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Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries with chimichurri sauce has got to be one of my favorite new creations. I’ve always loved Mexican flavors with sweet potatoes. I love to have sweet potato and black beans burgers and chili stuffed sweet potatoes, the flavors just pair so well together. I cannot get enough of these oven baked sweet potato fries, they are one of my favorite side dishes. Besides being healthy, they are also so easy to make, and very budget friendly. I mean really, who doesn’t love sweet potato fries!

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries are vegan and gluten free

Normally I like to make guacamole to go with sweet potato fries, especially if I’m serving them with a Mexican inspired black bean burgers. This combination came out of me having an intense craving for something different, and I noticed I had a ton of fresh parsley and cilantro in the fridge that needed to be used. So Chimichurri sauce was a way to kill two birds with one stone.

I have made this sauce before as a marinade for shrimp and fish, its so flavorful and could not be easier to throw together. When making the chimichurri sauce, the amount of garlic and red pepper flakes you want to add is totally up to you. Raw garlic tends to be quite pungent and while I ended up using two small cloves, I think most people would be happy with the result using only one clove of garlic, so that’s how I wrote the recipe.

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Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries on a baking sheet

I love to buy fresh herbs, especially parsley, cilantro, and basil. What I’ve found is that until my summer garden is growing, I end up feeling like I waste a lot more than I use. So I have started making recipes like the Chimichurri sauce/marinade as a way to utilize those fresh herbs. There’s nothing worse than wasting produce and it really is a money-saving tip if you can learn how to utilize all of the produce you buy every week. Not sure what else to do with fresh parsley? You can make cauliflower tabbouleh to freshen up homemade marinara or top your zucchini pizza. Cilantro is great in Mexican dishes. Try it in pineapple coleslaw or black bean veggie burgers

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries with chimichurri sauce

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries Recipe Tips

Blender

The chimichurri sauce is made in the blender.  I actually used my single serve blender (affiliate link) cup to make cleanup even easier. I love using the blender since you don’t have to finely chop any of the herbs or garlic, you just have to rough chop onion and the garlic so you don’t have big chunks of anything in your final product.

chef knife

Sweet potato fries are so easy to make. The key is to have a really sharp chefs knife (affiliate link) and work with flat surfaces. If you aren’t confident with your knife skills, I would suggest that once the sweet potato has been cut in half down the middle, to cut it again long wise, and then stand it up on the flat bottom. From here, you can just make wedges from the top down so you can always see what you’re doing; but you have a more stable surface to work with.

You can always use the tip from my buddy Bobby Flay and precook the potatoes a little bit in the microwave (four minutes or so) just to start the cooking process. This would cut down on the cooking time and they would also be easier to cut, since they would be softer. But really since these are so thin, they don’t take that long in the oven.

I like to keep my fries on the thinner side, that way they cook up quicker and the end product ends up being much crispier. I’ve found that thick fries tend to stay pretty soft in the center, even though they are crispy on the outside, which isn’t my favorite.

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries on a plate

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries
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Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Chimichurri Sauce

Crispy baked sweet potatoes covered in chimichurri sauce for a fun twist on your favorite side dish! Pairs perfectly with your favorite burger recipe! This easy budget friendly meal is vegan, gluten free and low fat.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword chimicurri, fries, gluten free, low fat, sweet potatoes, vegan
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 230 kcal
Author Bites of Wellness

Ingredients

  • 2-3 large sweet potatoes washed and cut into wedges
  • 2 tbs parsley
  • 2 tbs cilantro
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 2 tbs. red onion coarsely chopped
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 11/2 tbs. olive oil
  • 3 tbs. water

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400F.
  2. Wash and slice the sweet potatoes. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with coconut spray (or nonstick spray). Once oven is preheated, add sweet potatoes and bake for 20 minutes.
  3. Take potatoes out of the oven and flip to the other side. Bake 5-10 more minutes until crispy.
  4. While sweet potatoes are finishing baking, make chimichurri sauce.
  5. Add all ingredients to blender and blend until fulling combined.
  6. Spoon over sweet potatoes, sprinkle with hemp hearts (optional)
Nutrition Facts
Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Chimichurri Sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 230 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19g 29%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Sodium 185mg 8%
Potassium 229mg 7%
Total Carbohydrates 13g 4%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars 2g
Protein 1g 2%
Vitamin A 188.6%
Vitamin C 5.7%
Calcium 2.2%
Iron 3.5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

What about you?

  • Do you like to make dipping sauces for your fries?
  • Do you like wedges or straight cut fries?
  • What is your favorite way to use up fresh herbs?
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  1. This looks Yummy I love Sweet Potatoes! Thanks for sharing on My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday – Link Party!! Hope to see you again tomorrow!! Love having you!! Pinned!!

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  2. What a good idea to pair sweet potatoes with chimichurri sauce! My husband and I make sweet potato fries at least once a week. Plus, like you said, it can be hard to use every last sprig of cilantro. A sauce is a great way to insure nothing goes to waste.

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  10. These look fantastic! Sweet potato fries have long been a favourite in our house – but this sauce looks like it takes them to the next level! Thanks for sharing

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  11. I love sweet potato fries so much, but I’ve never tried making them at home! I’ve never had guacamole with sweet potato fries before, but it sounds like an interesting combination. I may have to try it next time or duh, I need to try your chimichurri sauce. I’ve never even heard of that, so I’m intrigued. The ingredients for it sound so good though.

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  14. Every time I buy cilantro or parsley, I end up throwing most of it away. At the time that I need a certain recipe, it usually only calls for 1 or 2 T. of either. I should be smart and repurpose, but….oops. Now, I know what I can do!! Use your recipe 🙂

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  24. I’ve been totally jonesing for Mexican lately and I love SPs. I typically don’t eat them with a dipping sauce but dang this looks amazing!

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  28. OMG this looks amazing! I will be making both recipes SOON 🙂
    I have frozen fresh herbs in water in ice cube trays and pulled them out for soups and sauces when needed. Keeps them from going bad.

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