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>>9800495
Ingredients and stuff:
sweet potatoes
olive oil
corn starch
parmesan cheese (grated)
garlic salt
paprika
chili powder
salt
pepper
ziplock bag
baking sheet

Step 1: Cut your sweet potatoes. Peel em and cut em into ~1/4" slices. Also preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

Step 2: Make your spice mix. For every 1 sweet potato you're using, use the following ratios of ingredients: 1 tbsp corn starch, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp garlic salt, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1/4 tsp chili powder, 1 tbsp parmesan cheese. Because I used 2 sweet potatoes to make my batch of fries, I used 2 tbsp corn starch, 1 tsp salt, etc. You can change the ratios if you want depending on your tastes, but those are the components of the seasoning.

Step 3: Dump your sliced sweet potatoes and seasoning mixture into a ziplock bag and shake those fuckers up until all the slices are evenly coated. For every 1 potato, add ~1.5 tbsp olive oil to the bag, and shake again. Use just enough oil to make sure that all the fries are coated.

Step 4: Arrange your fries on a baking sheet. Don't overcrowd them, because if they're too close to one another they won't get as crispy. If you have to use two sheets, go ahead. Put your fries in the oven, and set a timer for 15 minutes. When that timer goes off, take your fries out, flip them all over, and put them back in for another 10-15 minutes. Be sure to check on the fries towards the end of the cooking, since you don't want them to burn.

Step 5: After you turn off the oven, crack the door and let the fries sit there for another 10-15 minutes while the oven cools down. This will make your fries a bit crispier, which is important because, unlike regular potatoes, sweet potatoes are prone to get soft and mushy when you bake them. That's also what the corn starch was for, btw. A thin layer of corn starch gives the heat something to latch onto and makes the fries crispy.

Step 6: Eat. I served mine with ketchup.