Sweet Potato Fries and Baked Salmon
Sweet potato is classified as super food and sweet potato fries has been a hit recently. Many fast food restaurants start to include sweet potato fries into their menu and they are well accepted by the consumer.
I am a big fan of sweet potato. I go for any food with sweet potatoes i.e. sweet potato chips, sweet potato cakes, sweet potato buns, sweet potato cookies, sweet potato ice-shave etc. But one thing I rarely have is, sweet potato fries. If there are options to choose between the potato fries or sweet potato fries (to go with my fried chicken), I will undoubtedly go for potato fries. The reason is simple, because I think, when comes to fries, the potato fries with ketchup are still the best.
Yesterday I was making my favourite baked salmon for lunch and I opted a rare side dish - sweet potato fries. I was using the simple to prepare frozen sweet potato fries. They are super easy to prepare. Check out the instructions at the end of the blog.
The sweet potato fries taste surprisingly good, with natural sweetness well captured. The downside is, these fries are way too soft and easy to break apart. You can hardly enjoy them as normal the fries, where you can hold them using your fingers, and pop stick by stick into your mouth. I am wondering, if the problem will be solved by deep frying them. Or perhaps some coating batter is needed?
Anyway, I pretty enjoyed the sweet potato fries as they paired very well with my baked salmon. A hearty meal for a sunny Saturday afternoon!
Instructions
Sweet potato fries
1. Spread the fries on the baking tray. Baked in the oven for 15-20 min, under 200°c heat.
2. Sprinkle some sea salt on top and serve the fries with your favourite dish.
Baked salmon
1. Marinate salmon fillets with some chili mix, salt and some lemon juice.
2. Place the salmon fillets on the baking tray (skin facing up). Drizzle some oil on top of the fillet.
3. Pop the salmon into the oven and bake for 10-12 min, under 175°c heat.
