{"id":595,"date":"2009-02-08T23:53:45","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T05:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/?p=595"},"modified":"2009-02-08T23:53:45","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T05:53:45","slug":"recipe-6-sweet-potato-fries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/08\/recipe-6-sweet-potato-fries\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe #6: Sweet Potato Fries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William was in town this weekend, so I was hoping to try a new recipe while he was here, but instead, we just enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with each other and I did not cook until he left.\u00a0 Kinda funny I guess \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Anyway&#8230; after dropping him off at the airport, it was kinda late and I was not up to cooking anything too fancy, so I decided to try a recipe for a side dish\/appetizer.\u00a0 I found a recipe for sweet potato fries on the Food Network&#8217;s website.\u00a0 It gave me the opportunity to use the deep fryer we got as a wedding gift.\u00a0 I cannot believe we have not used it until know.\u00a0 I took it out before William left, and he says &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know we had a deep fryer.&#8221;\u00a0 (Some gifts arrived while he was in Denver, so I probably told him, but it has been a while).\u00a0 So, the recipe was pretty simple and the fries came out pretty good.\u00a0 I may have cooked them a bit too long, but I wanted them to be a little crispy.\u00a0 The seasoning was pretty good also, but I may experiment with others as well.\u00a0 The recipe is below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-text\">\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Sweet Potato Fries (Courtesy of Emeril Legasse)<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<p><!--concordance-begin--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 large sweet potatoes (about 3 pounds, total)<\/li>\n<li>2 quarts <a class=\"cimotif\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px dotted green; color: green; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;\">vegetable<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width: 0pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: none; position: static;\" src=\"http:\/\/a19.g.akamai.net\/7\/19\/7125\/1450\/Ocellus.coupons.com\/_images\/showlist_icon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" \/> oil<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>Pinch cayenne<\/li>\n<li>Pinch cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--concordance-end--><\/p>\n<h2>Directions<\/h2>\n<p>Boil sweet potatoes in water to cover for 10 minutes. Remove and allow to cool. Peel potatoes and cut into 1\/4 by 1\/4-inch thick batons.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in a 5-quart pot or Dutch oven fitted with a candy or deep-frying thermometer, (or in an electric deep fryer), heat oil over medium-low heat until the thermometer registers 300 degrees F. Make sure you have at least 3 inches of space between the top of the oil and the top of the pan, as fries will bubble up when they are added.<\/p>\n<p>Increase the heat to medium-high and add fries, a handful at a time, to the hot oil. Fry, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are soft and limp and just begin to brown, about 3 to 4 minutes. Using a skimmer or slotted spoon, carefully remove fries from the oil and set aside to drain on paper towels. Let rest for at least 10 minutes or up to 2 hours.<\/p>\n<p>When ready to serve the fries, reheat the oil to 350?F. Transfer the blanched potatoes to the hot oil and fry again, stirring frequently until browned and puffed, about 1 minute. Transfer to paper lined platter and allow to drain for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>Combine the brown sugar, salt, cayenne and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add the fries and toss to coat. Serve immediately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kyllan\/3265872472\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3332\/3265872472_3eb871a888.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William was in town this weekend, so I was hoping to try a new recipe while he was here, but instead, we just enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with each other and I did not cook until he left.\u00a0 Kinda funny I guess \ud83d\ude42 Anyway&#8230; after dropping him off at the airport, it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pmOjo-9B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codyreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}