These are obscenely good, though you'll need one of those air fryers to make them with a reasonable amount of grease.

YOU NEED

  • up to 2 lbs of sweet potatos
  • 2T per pound, of peanut oil or bacon fat (something with Flavour)
  • An excessive amount (1T per pound or more) of some spicy-ass seasoning you love, e.g. Montreal Steak seasoning, or Ms Dash, or sriracha, or Tabasco, or... 
  • Any additional salt, to taste

YOU DO

  • Wash the potatos
  • Mandoline or julienne the potatos to 3mm sticks
  • Put everything in the fryer and turn it on
  • Every few minutes make sure the sticks are evently circulating, hit them with a wooden spoon if they're jammed up
  • Take them out when they are about 50/50 brown/orange, might be 30-40 minutes depending on heat/quantity. Watch them at the end, they go fast between crispy and burny, if you smell a hint of smoke, stop.
  • Remove quickly and spread out to cool, let them crisp up by not covering them

YOU WILL

  • Be shocked if they last a day


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5/28 '18 4 Comments
I had to wiki "air fryer" as I had never before heard of this magical device. I'm 53. What is wrong with me.
It's pretty useful. If this one broke we'd probably look for another to replace it.
I'd be shocked if they lasted an hour.
That's why you make them really spicy, so you have to pace yourself. (It never works, you just wind up with your mouth on fire.)