Springtime…I offer you sweet potato fries festooned with pawfuls of black sesame seeds and sparked up with a salty brown sugar and cinnamon mix.
Remember me? I threw you a mini party last week when you dropped by.
I had a snazzy hat at hand to shade your sudden sunbursts. We toasted with a crispy chardonnay and made woo-woo eyes at the Weber.
I was amped, dudette. What happened?
I know we ran out of fries. I made more.
Get here!
Recipe: sweet potato fries with black sesame seeds and a salty, sweet mix
Summary: Baked sweet potato fries slathered in sesame oil and seasoned with black sesame seeds, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato
- 1/2 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vietnamese cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 Tablespoon black sesame seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees, rack in middle.
- Use a silpat sheet to line a baking tray if you have one. Makes cleaning up super easy.
- Peel and chop the sweet potato.
- In a small bowl mix brown sugar, cinnamon and salt together and set aside.
- Toss fries in sesame oil. I do this right on the baking sheet.
- Dump the sugar, cinnamon, salt mixture onto the fries and toss to coat.
- Sprinkle fries with black sesame seeds and gently turn them to get the seeds stuck onto the fries.
- Bake for 30-34 minutes. I like to wait for the tips of fries to begin to brown.
- Let cool for a few minutes.
- Offer some fries to Springtime. Look balefully at Weber grill.
- Enjoy!
Notes
I wrote this recipe for a single serving because it’s very easy to adjust up. I use one sweet potato per person. Vietnamese cinnamon is an intense spice so if you’re using regular cinnamon you may want to add an extra 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon to your mix. These are not a super crispy version of fries but they set up a bit when you let them cool. Works out really well in my humble opinion.
Preparation time: 6 minute(s)
Cooking time: 30 to 34 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 1
Culinary tradition: USA (General)
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oh my lord those look amazing
if I promise to visit and bring spring with me, will you make these for me?
I am all a swoon!
xo
Betsy
Yes! Get here, Betsy-loo!
These look very addictive-I do have a liking for the sweet salty combo so these get a big thumbs up from me. I do not need any excuse to eat these-rain or shine. It does sound like a mini party is in order, so I am on my way-make sure there are plenty of fries!
Ooh I love the idea of adding the black sesame seeds! I’ll come party with you and your Weber for a few of these!!
Sweet potato fries have really become the preferred side in this household and we love the sesame seeds and cinnamon in your recipe. Fitting offering to spring.
I’ve never thought to sprinkle black sesame seeds on sweet potato fries before! ‘Course I don’t have any laying around though I do have the usual white ones, which, I used yesterday for my cake! I love the contrast of color, very posh.
do you think that if we both make these again tonight that spring will come visit us this weekend?
ready. set. go!
Let’s do this!