Thick-Cut Sweet Potato Fries

Name: Thick-Cut Sweet Potato Fries
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, cornstarch; , Kosher salt; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 3 pounds, sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch-thick wedges, wedges cut in half crosswise; 3 cups, peanut oil, for frying

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2014, America's Test Kitchen TV

Side Dishes

Potatoes

Classic French fries made with white potatoes—crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside—set a high bar. We wanted sweet potato fries that could truly compete.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME1¼ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Despite their namesake, sweet potatoes have little in common with russet potatoes—arguably the ideal potato variety for making French fries. To compensate for sweet potatoes’ lack of sufficient starch, we coated thick-cut sweet potato wedge...

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