Levi Roots

Shoestring Sweet Potato Fries

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Caribbean Food Made Easy
Caribbean Food Made Easy

By Levi Roots

Published 2009

  • About

These are great with Lime, Chilli and Coriander Mayo.

Ingredients

  • 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled
  • sunflower or groundnut oil for deep-frying
  • 1 hot red chilli (ideally Scotch bonnet), whole and und

Method

  1. Cut the sweet potatoes into strips the size of very skinny fries (the same length but half the thickness of fast-food fries).
  2. Half fill a large pan with oil and put it over a moderate heat, heating until the oil temperature on a cook’s thermometer is 190°C/375°F. It needs to be this hot so the fries crisp up rather than soggily soaking up oil, as they will at l