Name: The Crispest Sweet Potato Fries
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 pound Narrow Sweet Potatoes (these Work Best For Fry-shapes); 4 cups Canola Oil; ½ cups Cornstarch; ½ cups Sparkling Water

Why it works: Sweet potato and canola oil work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 64 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The Crispest Sweet Potato Fries

Serves 2

Prep5 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

1 pound Narrow Sweet Potatoes (these Work Best For Fry-shapes)
4 cups Canola Oil
½ cups Cornstarch
½ cups Sparkling Water

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

735Calories

17 gProtein

15 gFat

132 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Sweet potato + canola oiltop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together64 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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