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Fried sweet potato features in a variety of dishes and cuisines. The ingredient
sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its sizeable, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable, which is a staple food in parts of ...
, combined with the cooking technique of
frying Frying is the cooking of food in cooking oil, oil or another fat. Similar to sautéing, pan-fried foods are generally turned over once or twice during cooking to make sure that the food is evenly cooked, using tongs or a spatula, whilst sautéed ...
, has a sweet flavour and fried texture.


Examples

The popular sweet potato fries are a variation of
French fries French fries, or simply fries, also known as chips, and finger chips (Indian English), are '' batonnet'' or '' julienne''-cut deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin. They are prepared by cutting potatoes into even strips, drying them, and f ...
using sweet potato instead of
potato The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'', a perennial in the nightshade famil ...
. Recipes for fried sweet potatoes in the United States go back to the nineteenth century. Some suggest
parboiling Parboiling (or leaching) is the partial or semi boiling of food as the first step in cooking. The word is from the Old French ''parbouillir'', 'to boil thoroughly' but by mistaken association with "part", it has acquired this definition. The w ...
the sweet potatoes before frying, while others call for frying them with sugar. Fried sweet potatoes are known as ''patates'' in
Guinean cuisine Guinean cuisine includes traditional Guinean dishes such as ''fou fou'', boiled mango, fried Cooking banana, plantains, ''patates'' and pumpkin pie.
, where they are more popular than potatoes and more commonly used to make fries. ''Goguma-twigim'' is a fried sweet potato dish in
Korean cuisine Korean cuisine is the set of foods and culinary styles which are associated with Korean culture. This cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political change. Originating from ancient Prehistoric Korea, agricultural and nomad ...
. Kananga phodi-tawa is a dish of lightly battered and fried sweet potato in
Indian cuisine Indian cuisine consists of a variety of regional and traditional cuisines native to the Indian subcontinent. Given the diversity in soil, climate, culture, ethnic groups, and occupations, these cuisines vary substantially and use locally av ...
.Easycooking: Kananga Phodi ~ Tawa-fried Sweet Potatoes , Konkani Recipes
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Nutrition

In comparison to french fries made using potatoes, both contain similar levels of macro-nutrients, calories, carbohydrates, fiber, and fat (before cooking). Sweet potato fries are higher in fiber, calcium, and vitamin A, while potato fries contain more iron, potassium, and vitamin C. When deep fried both will contain very similar levels of fat, but if the sweet potato "fries" have actually been baked they will have much less fat.


Gallery

File:Korean.cuisine-Goguma twigim-01.jpg, ''Goguma-twigim'', a fried sweet potato dish in
Korean cuisine Korean cuisine is the set of foods and culinary styles which are associated with Korean culture. This cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political change. Originating from ancient Prehistoric Korea, agricultural and nomad ...
File:Goguma-stick.jpg, ''Goguma''-stick (sweet potato fries) sold as street food in
Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...
File:Sweet potato fries (1).jpg,
Crinkle-cut Crinkle-cutting is slicing that leaves a corrugated surface. It can be done to enhance the texture or mechanical properties of food. Crinkle-cutting French fries makes them absorb more fry oil, as well as increasing their ability to retain dipping ...
sweet potato fries as a side dish File:Kananga Phodi - Tawa fried Sweet Potatoes India.jpg, ''Kananga phodi-tawa'', an Indian dish made with battered and fried sweet potato


See also

* Cactus fries *
List of sweet potato dishes This is a list of notable sweet potato dishes. The sweet potato is a starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots used as a root vegetable. The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten as Leaf vegetable, greens. The sweet potato is only distantly rel ...
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Sweet potato pie Sweet potato pie is a traditional dessert, originating in the Southern United States. It is often served during the American holiday season, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas in place of pumpkin pie, which is more traditional in other regi ...
* Sweet potato soup *Vegetable
tempura is a typical Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep-fried. Tempura originated in the 16th century, when Portuguese Jesuits brought the Western-style cooking method of ...


References

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