Store bought sweet potato chips can be healthier than normal potato chips, but homemade oven baked sweet potato chips? That’s a winner there. Why not make it at home? It actually is super easy, and sweet potatoes are actually super healthy for you too! Here’s my easy Baked Sweet Potato Chips Recipe.
Are sweet potato chips healthy?
The short answer? Yes! But of course that depends on how you make them. If you’re going to add a ton of sugar, then maybe not. This recipe, I make it as basic as possible and I leave it up to you if you’d like to add more stuff on it.
If you wan to to know more on the health benefits, it helps to look at the main ingredient… sweet potatoes!
A lot of people don’t realize just how healthy sweet potatoes are – they are an amazing source of of fiber, vitamins, and minerals that your body needs. Sweet potatoes contain Vitamin A, C, B6, Manganese and Potassium as a start.
Here’s some good stuff to note:
Immune Booster – Sweet potatoes are high in an antioxidant known as beta-carotene, which converts to vitamin A once consumed. This vitamin is essential for ensuring the normal function of your immune system and organs.
Vision Health – Beta-carotene is also incredible for vision health! Beta-carotene is converted to vitamin A in your body (as mentioned above) and used to form light-detecting receptors in your eyes. Purple sweet potatoes are even better than other sweet potatoes!
GutHealth – Sweet potatoes also is great for your gut health as it contain fiber and antioxidants that promote the growth of good gut bacteria.
What to dip sweet potato chips in?
So many choices! My favorite is actually to eat them as is, but you here are some ideas:
Preheat oven to 375°F. While oven is heating up, slice sweet potatoes really thin.
In a medium mixing bowl, add sweet potatoes, and mix in olive oil, salt, and cinnamon. Combine well.
Place aluminum foil over a baking sheet (I guess this is optional, but I do this so that they don’t stick to the pan).
Place sweet potato slices on baking sheet side by side. Make sure it doesn’t overlap.
Pop it in the oven for about 20 minutes. I say about because different ovens probably will vary. I would just start checking it at 15 every couple mins to make sure it doesn’t all burn.
Remove from oven and let it cool off before serving!
The nutrition information for this recipe is an approximate total per serving. Please double check the nutrition information for your exact ingredients and brands for more precise nutrition information.
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Did you like this Baked Sweet Potato Chips Recipe and want to try more oven baked chips? Check out my Zucchini chips recipe here! Or if you love bananas, try this dehydrated banana chips recipe!
If you slice the potatoes too thickly, they won't crisp up. You want them to be roughly 1/16th” thick, which is hard to achieve using a knife alone. Be sure to hold the potato at an angle when slicing the potato, to make the slices as large as possible.
This is especially important if you're making a big batch of fries. Instead of just piling more onto one baking pan, spread them out over two baking pans or cook them in batches. If they're all crammed into one pan, they'll steam instead of bake, and you'll end up with soggy fries.
Consumers often see these chips as a healthier alternative to other starchy snacks such as French fries, fried cheese snacks, or white potato chips. Sweet potato chips are an excellent source of vitamin A and they provide more fiber than a comparable serving of traditional chips.
Do you have to poke holes in sweet potatoes before baking? Typically holes are poked into a sweet potato to prevent a potato exploding in your oven. However, the chance of that happening is low, and according to Lifehacker, sweet potatoes will retain more flavor if you don't poke them.
When it comes to the actual cooking, you want to fry the french fries twice. The first round is at a lower temperature to cook the inside of the potato and the second time you'll use a higher temperature to make the fries golden brown and crispy.
The cold water bath helps rinse the starch off the sweet potatoes so they're a bit more crispy. That said, if you do not have the time, you can still get crispy baked sweet potato fries by using high heat and a little drizzle of olive oil.
The difference lies in their starch content and structure. Waxy potatoes are amazing for boiling as they keep their shape, but floury potatoes fry up crisper. Use a floury (also called mealy) potato such as Russet or Shepody for your chips and you'll have better success.
If you've made sweet potato fries a few times yet, they never turn out as good as when you have them at a restaurant, you're skipping one secret ingredient: starch. Often cornstarch is the missing element to the best fries ever. It's what makes them deliciously crispy on the outside and tender on the inside every time.
Give your chips an ice bath, and leave for 15-20 minutes if you have the time. This will wash off some of the starch – you'll see as the water goes cloudy. Starch on the surface of the chips locks in moisture and causes them to go soggy. Drain the chips and rinse under cold water, then dry thoroughly before cooking.
Although in moderation, any food can be part of a healthy, diabetes-friendly diet. Sweet potatoes are packed with nutrition and offer a high-fiber carbohydrate to any meal, which is important for a balanced plate whether you have diabetes or not.
Sweet potatoes, parsnips, swedes and turnips do count towards your 5 A Day because they're usually eaten in addition to the starchy food part of the meal. Potatoes play an important role in your diet, even if they don't count towards your 5 A Day.
You need to cure them after harvest for several reasons. First, curing allows any cuts, abrasions or bruises to heal which allows for better storability of roots. Second, curing is when the roots develop their flavors and starches are converted into sugars that give sweet potatoes their sweetness and flavor.
These "strings" come from growing a potato in soil that is too fertile. The potato is a root and roots store nutrients. Grown in soil that is too fertile, sweet potato vines will grow fast and big and the result is long stringy roots (or potatoes).
Simply reheat baked or roasted sweet potatoes in the microwave (in 30-second intervals, checking between intervals) or in the oven until they're heated through in the center. You may want to reheat mashed sweet potatoes on the stovetop instead of the microwave so they don't get rubbery.
I've found that sweet potatoes really need space for a truly roasted, crisped-edge result. Aim for about one inch of space between pieces. This leads to good, dry, hot airflow that will let the potato pieces' moisture evaporate while letting them dry and crisp up more.
If your oil is too hot, the chips will burn.If the oil is too cold, the chips will become soggy. Sheet Pan with Paper Towels: A sheet pan with paper towels sops up the extra oil and keeps your potato chips crisp and not soggy. Parchment paper can also be used, but it won't soak up the oil as well as paper towels.
If your air fryer fries are turning out soggy it is likely because you are over-crowding your air fryer basket or using too much oil. For the best results, use just ½ Tablespoon of oil per sweet potato and cook your fries in a single layer so that the air has room to circulate.
TIPS & TRICKS to Make this Recipe: The main secrets to achieving that incredible crispy texture, is to soak the cut sweet potatoes in cold water for at least 30 minutes. This helps remove the starch from the sweet potatoes so they´re not limp & soggy. The other secret is the corn starch.
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