Sweet Potato Fries With Basil Salt and Garlic Mayonnaise

Submitted by pinkie

"From 'Everyday Italian' with Giada De Laurentiis"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 5 sweet potatoes, cut into about 1 by 5-inch fries
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 3⁄4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Place the sweet potato "fries" on a foil-lined baking sheet and toss with the olive oil.
3. Bake until golden, about 45 minutes.
4. Meanwhile combine the basil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
5. In another small bowl combine the mayonnaise, garlic, and lemon juice, and stir to combine.
6. When the sweet potato fries come out of the oven, sprinkle with the basil salt.
7. Serve with the garlic mayonnaise alongside for dipping.

Reviews

[magpie diner]

Great recipe, everything worked out nicely and it was a step up from plain old yam fries. After 40 mins mine were really browning up, almost burning, so watch closely or maybe flip them halfway. I made the garlic mayo with veganese and holy, it's delicious! Thanks for sharing, from start to finish this is a really easy go-to recipe.

 

[SashasMommy]

I've never been a fan of sweet potatoes, but these were actually quite good! The mayo made this dish for me... I didn't like the fries as much without. I tried to be healthy and sprayed olive oil on instead of doing what the recipe called for... my fries didn't really crisp up, so maybe that's why.

 

[Deb G]

This is a review for the garlic mayo only (we deep-fried our sweet potatoes and just used a little regular salt)----fabulous! Great on the fries and I believe will be great on other things as well. Thanks for posting.