You’re really going to be sorry I told you how to make these. Because they’re good. And easy. And mildly addictive.
Keller recommends slicing your potatoes with a mandoline, which I don’t have, so I used my Cuisinart’s 1mm slicing disc and it worked perfectly. I suppose if you have mad knife skillz you can do it by hand but sweet potatoes really don’t want to be sliced so it’s challenging. He also tells you to fry 1/4 of the potato slices at a time but I found that that many wouldn’t comfortably fit so I did them in 6 or 7 batches. The nice thing about sweet potato chips, as opposed to chicken, for example, is that your frying oil will come back up to temp much more quickly, so the whole thing takes much less time.
Sweet Potato Chips
Adapted from Ad Hoc at Home, by Thomas Keller
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1 large sweet potato, peeled
1 gallon peanut or canola oil for frying
Kosher salt
Slice potatoes with a mandolin slicer or the 1mm slicing disc in the food processor.
Pour 3″ of oil into a Dutch oven or deep pot and heat over medium-high heat to 325 degrees.
Add potato slices in batches and cook, turn once or twice with a wire skimmer or tongs, until golden brown, about 2-1/2 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain and immediately season with salt. Store in an airtight bag and get them out of your sight.
Sweet Potato Chips; Part of a Nutritious Breakfast
Unfortunately I am the only one in my house who likes sweet potato anything, so I can’t make these or I will be eating them all…
This might be the thing that makes sweet-potato-lovers out them Julie!
These sound divine!! I love sweet potato chips. I’ve put a Cajun blend of spices on oven roasted sweet potato fries before with great results – would probably be tasty on these.
Yes, that would be delish!
Nice photo. We have been doing potato chips this summer in a deep fryer and are surprised at how little oil you actually consume in a plate of fries (we measured before and afters).
I will be trying these sweet pot fries for sure.
Kate,
That’s “mandoline”. A mandolin is a musical instrument. You could, I supposed, slice potatoes with one, but it would be messy.
Thanks Fuzzy, good catch!
And thanks for reading. I’d love to know what you think. I value your opinion.