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Spicy Fries
What you need:
3 large potatoes, cut into wedges
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon pepper
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
What you do:
1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
2. Add all ingredients to a large tupperware container, seal lid, and toss to coat potatoes evenly.
3. Spread onto a baking sheet and bake for 30-40 minutes, tossing every 15 minutes or so.
Preparation Time:
40 minutes
Cooking Time:
Servings:
4
SO HOW'D IT GO?
Oh man...these are amazing! I really wanted to try them with sweet potatoes, but I didn't have any so I made them with small baking potatoes. It's so hard not to eat ALL of them! :)
I thought these were good - and love the sweet potato alternative - but not as spicy as I expected. While they certainly weren't bland, my high-heat tolerance would kick up the spice a notch...great suggestion to dip into spicy mustard, though. that's what i'm talkin' about!
Easy and delicious--and the resident Louisianian gobbled them up.
Love this recipe. My fiance is really into anything with potatoes and he totally loved this dish. I put the potatoes under the broiler to crisp them up at the end, so yum!
:)I loved this recipe. It was so easy and tasted soooo good. Thank you.
Okay... It's official... I'm a wimp... The flavor was dead on it's just the heat from the after burn :o is what got me.
Had these again as leftovers - now the spice kicked in!! Love sweet potatoes as leftovers. The flavors really came out the next day.
only had one large potato and it was plenty for me and my two year old- i used less cayanne bc i didnt want them to be too spicy for her- but next time ill use more
Pretty good recipe. We usually follow our own "Sweet Potato Fries" recipe (which has cumin, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder), but we thought we'd try something new.
Some modifications:
We doubled the recipe (had 4 large sweet potatoes). At first it seemed like too much spices, but at the end after it was cooked, we ended up using all the spice mix. We dribbled olive oil over the sweet potatoes to coat. We used 1 tsp chili powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 3/4 tsp pepper, 2 tsp dried oregano, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp garlic poder, and dribbled all over spicy mustard to coat. Loved the oregano - nice touch.
Overall good and tasty, as we love sweet potatoes. It was spicy, but it could use more (we are Texans who like our heat:)!) Probably not as good as our recipe that we usually use. If we were to use this again for sweet potatoes, we would add cumin, a tad more heat, and omit mustard. The sweet potatoes just didn't taste as sweet (but again it was still tasty!) Regular potatoes or red potatoes might definetely be great for this recipe (red potatoes go well with spicy mustard).
These were wonderful! Full of flavor, not too spicy and not at all bland. We ate them with Mame's Steamed Kale and Smart Dogs. :)
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