potato Fries and Sweet Potato Wedges, there’s ZERO deep frying, but the fries are golden and crisp. They’re a guilt-free, healthy side dish you can enjoy as often as you please.

How to Make Crispy Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries

Thanks to their natural sweetness, sweet potatoes are one of the most appealing vegetables. This recipe has all the tips you need to make sure your sweet potato fries don’t get soggy. The recipe is easy and weeknight friendly too. (Spoiler: you don’t need to soak the sweet potato fries in water!) Season these healthy fries up however you please, and dip to your heart’s content.

The Ingredients

Sweet Potatoes. An excellent source of fiber, beta carotene, potassium, and more, sweet potatoes are a nutritional powerhouse. (Love ‘em? Be sure to check out these yummy oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes. Or try this Air Fryer Sweet Potato recipe if you don’t want fries.) You can read more about the benefits of sweet potatoes here.

Olive Oil. 2 teaspoons per pound of sweet potato is all the oil you need to air fry them with success.

Seasonings. Keep it simple with salt and pepper or vary it up with your favorite seasoning blends. Garlic and paprika are our go-to’s; see below for more ideas.

The Directions

Seasoning Ideas

Cajun Sweet Potato Fries. Toss the fries in your favorite Cajun seasoning. Wait to season with salt to taste at the end, since Cajun seasoning blends typically already contain salt.Spicy Sweet Potato Fries. Add 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper.Parmesan Sweet Potato Fries. Top your air fried sweet potato fries with 1 to 2 tablespoons of freshly grated Parmesan.Sweet Sweet Potato Fries. Toss the sweet potatoes with salt, a pinch of cinnamon, and a pinch of brown sugar.

Storage Tips

To Store. Refrigerate leftover sweet potato fries in an airtight container for up to 3 days.To Reheat. For the best results, rewarm leftover fries in the air fryer at 375 degrees F or in a 400 degrees F oven (I like to preheat the pan in the oven while it warms up); spread the fries in a single layer on the hot pan and recrisp. Air fryer fries reheat better than regular fries, since the lesser amount of oil inherently prevents them from getting soggy.To Freeze. Freeze fries in a single layer on a baking sheet until solid. Transfer to an airtight container or ziptop bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Reheat directly from frozen.

Recommended Tools to Make this Recipe

Chef Knife. This 8-inch chef knife is made from a single piece of steel and stays sharper for longer.Cutting Board. A durable, non porous, polypropylene cutting board that doesn’t dull knives.

I hope you fight over these sweet potato fries as much as we do. And I mean that in the best possible way!

For the best, most crispy results, cook the fries in a single layer so that the air has room to circulate.For decent results, you can cook up to two layers of sweet potato fries at once. Be sure the layers are not tightly packed and toss the fries in the basket often to promote even cooking.

Some recipes call for soaking the sweet potatoes in water prior to cooking them to help remove some of the starch and make the fries more crispy. But when making fries with sweet potatoes, I found this step didn’t make enough of a difference to be worth the effort. (Save soaking for Baked French Fries; regular potatoes have more starch than sweet potatoes, so soaking does make an important difference!)

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