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Smoky and spicy bakes sweet potato fries in an avocado coconut dipping sauce, YUM!
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Smoky & Spicy Baked Sweet Potato Fries|Avocado, Cilantro & Lime Dipping Sauce

Smoky and spicy sweet potatoes are baked to perfection and served with a light and refreshing dipping sauce!
Course sides
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 3

Ingredients

For the Sweet Potatoes

  • 3 sweet potatoes skins removed, sliced then cut into fries
  • 2 1/2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp chipotle powder
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 3 tsp potato starch
  • salt

For the Avocado Sauce

  • 1 avocado
  • 1 lime juiced
  • handful cilantro
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
  • Slice a chunk off of the sides of each sweet potato to make a flat surface to cut from. This will keep the sweet potato still while you are slicing into it.
  • Slice 1/2 slices width-wise. Cut them into fries from there. Don't slice them to small because they will shrink in the oven.
  • Mix the spices and potato starch together.
  • Coat in olive oil, then the spices and potato starch mixture. Don't salt until they come out of the oven. Salt will extract moisture and will make them soggy.
  • Place a cooling rack in a sheet pan and cover with parchment paper. Top with the sweet potatoes, but don't overcrowd the pan! It's better to use two pans if your sheet pan isn't big enough.
  • Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until they are cooked and the edges have darkened. Let cool for a few minutes before serving.

Avocado Coconut Dipping Sauce

  • Option 1: While the fries are baking, make the avocado dipping sauce.   Add an avocado, cilantro, unsweetened coconut milk, lime, and salt to a food processor and blend.
  • Option 2:  You can also use a blender but because there isn't a lot of liquid in this dip, your blender may have a hard time blending it without an blender tamper (those sticks that help stir and blend ingredients when they're in a blender).
  • Option 3:  Or you can also mash the avocado well with a fork or potato masher, then use a handheld mixer to blend the rest of the ingredients until smooth.
  • Serve with the fries!