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They made more fries that I had anticipated and they didn't shrink in the oven the way potatoes often do.
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In addition to sprinkling cumin, salt, and olive oil on the sweet potatoes, as the recipe specified, I added spicy paprika (one of my favourite spices) and crushed pepper.
As I've said before, I tend to like my food on the softer side, so I cooked it longer than 15 minutes in the oven at 425 F (probably closer to 20, including 3-4 minutes of broil).
While the fries were cooking, I made my schnitzel. Schnitzel is a food I associate with my mother. I have a distinct memory from around age 10 of getting off of the school bus, running into the house and smelling schnitzel. While there are many variations, including a more scallopini-style thickness, I usually just cut chicken-finger sized pieces for frying. I dip my chicken pieces into egg and then a bread-crumb mixture.
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This bread crumb mixture is about half parmesean and half bread crumbs (I was low on bread crumbs). I also added a generous sprinkle of basil, oregano, onion and garlic powder, and pepper. I should have also added spicy paprika.
Another option would be to add a dip in flour before egg...so you use a dry, wet, dry pattern.
Fry the chicken in a hot oil pan on medium-high. Careful, it will burn if left too long. Particularly if you use cheese. Thankfully, another wierd food preference thing of mine is slightly burnt food. I like burnt potatoes, popcorn, cheese and marshmellow. Not all together, of course. My bizarre food combinations only extend to strawberries and full sour dill pickles (no mom, I am not pregnant).
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The verdict: sweet potato fries are good. Not as a good as potatoes...but considering the health benefits, definitely a recipe to repeat. Schnitzel - good as always. Note: if working with frozen chicken it tastes best if it defrosts naturally in the fridge. Microwave defrosted schnitzel is distinctly less juicy.
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5 comments:
My sister LOVES sweet potato fries. I hate them though. I wish I did love them because they are healthy. I have never tried Schnitzel but it looks good!
i absolutely love sweet potatoes, and what a great way to prepare them. i often forget about making them into fries. i think i'll definitely try it.
Thanks for your comments ladies.
s-girl - try out the schnitzel it's super-easy to make
justme - it was a good recipe. My mom also suggested dipping the sweet potato in egg whites to make them crispier when they bake.
Funny. I have the burnt food thing too. Always love schnitzel but take mine with spaetzle and sauerkraut.
I made this recipe last night and baked it rather than fried it and the result was really good and I'm deluded into believing that a breaded schnitzel in the oven is less calories than fried.
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