French Fried Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Boil sweet potatoes for 30 minutes.
Peel and cut them into desired shapes.
Fry
Heat oil in a frying pan.
Fry the sweet potatoes until golden brown.
Remove and drain on paper towels.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Sweet potatoes
- Provide the starchy body of the dish, becoming tender inside and browning on the outside when fried.
The step that matters
Frying until golden brown. Frying at a steady, hot oil temperature browns the surface and crisps it while the inside stays tender. Oil that is too cool lets the potatoes soak up grease and turn soggy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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