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Ingredients
- 3 pounds sweet potatoes
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons paprika, sweet, hot or a combination
- 1 tablespoon coarse or kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds, toasted
- 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
Method
- Heat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Cut the skins off the sweet potatoes, squaring off the round sides to make each potato into a large rectangle.
- Cut into long fries about 1/4-inch thick and 1 inch wide.
- (If not using potatoes immediately, soak in water for up to 1 day.
- Drain and pat dry before cooking.)
- Put two large sheet pans in the oven to heat.
- Toss the potatoes, and skins if you like, with oil, paprika and 2 teaspoons of the salt.
- Arrange in one layer on the hot pans.
- (Dont use parchment paper; it will make the potatoes soggy.)
- Roast until tender and starting to brown on the bottom, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, grind the cumin, coriander and 1 teaspoon salt together.
- Mix in the brown sugar.
- Remove pans from the oven and raise the heat to 450 degrees, or set to broil.
- With a spatula, carefully loosen the fries and turn each one over.
- Sprinkle with the spice and sugar mixture.
- Return to the oven and bake just until the fries are blistered and sizzling vigorously, about another 5 minutes.
- (If your oven has a convection feature, use it.)
- Do not overcook, or the fries will become leathery.
- Cool slightly.
